The deal comes as Hungary, which has lobbied heavily against EU sanctions on Russia for its war in Ukraine, is seeking additional sources for fossil fuels to reduce its heavy dependence on Russian oil and gas.

Generators may provide only a tiny amount of the energy Ukraine will need during the cold and dark winter months.

Statistics also show the life expectancy of a female newborn in the EU was 83.2 in 2020, 5.7 years higher than for a male newborn at 77.5

'This energy crisis is causing massive inflation, which we have to defeat', ECB president Christine Lagarde said

Ms Von der Leyen said the World Bank puts the cost of damage to Ukraine so far at €350 billion.

Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed.

Micheál Martin said space is now needed to allow the UK and the European Union to reach a resolution.

Ms Truss’s presence in Prague has attracted the interest of the European media, given the UK’s frosty relations with the EU in recent years and the ongoing row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Larger EU members, such as Germany, are not convinced the idea is prudent

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a growing European Union to agree on a series of changes that would help it overcome internal divisions and stand up to external rivals such as Russia and China.

The hike was one of the sharpest daily increases since the beginning of the Ukraine invasion

The strengthening of EU defence cooperation comes as a response to Russian aggression in Ukraine

Manchester United academy graduate Largie Ramazani opened the scoring.

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Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a direct threat to Europe’s security, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to India. “Targeting and killing innocent civilians. Redrawing borders by force.

Seduced by the convenience and the low cost of Russian fuel, the Germans declined to explore alternatives. Now they may be forced to do so

Clare Daly and Mick Wallace were among just 13 MEPs to vote against a motion condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine and demanding Vladimir Putin immediately pull his troops out.

Nazi forces killed 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, most of them Jews, but also Poles, Roma and others, and the site today stands as a powerful symbol of how hatred and indifference led to the Holocaust.

Controversial move would require the re-education our driving population

Thousands of people in capital cities across Europe protested on Saturday against vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in the hope of ending the coronavirus pandemic.

Friday marked a half century since Ireland joined the European Economic Community

US president Joe Biden has said that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine’s border would constitute an invasion, saying that Moscow would “pay a heavy price” for such an action.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that there would be a “swift, severe” response from the United States and its allies if Russia sends any military forces into Ukraine.

Top American and European diplomats are meeting in Berlin on Thursday as the allies seek to project a united front to Russia over concerns that it may be planning an invasion of Ukraine.

Italy, Spain and other European countries are re-instating or stiffening mask mandates as their hospitals struggle with mounting numbers of Covid-19 patients. Other nations, like the Netherlands, are considering introducing masking rules.

There were more than seven million new cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 across Europe in the first week of January, and half the western continent’s population could be infected in the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organisation ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to two leading European figures as France formally took the reins of the 27-nation bloc for the next six months with big ambitions.

As the fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-Christmas explosion of Covid-19 cases in much of the region.

Omicron has been detected in at least 38 of the WHO European region’s 53 members, Dr Kluge added, noting that it is already the dominant variant in the UK, Denmark and Portugal

Ms Von der Leyen insisted that the increase in infections remains due “almost exclusively” to the Delta variant

Plummeting temperatures and soaring oil and gas prices create a scramble for energy across the continent

The European Union’s executive has said it wants to stop air travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.

WHO’s Europe director Dr Hans Kluge warned that without urgent measures taken soon, the continent could see another 700,000 deaths by the spring

Belarus has tacit approval from Russia to use migrants as pawns in their dispute with the EU, writes Liam Thornton

Authorities across Europe were pleading for patience, calm and a willingness to get vaccinated as infections spike upwards again and in face of demonstrations protesting against fresh Covid-19 measures in recent days.

Governments desperate to shield overburdened healthcare systems are imposing rules that limit choices for the unvaccinated in the hope that doing so will drive up rates of vaccinations

“The current pandemic situation in Germany is dramatic, I can’t say it any other way,” outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel said

Germany’s disease control agency reported 52,826 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as infection rates continue to climb.

Coronavirus infections are again sweeping across parts of western Europe, nearly two years into a global health crisis that has killed more than five million people.

Defeated European captain Padraig Harrington insists the future remains bright despite their record Ryder Cup loss to the United States at Whistling Straits.

Daily new case numbers are already climbing sharply in countries like the UK, Portugal and Russia

Russia is the EU’s biggest natural gas supplier, and plays a key role in a series of international conflicts and issues linked to Europe’s strategic interests, including the Iran nuclear deal, and conflicts in Syria and Libya.

A Belgian court has ruled that coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca had committed a “serious breach” of its contract with the European Union amid a major legal battle over delivery obligations that has tarnished the company’s image.