The European Union has indefinitely frozen Russia’s assets in Europe to ensure that Hungary and Slovakia, both with Moscow-friendly governments, can’t prevent the billions of euros from being used to support Ukraine.

Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has been elected as president of the Eurogroup — a move that would have been unthinkable just 10 years ago, when the country was in the throes of a deep financial crisis that almost saw it tossed out of the eurozone altogether.

The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed to join the bloc.

European nations have agreed to consider changes that rights advocates say would weaken migrant protections that have underpinned European law since World War II.

European Union leaders have committed to funding Ukraine's economic and military needs for the next two years.

Slovakia’s parliament has approved a plan to dismantle an independent office that protects whistleblowers.

The European Union is investigating Google for potential antitrust violations related to its AI models.

Lithuania's government has declared a national emergency over security risks from meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus in recent weeks.

A top European Union official has warned the United States against interfering in European affairs.

Riot police have fired tear gas at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Greece’s second-largest city Thessaloniki.

European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations.

The European Union has unveiled a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine over the next two years.

Georgian authorities have detained a prominent opposition figure Alexander Elisashvili on suspicion of attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building.

Protesters in Tbilisi have marked a year of continuous demonstrations against Georgia's decision to halt EU membership talks.

The European Union’s defense chief has proposed deeper integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc.

World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies have broken with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa despite opposition from the United States.

More than 60 delegations have met in Brussels to discuss reconstruction and governance in Gaza, focusing on reforming the Palestinian Authority.

The European Union has introduced a new defense package to speed up the deployment of tanks and troops across its 27 nations.

The Czech Republic plans to build two new reactors at its Dukovany plant to expand the country's nuclear energy capacity.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says his country will challenge the European Union's plan to end Russian energy imports in court.

European Union regulators are investigating Google for allegedly demoting media publishers' content in search results.

European Union officials are warning Ukraine that it must keep cracking down on graft in the wake of a major corruption scandal that could hurt the country’s ability to attract financial help.

The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged tanker called the Hellas Aphrodite.

A European Union vessel has reached a ship taken by pirates off the coast of Somalia and found all its 24 crew members safe.

The European Union has announced plans to slash carbon emissions by 90% by 2040.

The European Union says it has reached an agreement with China to stabilize the flow of rare earth materials crucial for high-tech and military products.

The European Union has praised Ukraine for its reform progress toward joining the bloc despite concerns about corruption.

The European Union is working to establish new climate goals before the U.N. climate talks in Brazil starts next week.

Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent, has been elected as Ireland's president.

The European Union says Meta and TikTok have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.

European Union leaders are seeking a more active role in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after being sidelined from a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Belgium's prime minister says that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine’s economy and war effort afloat in coming years.

Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize.

Leaders of six Western Balkan nations are meeting British and European officials in London on Wednesday.

A Cameroonian-flagged ship has caught fire in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen.

Europe’s main center-left political group has kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The European Union has unveiled a plan aimed at ensuring that Europe can defend itself against outside attack by the end of the decade.

The European Union has unveiled proposals to protect farmers from being undercut by imports from South America.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has thanked the European Union for being a "trusted friend" and urged investment in Greenland's resources.

The European Union's top official warns that Russia is conducting a "targeted gray zone campaign" against Europe.

Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused the opposition of trying to overthrow his government.

Germany’s Munich Airport has reopened after authorities shut it down for the second time in less than 24 hours after two confirmed drone sightings.

Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has taken a decisive lead to win a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims.

European defense ministers have agreed to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace.

Apple wants the European Union to repeal its Digital Markets Act, arguing it delays new features like live translation for AirPods.

Workers broke open the first tunnel connecting Austria to Italy under the Brenner Pass.

Australia has set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels by 2035.

A European Union court has ruled that nuclear energy and natural gas can be considered environmentally sustainable investments.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that Europe must stake claim to its independence in the face of challenges from Russia, new and hostile trade realities and other major powers.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza.

Belgium plans to recognize a Palestinian state, joining a growing list of countries to take the step.

Russia has launched a large aerial attack on southern Ukraine, two days after an airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 people.

European defense ministers have pledged to increase pressure on Russia after a meeting in Copenhagen on the war in Ukraine.

Low-value imports no longer are eligible to enter the U.S. duty-free.

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations affecting American tech companies.

A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.

American and European Union officials have released a bare-bones account of their trade deal that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States.

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece are battling ongoing wildfires as hot, dry conditions persist.

Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store.

Ukraine and its European backers are seeking talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to protect their security interests ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.

The European Union agency that tracks global warming says last month was the third-warmest July on record, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago.

President Donald Trump on Thursday imposed once unthinkably high U.S. taxes on imports from dozens of countries, part of his campaign to turn one of the world’s most open economies into a fortress bristling with barriers to trade.

The European Union’s top court has ruled that some decisions by international governing bodies, such as FIFA and the IOC, can be challenged outside Switzerland, opening up a system that currently binds athletes, officials and clubs to accept verdicts there.

President Donald Trump's order imposing new tariffs on scores of countries and the European Union starting in seven days has injected a new dose of uncertainty in an already uncertain process.

Numerous countries around the world are facing the prospect of new tariffs on their exports to the United States on Aug. 7 because they haven’t yet reached a trade deal with the Trump administration.

The European Commission says it presumes the United States will impose a 15% tariff on most EU exports from Friday.

The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has passed 60,000.

The EU-U.S. tariff agreement sealed over the weekend has been described as a “dark day” for Europe and even a capitulation to American demands.

The Netherlands has banned two far-right Israeli ministers from entering the country.

France is calling on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

President Donald Trump is getting his way with the world economy.

The European Union's trade agreement with the Trump administration is receiving mixed reviews.

Chinese online retailer is being accused by European Union regulators of breaching the bloc’s digital rules by failing to stop the sale of illegal products.

The rebel Houthi group in Yemen says it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of what it described as the fourth phase of its naval operation against Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have announced a sweeping trade deal.

The United States and the European Union reached a tariff deal Sunday after a brief meeting between President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. A White House deadline was days away for imposing punishing import taxes on the 27-member EU, which is America’s leading global trading partner.

The United States and the European Union have agreed to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods.

Meta has announced it will stop all political advertising in the European Union by October.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has built a close relationship with Donald Trump, aligning with the MAGA movement.

Thousands of Ukrainians have protested in Kyiv and other cities, urging President Zelenskyy to veto a controversial anti-corruption bill.

The European Union and Britain are ramping up pressure on Russia over its war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump says he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean.

The European Union is seeking updates and more action from Israel on implementing a new deal to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

EU trade ministers have agreed that U.S. President Donald Trump’s 30% tariffs announced on the European Union are “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move.

The European Union has decided to hold off on imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods that were set to begin Monday.

The European Union has released a code of practice on general purpose artificial intelligence to help thousands of businesses in the 27-nation bloc using the technology comply with the bloc’s landmark AI rule book.

TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data transferred to China.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has comfortably survived a vote of no confidence.

The European Union's justice chief says Hungary has made virtually no progress in addressing concerns about democratic backsliding over the last year.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.

New attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on cargo ships in the Red Sea have raised fears of a renewed campaign targeting a key maritime route for international trade.

Poland has reinstated border controls with Germany and Lithuania to address concerns over illegal migration.

President Donald Trump's announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union will have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.

China has barred European medical device companies from selling to its government in response to EU trade restrictions.

Serbian police have detained 79 university students and other protesters as they broke up street blockades in several cities.

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community plans to hold a Pride march in Budapest on Saturday despite a government ban.

Apple has moved to revamp its European Union app store policies as it seeks to fend off escalating fines under the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition regulations.

The European Union is reassessing its ties with China strained relations with the United States.

European Union leaders are calling for greater efforts to help meet Ukraine’s pressing military needs.

European nations worked Monday to keep alive diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war as the two countries traded strikes following the United States’ weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear program.