- 19 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityEU
Commission chief tells Albania: your future is in the EU
TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania belongs in the European Union in the future and it is up to the European Union to start membership talks, European Commission President Ursula von der…
EU set to remove Seychelles from tax haven blacklist – documents
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers are set to remove the Seychelles, Dominica and Anguilla from the bloc's blacklist of tax havens next week, documents seen…
Macron tells Europe to ‘stop being naive’ after France signs defence deal with Greece
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Europe needs to stop being naive when it comes to defending its interests and build its own military capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron said…
Activists urge UN to investigate alleged Taliban crimes
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The ousted Afghan government and activist groups called on the main U.N. human rights body on Monday to investigate reports of targeted killings and…
Russia’s Navalny nominated for EU rights prize
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was nominated on Monday for the European Parliament's annual human rights prize as European Union lawmakers sought to keep…
EU would be our trade priority, UK opposition Labour Party says
By William James BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party would make rebuilding Britain's ties with the European Union its top trade priority, putting the bloc above U.S and…
EU’s first-time asylum seekers more than double over spring – Eurostat
(Reuters) - The number of first-time asylum seekers to the European Union has more than doubled over the spring months, according to a report by the bloc's statistics office on…
U.N. rights chief urges Belarus neighbours to protect asylum-seekers
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called on Belarus' neighbours on Friday to protect asylum seekers after four people died near the Polish border…
EU drugs regulator to decide on Pfizer vaccine booster in early October
(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) aims to decide in early October whether to endorse a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to be given half a year after…
EU countries struggle to agree approach to COP26 climate talks
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries are struggling to agree their negotiating position for the COP26 climate change conference, with rifts emerging over timeframes for emissions-cutting pledges,…
Belarus has found spies working for West in state factories, president says
(Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said some employees at state-run factories were secretly working for the West against his government on Thursday after human rights activists reported the detention…
Central Europe leaders say migration is not the solution to population decline
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Central European leaders signed a joint declaration on Thursday saying immigration should not be the answer to the European Union's declining birth rate, while calling on the bloc…
