The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Boat carrying 400 migrants adrift between Italy and Malta

People onboard say boat has been adrift for two days as it has taken on water and is without a captain.

Al Jazeera · Apr 10, 2023

Australia’s version of the BBC has just made a documentary about Welsh independence

'The Welsh are rising. A new independence movement is gaining ground'

Wales Online · Apr 10, 2023

Editorial: How to Reverse the Decline in Foreign Investment in China

Holding to the principles of reform could help break a deadlock in a landmark EU investment pact that is vital to reversing the recent decline in FDI

Caixin Global · Apr 10, 2023

Good Friday agreement ‘based on compromise’, Sunak says on 25th anniversary

PM says ‘work to be done’ to restore government at Stormont ahead of Biden meeting on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

Agency upbeat on carbon credit market

The carbon credit market is growing rapidly, indicating an opportunity to increase the value of agricultural and export products as well as reduce carbon emissions, according to the Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO) under the Commerce Ministry.

Bangkok Post · Apr 9, 2023

Macron urges European strategic autonomy amid US-China tensions

Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to develop more strategic autonomy as a way to avoid the risk of turning EU countries into “vassals” in the event of a global crisis such as a U.S.-China confrontation.

Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023

Government ‘retreating’ over post-Brexit plans to ditch EU laws this year

The Retained EU Law Bill would see more than 4,000 EU laws automatically scrapped

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Profits at Apple’s subsidiary in Ireland rise to $69bn

Main non-US division pays $7.7bn in corporation tax but $20.7bn in dividends to California parent

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

How Boris Johnson – and Brexit – almost unravelled the Good Friday Agreement

The former prime minister’s reckless suggestion that the Irish border would not be a problem as he sought to ‘get Brexit done’ came close to causing irreparable damage, writes Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023

Global progress on phasing out coal in 2022 weighed down by China

Despite the energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, a phasing out of coal continued across the world in 2022, according to a new report by the NGO Global Energy Monitor. Everywhere except China, where new coal production capacity under development increased, offsetting the gains in the rest of the…

France 24 · Apr 9, 2023