Asylum applications in EU last year up a third from 2020
The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for international protection, a third more than in 2020, its asylum agency EUAA said on Tuesday, with...
UK says it will impose further sanctions on Russia
The British government is determined to impose further sanctions on Russia and will continue to do so until Moscow fully withdraws from Ukraine, foreign minister...
Russian gas to Europe falls short as heatwave drives demand
Russian gas flows to Europe fell short of demand on Friday, coinciding with an early heatwave gripping its south and boosting benchmark prices already lifted...
EU, India relaunch talks for free trade agreement
The European Union and India on Friday relaunched negotiations to forge a free trade agreement, with the aim of completing talks by the end of...
Bank of England set to raise rates again as inflation heads for 10%
The Bank of England looks set to raise interest rates next week for the fifth time since December, its steepest run of rate hikes in...
EU gives final approval to sanctions targeting Russian oil and Sberbank
The European Union on Thursday gave its final approval to new sanctions on Russian oil and top bank Sberbank, after much wrangling with Hungary, as...
EU summit unlikely to find solution on Russia oil embargo, von der Leyen says
European Union leaders are unlikely to strike a deal on an oil embargo against Russia at their summit on Monday and Tuesday, head of the...
EU ambassador to UK says bloc won’t change mandate in Brexit talks
The European Union will not give a new mandate to renegotiate post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland agreed as part of the Brexit deal, the...
Oil falls 2% as U.S. refiners ramp up output, equities retreat
Oil prices fell over 2% on Wednesday, reversing early gainsas traders grew less worried about a supply crunch after government data showed U.S. refiners ramped...
UK tells EU: Without flexibility, we will act on N.Ireland
Britain warned it might be forced to "act" in a row with the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, raising the risk...