The European Commission is working on a new proposal to impose tariffs on the Russian oil that still enters the single market via Hungary and Slovakia amid mounting pressure from Donald Trump to cut off all energy ties with Moscow for good. The extra duties are meant to increase material…

Once a member of al Qaeda and the Islamic State and now leading Syria’s fragile transition since toppling the Bashar Assad regime, Ahmed al-Sharaa is ready to take to the global center stage at the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday and make his case for a new path forward for his…

The EU has lifted a halt on poultry imports from Brazil four months after they were stopped because of an avian flu outbreak.   The European Commission has begun gradually lifting the temporary restrictions on imports of poultry products from Brazil, an EU executive spokesperson confirmed to Euronews on Tuesday.  …

Jens Eskelund, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, warned of a sharp rise in Chinese exports to Europe following Washington’s announcement of sweeping import tariffs in April.  “We have seen in the first half of the year how exports from China to North America have been declining.…

United States President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order labelling Antifa as a “domestic terrorist organisation” in the country. In turn, posts alleging that the Netherlands has designated Antifa as a terrorist organisation gained traction, with some being viewed hundreds of thousands of times across social media. In…

Published on 23/09/2025 – 15:59 GMT+2 The EU is managing to “stabilise its relations with the US”, European Council President António Costa told journalists in a group interview in New York during the UN General Assembly. Costa touched on US reaffirmation of its commitment to NATO and Ukraine, and the…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again called on all European partners in the NATO alliance to cut dependence on Russian oil.In his lengthy address to the United Nations General Assembly, Trump accused NATO allies of “funding the war against themselves.””Who the hell ever heard of that one?” Trump mocked.…

Published on 23/09/2025 – 16:47 GMT+2 Implementation of EU deforestation rules will be delayed for a second time, to December 2026, the European Commission announced on Tuesday, citing technical issues in the IT system dealing with the submission of due diligence statements by affected businesses. Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall revealed…

Supplies of 136 medicines that are considered “critical” for people’s health were in short supply in the European Union between 2022 and October 2024, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA). This reached record levels in 2023 and 2024, with 48 and 46 critical shortages…

Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement during her State of the Union address this month comes just weeks before the second anniversary of the Gaza war. In an unusual rebuke of the Jewish state, the European Commission president criticized the scale of the Israeli military campaign, which, she said, created a…