The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Italy finalises justice reform to help unlock EU funding

Italy's outgoing government approved on Thursday a decree to reform the country's notoriously slow criminal justice system, according to government officials, paving the way for the finalisation of a broader reform needed to keep European Union funds flowing.

Reuters · Aug 4, 2022

Ukraine Recap: grain and gas were problems the west should have seen coming

There was a perceptible sense of relief on Monday when the Razoni, a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, left the port of Odesa with 26,000 tons of grain bound for Tripoli in Lebanon. This was the first ship out of the port city since Vladimir Putin sent his military machine into Ukraine…

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2022

Hungary's autocratic PM Orban addressing US conservatives

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is in the U.S. to speak to one of the nation's largest gatherings of conservative activists

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

UK holidaymakers could be caught out by new EU fingerprint and photo system

The new EU biometrics system will come into effect in May 2023.

Daily Record · Aug 4, 2022

Iranian Nuclear Talks Resume amid Low US Expectations

The US and Iranian delegations will return to Vienna this week, nearly five months after the suspension of the indirect talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal between international powers and Iran. Top European Union official Enrique Mora announced on Twitter Wednesday that he was heading to the Austrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 4, 2022

The phrase ‘white working class’ is a fiction – so why are the Tories obsessed with it?

Why is the right so obsessed with peddling the fake narrative that it’s white people who have been left behind, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2022

Months into war, Ukraine refugees slow to join EU workforce

Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in its 27 member nations

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022

Brits won't have to pay EU visa fee next summer - but will face new rules

New system for travelling to the bloc from next May

Wales Online · Aug 4, 2022

Government ‘not on course’ to turn UK into ‘science superpower’ by 2030, peers say

Baroness Brown of Cambridge says the government’s ‘science policy has been far from perfect’

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

'Oven ready? Thanks to Brexit now we're all turkeys in the eyes of the world'

Guest columnist Anila Baig reflects on the big lie that tipped us out of the European Union - with disastrous result. Boris Johnson promised an 'oven-ready' deal but now we're facing the consequences

Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022