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Exit from bloc takes toll on overseas students

February 1, 2023

The number of students from the European Union studying in the United Kingdom has fallen by half since Brexit, newly published figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA, have revealed. The data coincides with the third anniversary of the UK finally leaving the 27-member bloc at the start...

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Ukrainian, European Council presidents to discuss cooperation

January 20, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) and the President of the European Council Charles Michel arrive to give a press conference following talks in Kyiv on Jan 19, 2023. (SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday held talks with visiting President of the European Council Charles...

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EU’s record recovery fund at risk as countries struggle to meet deadline

January 16, 2023

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission building in Brussel on June 16, 2022. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) MADRID / PRAGUE / LISBON - The risk that European Union governments will not be able to spend the largest aid package in its history is growing as members struggle to...

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Spain’s court drops sedition charges against separatist leader

January 13, 2023

Member of European Parliament and outgoing Junts per Catalunya party president Carles Puigdemont applauds with supporters during the Catalan seperatist party Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) congress in Argeles-sur-Mer, southern France, on June 4, 2022. (RAYMOND ROIG / AFP) MADRID – Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges...

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Sweden keen to push for progress on CAI

January 11, 2023

Nordic nation, in key EU role, to pursue consultation on China investment deal A China-Europe freight train bound for Madrid of Spain, which carries two containers of medical supplies as well as other goods, departs the city of Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province, March 21, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Sweden,...

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Morocco complains of ‘harassment’ over EU corruption scandal

January 6, 2023

In this file photo taken on Dec 16, 2022, Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita holds a press conference with France Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna as she starts an official visit to Rabat, Morocco. (PHOTO / AP) RABAT - Morocco's ties with the European Union must be protected against harassment at...

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Refugee tide places huge strains on Europe

December 23, 2022

Over 7.8 million people have fled Ukraine since conflict began A boy with his mother in an indoor sports stadium being used as a refugee center in the village of Medyka on a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, in March. (PETROS GIANNAKOURIS / AP) This year European countries have...

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Italy demands equal weight in UK, Japan fighter partnership

December 19, 2022

In this file photo taken on Oct 23, 2022, Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto poses prior to the new government's first Cabinet meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME - Italy must have equal treatment in a partnership with Britain and Japan to develop a new...

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Indonesia encourages ASEAN-EU partnership conducted based on equality

December 18, 2022

JAKARTA, Dec 18, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo attended the 45th ASEAN-European Union (EU) Commemorative Summit held in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday (December 14).In his remarks at the Summit, President Jokowi stressed that the partnership between ASEAN and the European Union countries must be...

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EU leaders greenlight 9th sanctions package against Russia

December 16, 2022

Flags of the European Union flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 10, 2021. (ARMANDO BABANI / AFP) BRUSSELS - European leaders on Thursday gave their seal of approval to the ninth package of sanctions against Russia following...

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EU grants candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 16, 2022

The national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (left) is pictured next to the European Union flag during a welcoming ceremony for Bosnia's Chairman of the Council of Ministers, at the Chancellery in Berlin, on Aug 13, 2018. (ADAM BERRY / AFP) SARAJEVO - The member states of the European Union...

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Ukrainian parliament adopts laws for membership talks with EU

December 15, 2022

This handout picture released by the Ukraine Presidency press service on Feb 28, 2022 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (center), Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (right) and Ukraine's Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk attend a signing of the application for membership in the European Union. (UKRAINE PRESIDENCY / AFP)...

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EU parliament removes Kaili from post over graft charges

December 14, 2022

In this handout photograph taken and released by European Parliament on Dec 7, 2022, Greek politician and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili speaks during the European Book Prize award ceremony in Brussels. (ERIC VIDAL / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / AFP) STRASBOURG - The European Parliament stripped Greek lawmaker Eva Kaili of...

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EP corruption scandal prompts call for EU-wide ethics body

December 13, 2022

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol (unseen) give a press conference on REPowerEU: outlook on EU gas supply in 2023, at the European Council Building in Brussels, on Dec 21, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS –...

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Belgium charges 4 people in European Parliament corruption probe

December 12, 2022

A woman walks near the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels on Dec 9, 2022. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) BRUSSELS - A Belgian judge charged four people on Sunday over allegedly receiving money and gifts from a Gulf state to influence decisions in the European Parliament, accusations that have...

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EU new sanctions target Russia’s armed forces, drone supply

December 8, 2022

A man walks along a bridge over the Moskva river in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower in downtown Moscow on Sept 29, 2022. (YURI KADOBNOV / AFP) BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday proposed the ninth package of sanctions against Russia that will include almost 200 individuals and...

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EU agrees law banning import of goods linked to deforestation

December 6, 2022

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission building in Brussel on June 16, 2022. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed on Tuesday on a new law to prevent companies from selling into the EU market soy, beef, coffee and other commodities linked to deforestation around...

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Monday’s EU-US trade talks overshadowed by tax concerns

December 5, 2022

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, Nov 30, 2022. (VADIM GHIRDA / AP) COLLEGE PARK, Maryland - Top European Union officials are aiming to be more vocal at a trade meeting with their US counterparts on Monday in their criticism of...

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Russia slams European Parliament

November 25, 2022

A medical worker runs past a burning car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 10, 2022 after Russian missiles rained down on cities across Ukraine. (ROMAN HRYTSYNA / AP) Russia slammed the European Parliament's resolution on Thursday, calling the resolution absurd. It also called the agency "a sponsor...

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European ministers tackle sharp increase in space funding

November 22, 2022

A photograph shows the European spacecraft JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) in a clean room at the ESA (European Space Agency) headquarters in Toulouse, southwestern France, on 5 April, 2022. (LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP) PARIS – European ministers are meeting in Paris to negotiate a more than 25 percent funding...