The European Union has blocked grain imports to Poland and four other countries following concerns low-cost products will damage farmers’ businesses The European Union has again extended a ban on Ukrainian grain imports to five countries, including Poland. The move … Read More
The European Central Bank pressed ahead with another interest rate hike Thursday and made clear more are on the way, aiming to crush inflation that is driving up the cost of groceries even after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a break from … Read More
ANNECY, France, June 8 (Reuters) – Four toddlers and two pensioners were stabbed in a knife attack in the tranquil French mountain town of Annecy on Thursday and the government said the suspected assailant was a Syrian refugee. A video … Read More
EU ministers expressed “discomfort” on Tuesday at political outlier Hungary taking on the bloc’s rotating presidency next year, but Budapest vowed nothing could prevent it filling the prominent role. The European Parliament is to vote on a non-binding resolution on … Read More
France signed into law this week a ban on domestic, short-haul flights when the journey can be completed in less than two-and-a-half hours by train. The new decree, which seeks to reduce carbon emissions, prohibits “regular public passenger air transport services.” … Read More
DUBLIN, May 22 (Reuters) – Meta (META.O) was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring users’ data … Read More
Twenty-one rivers burst their banks after heavy storms across country cause landslides and submerge villages Nine people have died and thousands have been evacuated from their homes after heavy storms wreaked havoc in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, causing … Read More
May 16 (UPI) — The European Council on Tuesday formally adopted a pair of rules designed to regulate the cryptocurrency market. The council announced it adopted updated regulations, formalizing the Markets in Crypto-Assets law, or MiCA, which introduces a “harmonized … Read More
Starting a family in Italy is becoming a “titanic effort” that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis has warned. Addressing a conference on Italy’s demographic crisis, he said pets were replacing children in many households. Also on stage were … Read More
BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive has proposed blacklisting several Chinese companies and curbing exports to nations seen as involved in bypassing Russia trade restrictions under new sanctions against Moscow for the war against Ukraine. The 27 … Read More