FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a media conference at the end of an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File) BRUSSELS (AP ...

In previous sanctions packages, mainland Chinese and Hong Kong-registered entities have been added to a blacklist banning them from buying sensitive goods from the EU, but had not been added to ...

Hungarian Minister of the Interior Sandor Pinter, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, heralded the accession of the two countries as a “historic moment” at a gathering of ...

BELGIUM: EU rules requiring all new smartphones, tablets and cameras to use the same charger came into force on Saturday (Dec 28), in a change Brussels said will cut costs and waste. Manufacturers ...

But some countries experience a greater influx of refugees than others. At the end of October 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine ...

The USB-C directive, which requires mobile devices to have a universal charging port, is now in place in the EU. The directive's end goal is to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation.

Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F) climate benchmark, a critical threshold to ...

Poland takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency from Hungary on Jan. 1, a change at the helm likely to be met with a sigh of relief in many EU quarters. Warsaw is expected to bring a more ...

Channels linked to major outlets, including RIA Novosti, Rossiya 1, and Channel One, were reported inaccessible across the EU on Sunday. Access to such broadcasters was reportedly restricted in ...

Warsaw, which took over the presidency from Hungary on 1 January, says it wants to "strengthen its position as one of the most important" EU states by addressing key issues like the economy, energy ...

The number of food and other fraud suspicions raised by EU member states dropped in November. The 232 alerts are down from 292 in October. This compares to 213 in September and 222 in August.

Many of the biggest economic concerns Britain faced before Brexit never actually happened despite concerns about what leaving the EU could do to the economy. Since leaving the EU, research at ...