The European Commission said it would not extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports that expires on Friday night, deciding at the last minute to let it lapse despite intense lobbying from eastern EU countries. ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Most EU countries are against extending an import ban on Ukrainian grain beyond mid-September, four EU diplomats told POLITICO, pushing back against calls by ...
Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders will take over as the European Commission’s competition chief, after Margrethe Vestager announced that she had gone on leave to run for the presidency of the European Investment Bank (EIB). Vestager ...
The West should give Russia security guarantees and ban Ukraine from joining NATO, a senior Hungarian minister said on Sunday in comments likely to further strain Budapest’s already rocky relations with Kyiv. To ensure lasting ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The British parliament has for the first time referred to Taiwan as an “independent country” in an official document, breaking a political taboo as ...
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The EU’s reserves of natural gas hit a historic high Thursday, filling up well in advance of the winter heating season as the bloc ...
Moscow risks sparking a direct war with NATO by intercepting ships in international waters and seeking to impose an economic stranglehold on Ukraine, NATO’s former Supreme Allied Commander Europe is warning. Ex-U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, ...
A Russian warship fired warning shots at a merchant ship moving across the southwestern Black Sea on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. Around 6:40 a.m. Moscow time on Sunday, the Russian ...