The Latest Breaking News from European Union

EU’s Borrell Against Conditioning Aid On PA Dropping Antisemitic Textbooks

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is against making financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority 

Zenger · May 14, 2023

Moldova minister says Russia's Gazprom only interested in separatist region

Russian state-owned Gazprom is still shipping supplies to Moldova's indebted separatist enclave Transdniestria without receiving payment purely because it wants to prop up the region, Moldova's energy minister said on Sunday.

Reuters · May 14, 2023

EU says latest Armenia-Azerbaijan talks should build momentum for peace

The European Union on Sunday welcomed the latest meeting between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as a positive step toward clinching a durable peace agreement between the two neighbouring states which have fought two major wars in 30 years.

Reuters · May 14, 2023

Election at UN migration agency pits its European chief against his American deputy

International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses its next director-general on Monday

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Jacob Rees-Mogg claims Brexit stopped Russian invasion of Ukraine from succeeding

Hardline Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-mogg suggested a 'mucky compromise' would have been made with the Kremlin if the UK had still been tied to Brussels when Russia invaded Ukraine

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2023

Tories ‘buzzing with ideas’, says Shapps amid grassroots criticism of Sunak

The Energy Secretary played down suggestions of unrest within the party ranks amid the fallout from the local elections.

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

The UK has a PR plan masquerading as an industrial strategy

Britain says it has no need for Biden-style green subsidies as it has a thriving renewables sector. The complacency is staggering

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

Labour looks at giving EU citizens and 16 to 17-year-olds general election vote

Millions of EU nationals could be given the right to vote in UK general elections under Labour, along with 1.4 million 16 and 17-year-olds in a major boost to the size of the electorate

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2023

Labour looks at giving EU citizens and 16-year-olds general election vote

Tories accuse Keir Starmer of trying to ‘rig’ future elections and reverse Brexit

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Multipolar world is feasible only by a multipolar Asia: EAM Jaishankar

Globalisation is the overwhelming reality of our times and there must be a respective appreciation of multipolarity because a multipolar world is feasible only by a multipolar Asia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said

The Hindu · May 14, 2023