EU Tries to Limit Influx of Steel Diverted by US Tariffs
The European Union has announced measures to shield its market from a glut of steel heading to the continent after the U.S. imposed tariffs on imports of the metal.
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EU Fines Google a Record $5 Billion for Monopoly Abuse
Google was hit Wednesday with a record $5 billion fine by European antitrust regulators who said it abused its market dominance in search and web-browsing tools on its Android mobile operating system.
Read moreEU, US Relations Sinking Further After Divisive Trump Tour
After a week of the worst barrage of insults yet from U.S. President Donald Trump, the European Union is looking westward toward the White House less and less.
Read moreJapan, EU Sign Trade Deal to Eliminate Nearly All Tariffs
The European Union and Japan signed a landmark deal on Tuesday that will eliminate nearly all tariffs on products they trade.
Read moreEU Official Urges Trump, Putin Not to Destroy Global Order
A senior European official on Monday urged U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China to work with Europe to avoid trade wars and prevent conflict and chaos.
Read moreEU Home Prices
Home prices jumped 4.5 percent in the 19-state eurozone and nearly 5 percent across the full European Union in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same period last year, Eurostat reported Tuesday.
Read morePopulation Explosion
While deaths exceeded births in the European Union, over a 1 million people – mainly migrants – were added to the continent’s population in 2017, bringing the total to 512.6 million across 28 states.
Read moreJohnson Resignation Puts Brexit Plans in Chaos
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quit the British Cabinet Monday, the day after another top minister walked, objecting to Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposal for a “soft Brexit” departure from the European Union, adding more turmoil to an already chaotic situation.
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Gas Line to Europe Raises Questions of Corruption and Human Rights
For more than a year protesters have sought to stop work on a European-financed natural gas line coming all the way from Azerbaijan and the Caspian Sea to the land of olive trees and beaches in southern Italy. Protesters have sought to block the removal of olive trees; they’ve blocked roads to stop work trucks and faced off with riot police; they’ve held marches, disrupted meetings and pushed their cause on the internet.
Read moreEuropean Union Moves Against Poland for Its New Court Law
The European Union opened a rule-of-law procedure Monday against Poland over what it sees as flaws in Poland’s Supreme Court law, intensifying a standoff that could eventually see Poland lose its EU voting rights.
Read moreEU Leaders Hail Migrant Plan but 100 More Go Missing at Sea
European Union leaders declared victory Friday, claiming to have set aside major differences over how best to handle migrant arrivals as they commissioned new plans to screen people in North Africa for eligibility to enter Europe.
Read moreEurope Looks to Africa for Help With Immigration
European leaders on Friday announced a plan to set up a system of centers in Europe and North Africa where people seeking asylum in Europe can be screened and have their cases heard.
Read moreEU Ministers Seek Answers from Poland Over Justice Policies
European Union foreign ministers urged Poland on Tuesday to answer questions about the rule of law amid concerns about a government clampdown on judicial independence.
Read moreEU Slaps Sanctions on Venezuelan Vice-President, 10 Others
The European Union says it has imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 11 senior Venezuelan officials, including new Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez.
Read moreChina, EU to Form Group to Modernize Global Trade Rules
Europe and China will form a group aimed at updating global trade rules to address technology policy, government subsidies and other emerging complaints in a bid to preserve support for international commerce, the vice president of the European Union’s governing body said Monday.
Read moreEU Retaliatory Tariffs on Raft of US Goods Go Into Force
The European Union is enforcing tariffs on $3.4 billion in U.S. products as of Friday in retaliation to duties the Trump administration has put on European steel and aluminum.
Read moreBorder Crises Spring Up Across Strained EU
Crises over immigration and borders are straining the European Union and have prompted an emergency meeting of the continent’s leaders to ease tensions.
Read moreSplits on Immigration Policies Put Pressure on European Union
European leaders are quarreling, and clamoring for a solution, over what to do with the flow of refugees and immigrants fleeing war-torn and impoverished nations and arriving at Europe’s borders.
Read moreNew European Rules May Give US Internet Users True Privacy
Europe’s new data privacy rules, the General Data Protection Regulation, have taken effect, but what they actually mean remains to be discovered. And whether the GDPR, as it’s known, really helps protect your private data may depend on complaints that Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy activist, filed against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on the day the regulation went into effect.
Read morePollution Found to Hinder Fungi Nourishing Europe’s Trees
Pollution hinders fungi that provide mineral nutrients to European tree roots, according to a new study that suggests this dynamic is sparking malnutrition trends in the continent’s trees.
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