British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will meet in the UK on Monday to discuss changes to the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol, they said in a joint statement, raising hopes a deal can be reached.
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At least 60 people died, including 12 children, when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants to Europe crashed against rocks near the southern Italian coast early on Sunday, authorities said.
The EU on Saturday announced additional sanctions against Russia’s Wagner mercenary organisation for “human rights abuses” in the Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Ukraine.
The Berlin film festival on Saturday awarded its Golden Bear top prize to a documentary by French director Nicolas Philibert and its best acting award to an eight-year-old girl in what jury chief Kristen Stewart described as a “boundary-pushing” event.
UNESCO declared Manx Gaelic extinct in 2009. Years later, a letter from a primary school on the Isle of Man proved them wrong, so the organisation took a step back and set up a new category: revitalised languages.
Discussions among ambassadors took longer than expected due to a proposed ban on imports of Russian-made synthetic rubber.
Biden makes his way to Kyiv as Europe marks one year since the Ukraine war began and Brexit reappears on the agenda, if not slightly prematurely. #StateOfTheUnion
Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked at the International Space Station.
Despite nine sets of sanctions imposed by the European Union, the Russian economy only experienced a small contraction of its GDP in 2022. The “resilience” of the Russian economy was hailed on Tuesday by President Vladimir Putin during his state of the nation address. However, certain Western observers and politicians point out blind spots in the official statistics provided by Moscow.
Francesco Giorgi remains charged with participation in a criminal organisation, corruption and money laundering.
The report published by engineering company Danfoss says that Europe could save up to EUR67bn by 2050 if it captured excess heat.
Telecoms companies argue that businesses, such as Netflix, should contribute more due to their bandwidth usage.
The European Union’s two biggest policy-making institutions have banned TikTok from staff phones for cybersecurity reasons, marking growing concerns about the Chinese short video-sharing app and its users’ data.
RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol powered home a towering header in 70th-minute to earn them a 1-1 draw against visitors Manchester City in their Champions League Round of 16 first leg on Wednesday.
A teenage pupil stabbed to death a teacher in the middle of a lesson at a school in southwest France on Wednesday, the regional prosecutor said.
The EU, Norway and Switzerland issued last year over 250,000 granting either refugee status or subsidiary protection.
Germany on Wednesday said it was expelling two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Berlin over the death sentence an Iranian court handed down against an Iranian-German national.
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US President Joe Biden meets leaders of NATO’s eastern flank on Wednesday to show support for their security after Moscow suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty. Biden arrived in Warsaw after a surprise visit to Kyiv just days ahead of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest developments on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
Talks between Brussels and London have intensified over the past couple of weeks, fuelling expectations that a deal on Northern Ireland trading arrangements is near.
The EU argues gas savings are the most powerful tool to mitigate the worst effects from the ongoing energy crisis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western countries Tuesday of igniting and sustaining the war in Ukraine, dismissing any blame for Moscow almost a year after the Kremlin’s unprovoked invasion of its neighbor that has killed tens of thousands of people.
A recent survey found that 80% of people believe that businesses are taking advantage of inflation to increase their profits.
The president of the United States has visited Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. We ask about the drama and the logistics of a visit kept secret until Joe Biden was on the ground, one punctuated by air raid sirens. How different from a year ago when Biden was derided on the world stage over the messy US pullout from Afghanistan? What standing does the US have today?
A man known as “the Duesseldorf patient” has become the third person declared cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant that also treated his leukaemia, a study said on Monday.
