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Some EU members close to Israel, such as Germany and Austria, had said they were ready to approve sanctions on violent settlers after more had been imposed on Hamas | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union is close to agreeing sanctions on Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank after Hungary signalled an end…
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The Copernicus Climate Change Service said that every month since June last year has been the warmest such month on record. | Photo Credit: AP The world, last month, experienced the warmest February on record, with the average temperature being 1.77 degrees Celsius more than the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period,…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union’s (EU) leading political umbrella group, the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), is set to back European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on March 7 for a second term running the bloc’s powerful executive. A former German Defence Minister, Ursula…
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The U.K. will join a string of European countries in leaving a controversial energy treaty that has allowed fossil fuel giants to sue governments over their climate policies, the government said on February 22. The decision to quit the 1990s-era accord comes after efforts to…
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center left, reviews the honour guard with Montenegro’s President Jakov Milatovic in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, on Oct. 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Montenegro’s new government was confirmed on October 31, with the Prime Minister promising to unblock the Balkan nation’s stalled European Union integration process as a…
An ambitious 2021 agreement by more than 140 countries and territories to weed out tax havens and force multinational corporations to pay a minimum tax has been weakened by loopholes and will raise only a fraction of the revenue that was envisioned, a tax watchdog backed by the European Union (EU) has warned. The landmark…
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference with the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana, Albania, on Sept. 28, 2021. Leaders from the European Union and the Western Balkans are holding an annual summit in Albania’s capital to discuss the six countries’ path to membership in the…
This picture taken on October 11, 2023 shows an aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air strikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City. | Photo Credit: AFP The “overwhelming majority” of European Union (EU) countries supported continuing aid payments to the Palestinian Authority, according to the bloc’s top diplomat Josep…
EU’s digital chief warned Elon Musk that his platform X is spreading “disinformation”. Brussels: The EU’s digital chief Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk on Tuesday that his platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading “illegal content and disinformation”, in a letter seen by AFP. The letter said concerns had heightened after the Hamas attack against Israel,…
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell shake hands at the opening of the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 2, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP The European Union signalled its long-term support for Ukraine on Monday as its foreign ministers convened in…
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