13+ hour, 20+ min ago  (722+ words) Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz. EPA Germany's coalition government has agreed a sweeping package of welfare cuts worth "38. 3 billion by 2030, stripping back the country's health system and pension guarantees to free up funds for…...

20+ hour, 37+ min ago  (212+ words) The European Union delegation to China said it was blocked from opening an official We Chat account, blaming diplomatic hurdles. The delegation applied for an account in October last year. After the standard verification period of three to five months,…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago  (371+ words) Flanders, the northern region of Belgium, will progressively end international adoption by 2027 following a series of scandals and irregularities that have raised serious concerns about the system's reliability. (getty) The decision follows a succession of problematic cases that have cast…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (586+ words) Italian farmers with their tractor convoys take part in a protest against the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, in Rome. EPA The European Commission has announced it is preparing urgent support measures for farmers across the bloc " after years of green regulations…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (400+ words) In a highly critical report, the European Court of Auditors (ECS) has sharply condemned what it said was the European Union’s lack of oversight in spending €650…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (366+ words) The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has again raised concerns over European Union spending. It has warned that persistent errors and spiralling debt…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (783+ words) The European Comission. Christian Lue, Unsplash The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has warned that the European Commission's proposed overhaul of the EU's next long-term budget does not, on its own, guarantee that European money will be spent better. In…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (585+ words) Cars drive along a darkened street in Orense, Galicia, northwestern Spain, amid a power outage, 28 April 2025. EPA At 12: 33 on April 28, 2025, the power systems of mainland Spain and Portugal collapsed simultaneously. Within seconds, traffic signals failed, underground trains ground to a…...

1+ day, 6+ min ago  (657+ words) Poland's influencer Patryk "atwogang" Garkowski emerged after a nine day fundraiser for the Cancer Fighters foundation as the most successful charity streamer in global online history raising 60 million Euro. According to the Guinness World Records the most ever raised in…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (633+ words) Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. EPA Russia has significantly expanded its list of European officials and representatives banned from entering the country, in retaliation for the European Union's twentieth package of sanctions against Moscow. The Russian Ministry…...