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The United States and European Union on Thursday (2 December) voiced strong concern at China's "problematic and unilateral actions" in the South China Sea and stressed the need for close contact to manage "competition and systemic rivalry" with Beijing.

New sanctions against Russia should be imposed as a response to its aggressive approach towards Ukraine, according to Poland’s President Andrzej Duda and his Lithuanian and Ukrainian counterparts Gitanas Nausėda and Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Polish and Lithuanian leaders confirmed support for...

Police and border agents recorded 152 people who landed at Portuguese airports without a negative COVID-19 test or a recovery certificate on Wednesday, the ministry of internal administration tools Lusa on Thursday. The ministry also said that at least 10 airlines were...

Veneto has decided to suspend tests for unvaccinated people to privilege those with symptoms and vulnerable cases, the regional health authorities announced on Thursday. The decision was taken due to the lack of sanitary staff and concerning COVID-19 data. The...

The number of officially registered unemployed people in Spain fell by 74,381 in November, the largest monthly drop since 2008, according to the latest figures released on Thursday by the Spanish ministry of labour and social security, EURACTIV’s partner EFE...

Two opposition parties have gained popularity at the government’s expense, a new poll commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) has found. The Greens, however, have fallen to their lowest numbers in six years. Topping the poll released on Thursday...

Traffic-induced air pollution fell last year largely due to COVID-19 restrictions, according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Air pollution remained within EU limits throughout 2020, the report says, thanks to a work-from-home order which meant...

Having left the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy, the UK government has set up its own farm subsidy system that is designed to offer “public money for public goods. This means that payments will only be for protecting species, planting trees...

The United States and its allies, including the European Union, on Thursday (2 December) imposed sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities in Belarus in a coordinated move to escalate punitive action against President Alexander Lukashenko and his government.

Valérie Pécresse and Éric Ciotti were the winners of the first round of the vote to elect the right-wing candidate to run in the 2022 presidential elections that took place on Thursday. Ciotti, however, has said he shares views with...

Sixteen years of Chancellor Angela Merkel officially ended on Thursday night, as the Bundeswehr armed with torches said goodbye to the long term leader, as an iconic East German pop hit played. “All, all the best and a lucky hand and much success,”...

85 NGOs and experts have called on the European Commission to sanction NSO Group and prohibit the sale and use of its spyware Pegasus. They sent an open letter to the EU’s diplomacy chief, Josep Borrell, and to foreign ministers of the...

French Prime Minister Jean Castex told his British counterpart Boris Johnson that the UK held "a large part of the solution" to the Channel migrant crisis and rejected the idea of joint border patrols, according to a leaked letter.

The United States appeared Thursday (2 December) to play down the possibility of reviving a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, even as Tehran tabled draft proposals following the resumption of talks in Vienna.

Turkey on Thursday (2 December) called on the Council of Europe to avoid punishing Turkey ahead of a decision this week on whether Ankara could face rare disciplinary proceedings over the case of a jailed activist.

The European Union's public health agency said the Omicron variant could be responsible for more than half of all COVID-19 infections in Europe within a few months.

Germany on Thursday (2 December) unveiled strict curbs on public life for the unvaccinated as alarm fanned worldwide over the Omicron variant and the US readied to ramp up its winter battle against Covid-19.

The leaders of the EU and of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries met via video conference. At the end of the meeting President Michel and President von der Leyen issued a press release.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1867 of 22 October 2021amending Decision 2010/638/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2021/1966 of 11 November 2021amending Decision (CFSP) 2019/1894 concerning restrictive measures in view of Turkey’s unauthorised drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.