Brussels announced on Tuesday that it has launched an in-depth probe into plans by Berlin to compensate coal-fired power plants for their early closure.
Germany has planned to phase out coal from its energy mix by 2038. As part of this, it has (...)
As many as 114 million (114,087,468) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,531,292 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 89,632,751 cases of global (...)
Authorities in Germany and Belgium seized more than 23,000 kilograms (50,700 pounds) of cocaine, worth billions of dollars, in an international operation that resulted in one arrest, officials said on Wednesday, calling it the largest amount of (...)
Catalonia's former leader Carles Puigdemont has told Euronews he will continue fighting after Members of the European Parliament voted to lift his immunity from prosecution.
He fled Spain after the northeast region declared independence following a (...)
Foreign ministers from EU countries have agreed to place further sanctions against Russian officials over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
If approved by the European Council, it will be the first time the EU has used a new mechanism to (...)
Central European countries warned of a COVID-19 surge on Friday due to the discovery of new variants.
The region, which includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, saw few infections during the first wave of the (...)
As many as 111.3 million (111,340,871) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,465,593 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 86,220,742 cases of global (...)
The world's richest countries are on Friday boosting their commitment to a COVID-19 vaccination program for poorer countries.
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are holding virtual talks (...)
Central European countries warned of a COVID-19 surge on Friday due to the discovery of new variants.
The region, which includes countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, saw few infections during the first wave of the (...)
The European Space Agency is holding its first recruitment drive in 11 years and is highlighting its desire to achieve greater diversity.
The European equivalent of NASA is seeking to recruit more women astronauts this year, as well as people with (...)
The European Union has secured another 350 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for delivery this year, the Commission announced on Wednesday.
Pfizer/BioNTech will provide the bloc's 27 countries with an additional 200 million doses — with an option (...)
Mario Draghi was officially appointed Italy's Prime Minister on Friday evening following a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella.
The former European Central Bank chief and his Cabinet of ministers are to be sworn in on Saturday.
Draghi's (...)
As many as 108.8 million (108,808,348) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,395,915 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 80,837,108 cases of global (...)
Hungary has become the first EU country to use Russia's COVID-19 vaccine after 2,800 initial doses were made available.
The country's chief medical officer said the rollout had begun at designated vaccination stations on Friday.
European officials (...)
Police in Denmark and Germany have arrested a total of 14 people on suspicion of planning a bomb attack.
Thirteen of the arrests were made in Denmark during a major counterterrorism operation carried out last weekend in the greater Copenhagen (...)
The European Union has condemned the attack on Abha International Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Spokesperson for the External Affairs of the European Union Peter Stano said in a statement that the European Union condemns the attack, (...)
Germany, Poland and Sweden each announced on Monday that a Russian diplomat in their country has been declared "persona non grata" in retaliation to Moscow expelling European diplomats last week.
The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that (...)
France, Italy, Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic received their first shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Saturday.
Austria, France and Germany are going to restrict the jab to the under 65s because of a lack of data for older age groups (...)
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned Russia's move to expel European diplomats on Friday in an interview with Euronews.
The EU's top diplomat said that he learned of the news during his meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister (...)
As many as 106 million (106,004,046) people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,311,034 have died, according to a worldodometer tally. It reported that there have been 77,643,762 cases of global (...)
The EU will have access to around 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of June, Ursula von der Leyen has told MEPs.
That means if no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, there will only be enough doses to inoculate fewer than half (...)
France, Poland, and Sweden on Tuesday issued recommendations not to use the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca for the elderly.
They join Germany and Italy which issued such recommendations last week.
Authorities in France and Sweden say the (...)
AstraZeneca will supply the EU with nine million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday, amid a row with the pharmaceutical company over the quantity of initial doses.
That will (...)
The European Commission confirmed late on Friday that it would not trigger controls on shipments of vaccines to Northern Ireland amid an ongoing row with the United Kingdom over access to treatments to prevent COVID-19.
Earlier on Friday the First (...)
