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EU resists calls to delay deforestation law, letter shows
BRUSSELS - The European Union has resisted calls from some industries and countries to delay its flagship policy to fight deforestation,...
Jul 6, 20242 min read


China's Xi greets EU Council president ahead of EV tariffs taking effect
BEIJING - China's President Xi Jinping made a congratulatory call on Thursday to incoming European Council President Antonio Costa,...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Spain to crack down on holiday rentals to address housing crisis
MADRID - Spain's government announced a crackdown on Wednesday on short-term and seasonal holiday lettings amid rising anger from locals...
Jul 4, 20242 min read


Spain's top court upholds arrest warrants for Catalan separatists despite amnesty
BARCELONA/MADRID - Spain's Supreme Court on Monday upheld arrest warrants for Catalonia's former leader and others charged with...
Jul 2, 20242 min read


EU sees rise in deportation rates for non-EU migrants
A growing proportion of non-European Union citizens ordered to leave EU territory are being returned to countries outside the bloc as...
Jun 28, 20242 min read


EU leaders pick von der Leyen for second term as Commission chief
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders agreed to nominate Ursula von der Leyen of Germany for a second five-year term as president of the...
Jun 28, 20243 min read


EU leaders to agree on top jobs, strategic agenda with focus on defence
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders are to agree on Thursday on the strategic course for the EU and on the people to run its...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


Poland, Baltics call for EU defence line on border with Russia, Belarus
BRUSSELS - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on Wednesday for the European Union to build a defence line along the bloc's...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


EU countries agree sanctions on Belarus to plug 'biggest loophole' in Russian measures
BRUSSELS - European Union countries agreed a sanctions package against Belarus on Wednesday, EU diplomats and Belgium said, to try to...
Jun 27, 20241 min read


S.Africa says cases against EU citrus measures progressing at WTO
South Africa expects the World Trade Organisation to set up adjudication panels in July to examine its two cases against the European...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


Spanish rescue teams search for missing British teenager in Tenerife ravine
TENERIFE, Spain - Spanish rescue teams were searching an area around the Masca Ravine in Tenerife island's remote national park on...
Jun 22, 20241 min read


Beluga whale pair move from Ukraine's war-torn Kharkiv to Spain's Valencia
MADRID - Marine biologists have moved a pair of beluga whales from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the target of daily shelling by...
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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