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The Council took note of the 8th EU-NATO progress report setting out the progress achieved by the two organisations between June 2022 and May 2023.

The Council agreed on its negotiating mandate on proposed amendments to EU law on the collection and management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment.

The Council agreed its 2023 recommendations and opinions on the member states' economic, employment and fiscal policies, as well as the recommendation for the euro area.

The Council adopted a decision which updates the recovery and resilience plan of Estonia. The Council’s positive assessment of Estonia’s plan remains unchanged.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1035 of 25 May 2023 amending Decision 2013/255/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Syria.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on Council implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/987 of 22 May 2023 implementing Decision 2011/235/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran.

Remarks by Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe after the Eurogroup meeting of 15 June 2023 in Luxembourg.

European Council President Charles MicheI delivered a video message at Prespa Forum Dialogue taking place in Struga, North Macedonia

The President of the Eurogroup issued a statement on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the first Eurogroup meeting.

The Council agreed today on the Council’s negotiating mandate for a new EU law on liability for defective products.

President Michel received the letters of credentials from four new ambassadors to the European Union.

The Council agreed its mandate on the listing act, a legislative package which will make EU public capital markets more attractive for EU companies and facilitate their access to capital.

The Council has agreed its position on a targeted revision of the financial regulation which lays down the rules applicable to the EU budget.

Serbians paraded life-size figures of leading government figures in prison jumpsuits on Saturday (17 June) during a seventh week of protests since two mass shootings triggered nationwide protests.

Vladimir Putin on 17 June gave African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv.

Putin said on 16 June that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.

EU finance ministers met to discuss the proposed update of the bloc's spending rules but failed to achieve any progress, with France and Germany still at odds over the reforms after the meeting.

Temperatures in Europe are heating up, and so is a contention that has now spread from Spain to Germany. At the heart of the squabble is a fruit you might be snacking on as you enjoy the sun: strawberries.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday (16 June) announced €500 million in public investment into the French aviation industry to help the EU meet its aviation decarbonisation targets for 2030 and 2050.

French economy minister Bruno Le Maire warned that uniformly and automatically applied numerical targets embedded in the current fiscal rules had led to recessions in the past and should not be included in the EU's reform of the rules.