The European Union's special representative for human rights met Friday with the families of protesters jailed in Cuba for taking part in anti-government protests.Eamon Gilmore told reporters in Cuba that the prisoners' situation was the dominant iss...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Saturday to discuss Ukraine's accession to the EU with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenksy.Kyiv applied for EU membership just days after Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022,...

The European Union on Saturday "unequivocally" condemned attacks by the Palestinian group Hamas on Israel and called for an immediate stop to the violence.It came after a barrage of rockets was fired and fighters from the Palestinian enclave infiltra...

Lithuania on Friday closed two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus in a move it announced earlier this month citing the security risk posed by Russia's Wagner mercenary group."Both Sumsko and Tvereciaus border checkpoints were shut at midnight...

The European Commission on Friday rejected a demand from France that it "reconsider" its appointment of an American to a key post in the EU executive dealing with the regulation of US tech giants."The decision was made. We see no grounds to reconside...

The Court of Justice of the EU on Wednesday dismissed a challenge brought by three Catalan MEPs over the European Parliament stripping them of their immunity at Spain's request.The court said it "rejects all the pleas" made by the three -- Carles Pui...

The European Union could raise three billion euros a year for Ukraine's reconstruction by taxing the interest earned by Russian central bank assets frozen in the bloc, Belgium's prime minister said Friday."We are working on a windfall tax on profits,...

The EU on Friday cautiously welcomed efforts made by Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to prepare for new European rules on content moderation that kick in on August 25.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg "was very involved and knew exactly where we st...

The EU's top tech enforcer warned Elon Musk on Thursday that Twitter must have enough resources to moderate dangerous content by August 25 or risk being in violation of the bloc's landmark rules to rein in big tech."If the technology is not ready the...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday slammed as "unacceptable" a European Union agreement to revise the bloc's rules on member states hosting asylum seekers and migrants."Brussels is abusing its power. They want to relocate migrants to Hun...

Twitter has decided to leave the EU's disinformation code, a voluntary pact that groups together the major social platforms, but "its obligations remain," EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton tweeted Saturday.Launched in 2018, the EU's code of pra...

European stocks rebounded Friday in opening deals before key US payrolls data, after sliding the previous day on banking concerns and news of rising eurozone interest rates.London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 0.7 percent to 7,754.07 points compare...