EUROPEAN UNION MAGAZINE

The EU and UK want to put an end to more than a year of wrangling over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. Will the new deal mend strained ties between Belfast, London and Brussels? The United Kingdom and the European Union have struck a new deal on post-Brexit trading

Over 900 people have been confirmed dead in Turkey and hundreds were killed in Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Tremors were felt as far away as Lebanon, Cyprus and Egypt. The death toll has continued to rise rapidly following a strong earthquake which rocked southern Turkey and northern Syria in

All those responsible for human rights violations should face EU sanctions and IRGC should be on the EU terrorist list, say MEPs. BERLIN The European Parliament urged the European Union on Thursday to place Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on its terrorist list, according to the website of the

The Dutch foreign ministry said it was investigating reports that China had set up two “illegal police stations” in the Netherlands to monitor dissidents. According to Dutch media reports, two Chinese “posts” have been operating in Amsterdam and Rotterdam since 2018. The “police stations” allegedly claim to offer diplomatic assistance to

FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points and signaled further tightening ahead as it fights record inflation that is rapidly eroding consumer spending power across the region. “The interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility

The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of possible ties to Russian intelligence. Interior minister Nancy Faeser has dismissed Arne Schoenbohm as head of the BSI agency, German news agency dpa reported. Mr Schoenbohm co-founded a cybersecurity group a decade ago that brings together experts

The death toll from an explosion at a Co Donegal petrol station has risen to nine as political leaders described it as one of Ireland’s darkest days. A search and recovery operation is continuing in the village of Creeslough for “further fatalities” as rescue workers try to locate several people still missing

Across the continent, lack of rain, high temperatures, and heat waves are turning swathes of Europe into near-desert terrain. The European Drought Observatory indicates that 47% of the territory of the European Union is under “warning” and 17% under “alert”, and some experts say that this is the worst drought

The Italian Catholic Church today censured the leader of the nationalist League party, Matteo Salvini, for using the word ‘credo’ on posters for the September 25 legislative elections. Salvini, a “divorced Catholic” who has already waved the rosary in previous campaigns, justified the use of the word with “secular faith”.

The European Commission announced today that it has reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Moderna to adapt the delivery schedule of new doses of the anti-covid-19 vaccine, aiming to “meet the needs” of the European Union (EU) in autumn and winter. In a statement, the community executive informs that

“We are sending a clear message to companies, employees, and investors: inflation will return to our target value of 2% in the medium term”, guaranteed the president of the European Central Bank (ECB). European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said today that interest rates will rise as much as

The risk of Europe and the United States entering recession has increased sharply, warn economists consulted by the Financial Times, ahead of the G7 Summit that starts this weekend. Specialists are pessimistic in view of the tightening of the monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the worsening