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Malta EU presidency logo (VALLETTA) – The small island of Malta took over the EU presidency on 1 January, facing the challenges of Brexit and important elections in France, Germany…

The European Union prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy by a further six months on Monday, continuing its response to the…

Brita Haj Hassan, Mayor of East Aleppo – Photo EU Council (BRUSSELS) -The EU summit strongly condemned the continued assault on Aleppo by the Syrian regime and its Russian and…

Photo EU Council (BRUSSELS) – The EU’s foreign policy chief and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Cuban signalled a normalising of EU-Cuba relations Monday with…

Photo EU Council (BRUSSELS) – EU leaders gave Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko full support at a summit Thursday at which they cemented a deal on visa-free…

Photo EU Slovakia presidency (BRUSSELS) – EU finance ministers and Euro-MPs reached a provisional deal on the 2017 EU budget in the early hours…

Theresa May does not have the power to give notice to withdraw from EU membership without consulting Parliament, the High Court ruled Thursday,…

Syria conflict (BRUSSELS) – The EU widened restrictive measures against the Syrian regime to another ten people Thursday, for being responsible for the violent repression against the civilian population in…