German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that he believed the negotiations between the European Union and the US on a solution to their trade dispute were in the final phase. Speaking to reporters at the traditional summer press conference in Berlin,

The EU’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia expands restrictions on Moscow’s finance and energy sectors, introduces a moving price cap on its oil exports and blacklists 105 tankers in a “shadow fleet” that it uses to bypass sanctions imposed since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost three-and-a-half years ago.

We have noted the latest sanctions announced by the European Union,” said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. “India does not subscribe to any unilateral sanction measures. We are a responsible actor and remain fully committed to our legal obligations.

European Union member states approved the launch of negotiations with six Gulf countries as the bloc seeks to broaden its international partnerships amid tariff threats from President Donald Trump.

The European Union has eased rules for Turks to use its open-border Schengen area, the bloc's ambassador to Ankara said on Friday, calling for the urgent revival of negotiations on visa-free travel for Turks.

Crafting a budget for 27 countries stretching from Lapland to Lisbon is a fiddly process. In fiscal terms the “multi-annual financial framework”, as it is known in Brussels patois, is of peripheral concern.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a proposal for a long-term EU budget that she says will total $2.3 trillion.

Iceland will launch talks on a security and defence partnership with the European Union, Icelandic Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir said on Thursday at a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Keflavik.