EU to relax budget rules to allow energy spending

Proposed buffer would allow governments to offset higher costs triggered by Iran war without breaching deficit limits

EU adopts drastic expulsion rules for undocumented migrants, including 'return platforms'

In addition to tougher sanctions against those denied asylum, EU member states, the European Parliament and the Commission are authorizing the creation of detention centers abroad where migrants can be sent.

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

The European Union has moved forward with an overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and build detention centers abroad. Critics compared the regulation to the immigration strategy of the Trump administration.

By The Associated Press

EU prepares to open first negotiating cluster with Ukraine and Moldova on 15 June

The EU may officially open the first cluster in accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova on 15 June after Hungary signalled it would drop its long-standing opposition to Ukraine's membership bid.

By Ivanna Kostina,Tetyana Vysotska,Alona Mazurenko

Offshore detention hubs: Europe turns to Trump-style tactics on migration

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 2: The European Union approves the creation of offshore "return hubs" to where failed asylum seekers could be sent. The British papers focus on a new trove of documents pertaining to Peter Mandelson, the former ambassador to the US. The Canadian province of Alberta will hold a referendum in October to decide on whether to vote on secession. Finally, researchers conclude that there is nothing foul about birds who masturbate.

By Dheepthika LAURENT

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

The European Union has agreed on a major overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to increase deportations and establish detention centers abroad

By Sam McNeil

'Unwarranted': India hits out at Pak-EU joint statement for J&K reference

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‘No locus standi’: India blasts Pak-EU joint statement on Jammu and Kashmir

A joint communique issued in Islamabad contained a reference to the “issue of Jammu and Kashmir” and “Russia’s war against Ukraine” in the same paragraph

EU tightens migration rules, eyes strategic enlargement in Balkans

The European Union has reached a deal on tougher migration rules that would allow countries to set up so-called “return hubs” outside the bloc, a move hailed by supporters as a practical answer to stalled deportations, but denounced by rights groups as a dangerous step towards offshore detention. Meanwhile, the question of EU enlargement is also on the cards at a Western Balkans summit.

By RFI

Cyprus second only to Malta as foreign visitors dominate tourist stays

Cyprus remained one of the European Union’s most foreign-dependent tourism markets in the first quarter of 2026, with overseas visitors accounting for 85.6 per cent of all tourist overnight stays, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday. The figure placed Cyprus second in the bloc, behind Malta, where foreign visitors made up 93.3 per cent of overnight […]

Not a Brexit reversal: UK seeks closer EU ties to cut trade barriers

The government says the move is about easing the economic friction that followed Brexit by improving trade with the UK's largest collective trading partner.

Ambassador Celeste, 'Italy’s commitment to a more cohesive and effective EU'

(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, JUNE 2 - Today we celebrate “eighty years of democracy, freedom, and civic progress. The birth of the Republic is part of the political and moral reconstruction of Europe that would lead to the European Union." This was stated by Ambassador Vincenzo Celeste, Italy’s Permanent Representative to the EU, speaking at the June 2nd celebration at the residence of Ambassador Federica Favi. Celeste recalled the role of women and mothers at the dawn of the Republic: “It was they who...

By ANSA

EU strikes migration 'return hubs' deal condemned by rights groups

The EU reached a deal Monday to tighten migration rules by allowing the creation of 'return hubs' outside the bloc, as member states seek to increase deportations. European lawmak...

Zelensky: EU’s 21st sanctions package should target Russian military production

Ukraine is actively working with the European Union to prepare the 21st package of sanctions against Russia and hopes that its proposals will be taken into account.

Harri Tiido: On the Finnish memo about a turning point in the world order

This time, our background discussion focuses on a new world order. The European Union — and Europe more broadly — must find new ways of operating in this period of upheaval, and what matters is what shape the EU's strategic capacity will take, Tiido notes.

European Court of Human Rights rules against Turkey for excluding Orthodox priests from minority foundation boards in Constantinople

The decision carries significance beyond the modest damages ordered by the court The post European Court of Human Rights rules against Turkey for excluding Orthodox priests from minority foundation boards in Constantinople appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Survey: Majority of Romanians want closer ties with EU states, opinions divided on US

By radu.dumitrescu

East African Community (EAC) to hold emergency health ministers' meeting over Ebola outbreak - The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People

East African Community (EAC) to hold emergency health ministers' meeting over Ebola outbreak  The Sentinel - of this Land, for its People