Ireland ‘looking into legality’ of EU-Israel trade agreement
Ireland is reportedly probing the legality of the European Union trade agreement with Israel ahead of a European Council meeting in September.
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EC and NGOs left smarting over attacks on Poland for jailing Russian spy
NGOs and the European Commission have egg on their faces after they lambasted Poland over the imprisonment of Pavel Rubtsov, a Russian spy who was part of the recent…
Brussels ‘co-ordinating’ oil embargo on Hungary and Slovakia, claims minister Szijjártó
Brussels is behind Ukraine's attempt to block oil from entering Hungary and Slovakia, Budapest's foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, has claimed.
EU foreign service’s Mora slammed for photo with terrorist leaders
Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary-General of the European Union’s External Action Service (EEAS), has been criticised after he posed for a group photo together with…
‘Hungary should leave the EU and NATO and ally with Russia’ says Polish minister
Polish deputy foreign minister Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski has said that Hungary could leave both the European Union and NATO and “create a union with Putin…
EU warns Slovakia against foreign agent law for NGOs
The European Commission has warned Slovakia that it will take immediate legal action if the government pushes ahead with a proposed law requiring NGOs that receive…
Hungary to ‘block EU Member State funds until Ukraine reactivates Russian oil transit’
Hungary has declared it will obstruct European Union reimbursements for Member States that have delivered munitions to Ukraine until Kyiv permits the transit of…
‘Malign’ Russians face EU passport clampdown
The European Union must clamp down on Russian passports to hinder the work of Moscow's spies and their "malign intelligence activities", according to the Czech Government.
EU policy negotiations with Trump: find aggression and strength
Former President Donald Trump remains the favourite in America’s presidential race despite President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his re-election bid.
Slovakia, Netherlands to defy ‘boycott’ of Hungary’s EU presidency
Slovakia's president Peter Pellegrini says his country will not join a boycott of Hungary's presidency of the Council of the EU, saying he did not believe Hungary's…
Viktor Orbán warns of imminent ‘escalation’ in Ukraine war
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has published a memo he wrote for European Union leaders in which he warns of an imminent escalation of the Ukraine war.
US losing interest in the EU at ‘critical’ time, Poland fears
European nations need to do more to show the US the EU is still its most "important and reliable ally", argues Poland's government.
Belarus to introduce 90 day visa-free regime for 35 European countries
Belarus said on July 17 it would introduce a 90-day-visa-free regime for citizens of 35 European countries in a sign Minsk may be keen to ease tensions with the…
France, Italy and Germany lobby the Brazilian government against use of Spanish language
France's Embassy in Brazil, along with Italy's and Germany's diplomatic missions, successfully lobbied Brazil's congress to remove Spanish from the country's secondary…
Estonian PM Kallas steps down to go to Brussels
Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas, has resigned to take up the post of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, sparking something…
European Commission to boycott Hungarian presidency of Council of the EU
Eric Mamer, the leading spokesperson for the European Commission, has said that "in light of recent developments", Commissioners would not attend meetings organised…
EU to use ‘peace’ fund to back Albanian military
Brussels officials insisted the "peace" funding would take the form of "equipment not designed to deliver lethal force"
EU freezes 30 million euros in aid to Georgia
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia said on Tuesday that the bloc had frozen 30 million euros in military aid to Georgia amid what he said was "a low…
Orbán in surprise visit to Moscow
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is expected to arrive in Moscow on July 5, a move that has both surprised and angered other EU leaders.
EU: Three top jobs, three scandals
The European Council has agreed on the names that will determine the path of the European Union for the next five years - and all three are surrounded by scandals…
EU to fund aid to Ukraine with €1.4 billion of frozen Russian assets
European Union governments have agreed to allocate €1.4 billion in profits from frozen Russian assets for arms and other aid to Ukraine.
Azerbaijan-EU relations strong despite ‘unhelpful’ France, Baku says
Relations between Azerbaijan and the European Union remain strong despite the "unhelpful" interventions of France, a senior Baku official said.
Attack on Georgia is hypocritical, orchestrated intimidation
The criticism now being directed against the Georgian government seems too good to be true -- which is to say, too good to be real.
EU terminates military co-operation with post-coup Niger
The European Union has ended its official military co-operation with Niger following a successful coup in the North African country last year.
Georgia accuses European Commission of assassination ‘threat’
The European Commission has denied issuing any form of "threat" to see Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze shot over the country's anti-foreign interference…
EU leaders derided for offering condolences over Iranian helicopter crash
EU leaders have come under fire for offering condolences after Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi, was killed in a helicopter crash.
EU leaders split on ICC request for Netanyahu and Hamas arrests
European Union leaders are split over a request from International Criminal Court prosecutors for an arrest warrant to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Georgia’s foreign agent law in fact looks very American
Imagine, for a moment, there was a secretive Russian-backed news media organization designed to weaken the European establishment by highlighting its mistakes.
EU presses Georgia to withdraw law on ‘foreign agents’
The European Union has urged Georgia to withdraw its “foreign agents” law.
Poland, like an ex-colony, will not stand up as sovereign state
In economic theory, the term “middle-income trap” describes a scenario where a country struggles to ascend beyond a certain developmental threshold.