President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will visit Ukraine this month, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishina said. During her visit, von der Leyen would hold talks with Ukrainian President ahead of the European Union (EU) announcement…
EU organises film festival in Moscow inspite war in Ukraine
The EU on Friday said that it is bringing back the European Film Festival to Russia this November despite Russia’s war against Ukraine. The festival, which did not run in 2022 due to the conflict, would showcase 21 films from…
EU convenes special leaders’ meeting on situation in Israel, Gaza
European Union (EU) leaders are set to convene an extraordinary meeting via video link on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Israel and the Gaza Strip, European Council President Charles Michel said. “We stand in full solidarity with the people…
Ukraine’s Zelensky in Spain for European leaders’ summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday announced that he would be taking part in a gathering of European leaders in the Spanish city of Granada. The gathering would focus on improving cooperation on the continent. “Ukraine has substantial proposals in…
EU to provide Turkey with €400m for aftermath of major earthquakes
The European Union is to provide an additional 400 million euros (426.8 million U.S. dollars) in disaster relief to Turkey to deal with the aftermath of the two major earthquakes. On February 6, two large earthquakes and many aftershocks shook…
EU launches antitrust probe of Microsoft into bundling of Teams with Office, Microsoft 365
The European Commission on Thursday launched an antitrust probe into whether Microsoft’s bundling of its Teams business chat app as part of its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 software packages is a breach of European Union competition laws. Citing how…
Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival Threads will not launch in the EU this week
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival will not launch this week in the EU as the billionaire grapples with strict regulations in the single bloc. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the chief regulator in the EU which governs Meta, said the company…
EU’s report on 2023 elections accurate, LP counters FG
The Labour Party, in a swift reaction to the federal government’s position on the conclusion of the European Union over the 2023 election, described the Presidency’s comment discrediting the report as medicine after death. The party in a statement signed…
Greece ignored offer to monitor migrant boat, says EU border agency
Greece did not respond to an offer to send a plane to monitor a migrant boat that later sank with huge loss of life, EU border officials say. At least 82 people are known to have died in the incident…
Germany’s Scholz defends compromise on EU asylum deal
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended the European Union’s controversial plans for asylum procedures along the bloc’s external borders in remarks to Germany’s parliament. “This is a historic agreement because it shows that the EU can overcome its differences even…