An EU diplomat familiar with the negotiations noted that the proposal was generally welcomed by member states on 28 October.

Four shipping companies were also sanctioned, announced the Council.

Being in favour of Mercosur "is not in contradiction with not being able to support some outstanding parts of the deal," Tajani told reporters.

Biden's decision to lift restrictions for Ukraine's use of American long-range weapons does not change Germany's stance

If the proposal means lab-grown meat, Italy is "firmly against it", said Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida.

“When a politician walks into the courtroom, justice exits at once,” Defence Attorney François Wagner argues, making a case against the legal validity of the trial.

Beroš's dismissal amid a corruption and embezzlement probe continues to escalate in Croatia.

Trump will stop helping Kyiv, and then, as part of a peace conference, will give Putin all the land he has acquired.

The lithium industry's sustainability approach is evolving from reactive risk management to proactive leadership, from ESG risk mitigation to driving global sustainable development, and from internal sustainability to creating Net Positive outcomes across the value chain.

It is falling behind its 2030 AMR targets, with progress varying across member states, according to the ECDC.

Free and independent media is a key pillar of democracy, but recently, worrying trends have emerged across Europe.

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“It is shocking that so many governments failed to deliver on the promises made to working people two years ago," says the ETUC.

"I think we should keep the doors open," Caspar Veldkamp told reporters in Brussels.

Both Ukraine and Russia are on track to make around 1.5 million drones this year, mostly small “first-person view” vehicles that cost a few hundred dollars apiece.

It has to be more attractive by focusing on the critical needs of member states says senior EU official.

In excerpts published in the Italian press from a forthcoming book, the pontiff said "we should investigate carefully" the assesment of some international experts who said that "what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide".

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Prime Minister Robert Fico saying his party Smer must prepare for possible snap elections, the paralysis of the Bulgarian parliament, and so much more. 

Parliament cannot function without a speaker, elect a government, or pass time-sensitive laws.

Simion is the only Romanian subject to such a ban by Ukraine.