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The European Union is placing a deferred transaction ban on a Georgian oil refinery for processing Russian crude, giving the facility six months before the measure takes effect under its 21st sanctions package.

Through an opaque network of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Luxembourg holding firms, an agency that manages China’s foreign reserves has discreetly scooped up stakes in Europe’s critical infrastructure, utilities, and real estate.

The former diplomat takes over from Nick Thomas-Symonds, a close ally of Keir Starmer, who has left government.

Ann Ryan’s home looks across an inlet in the Shannon estuary and straight into a geopolitical crisis. From her front window in south-west Ireland, she can see the factory accused of helping supply Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The European Union’s new digital border system was meant to bring travel into the 21st century. Unfortunately, it gets confused by identical twins.

The European Parliament backed a non-binding call to ban alumina exports to Russia, increasing pressure on Ireland and the EU after a collaborative OCCRP investigation linked an Irish refinery’s supply chain to Russian arms manufacturers.

There’s a fight brewing in Brussels over who gets access to the trillions of search queries Europeans make on Google each year.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the company’s Android system has created "more choice, not less".

More than 40 per cent of jurists at the Court of Justice have declared private financial interests, with some working on cases concerning industries where they hold stakes.

Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has delivered his sharpest public criticism yet of the European Commission’s growing role in diplomacy and defense, arguing that it is straying beyond its treaty powers and creating confusion over who speaks for Europe on the world stage.

Europe is set to enter the heating season with the lowest gas storage levels in at least 15 years, threatening higher prices for businesses and households this winter.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague (Czechia) filed an indictment today with the Regional Court in Prague against two individuals and a company for a €4.1 million subsidy fraud, following an investigation into a project involving an innovative production line for new types of toast bread.

The EU and the UK have agreed that July 22 will be the date for the next summit between their leaders in London and Brussels.

Yesterday, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recitals

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned a Russian drone strike that injured two people in Romania on Thursday night, branding it a “serious violation of NATO airspace”.

Temu, the Chinese e-commerce giant, was fined €200 million ($232 million) by the European Union for failing to stop sales of unsafe baby toys and chargers on the platform.

Most European citizens will never have heard of VFS Global. Accustomed to visa-free travel, they have probably never had to queue at one of its application centers, pay its service charges, or navigate its complex appointment booking systems.

Energy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report.

Five children’s toys on sale in Britain analyzed in a Guardian investigation have been found to contain asbestos.

Today, the European Chief Prosecutor sent a letter to the European Commission warning that recent legal changes and judicial decisions in Greece are undermining the independent and effective functioning of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

Drugmaker Sandoz has called for the European Commission to launch an investigation into Chinese imports of a key ingredient used in a popular antibiotic, alleging unfair state subsidies.

Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta.

Europe will likely never be fully independent from foreign technologies because it relies too much on software from the United States and hardware from China.

Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU antitrust concerns, the U.S. tech giant said on Tuesday, in a move that could stave off a hefty fine.

The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was forced temporarily to shut its doors on the second day of the preview after the activist group Pussy Riot.