The Latest Breaking News from European Union

Killing of civilians in Bucha and Kyiv condemned as ‘terrible war crime’

Europe pledges further sanctions against Russia after reports of killing of scores of unarmed Ukrainians

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Hungarians flock to polls in vote overshadowed by Ukraine war as Orban seeks new term

The party of nationalist Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has taken the lead in partial results from the country's general election on Sunday, the national election office said.

France 24 · Apr 3, 2022

Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same

Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022

Will western leaders cut and run as the costs of the Ukraine war mount?

The longer the war goes on, the more the early anti-Putin momentum could be stalled by political stresses, an energy crisis and the huge bill for aid

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Swine fever risk if UK waives checks on imports from EU, say vets

Ministers are considering another postponement to border controls amid fears of supply chain problems and higher prices

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

The Observer view on Britain’s cruel and unfit refugee policy

Ukrainian refugees are becoming the latest victims of a hostile bureaucracy that was two decades in the making

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022

Hungarians head to polls in the shadow of war in Ukraine

Polls opened across Hungary early Sunday as voters in the Central European country were faced with a choice: taking a chance on a diverse, Western-looking coalition of opposition parties, or granting nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban a renewed mandate with a fourth consecutive term in office

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022

Will Hungarians vote to oust Europe's most illiberal leader?

Sunday's elections in Hungary will decide whether Victor Orban – Vladimir Putin's only EU ally – stays in power, or if opposition candidate Peter Marki-Zay, who managed to get a colourful coalition of six parties together, can break the stranglehold of the incumbent's Fidesz party.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 2, 2022

Russian space chief: Sanctions could imperil space station

The head of Russia’s space program says the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2022

Doug Bannister, head of the Port of Dover: ‘We’re at the centre of Brexit. I signed up for that’

The US executive took over the port in 2019, in the heat of the debate about the EU. He’s not surprised it’s been a challenge

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2022