The US and EU have narrowly avoided a full-blown trade war following a framework agreement reached in Scotland on July 27. While the deal has averted sweeping tariffs and retaliatory measures, critics argue it heavily favors Washington, leaving the transatlantic relationship on uncertain footing.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will meet with the Chinese president and prime minister in Beijing on July 24 in what is expected to be a tense summit with the war in Ukraine and a potential transatlantic trade war looming large.
EU foreign ministers are set to rubber stamp an agreement to impose sanctions on people and entities the bloc deems guilty of “actions destabilizing" Moldova, where Russia still wields massive influence and maintains more than 1,000 troops in the separatist Transdniester region.
The Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze told RFE/RL in an exclusive interview on July 4 that “Russian can go on for a while” in its war against Ukraine as it is “cannibalizing all the civilian economy and prioritizing everything around the battlefield”.
Thousands of people are set to defy a government ban by participating in the Pride march in Budapest, Hungary's capital, on June 28.
This could have been a momentous week in Ukraine’s long-term wish of joining the European Union and NATO. In the end, it wasn't.
EU leaders head to Brussels for a crucial summit facing internal divisions over Ukraine’s EU bid and Hungary’s veto. Diplomacy on Iran and new Russia sanctions are also on the table, with enlargement momentum hanging in the balance.
The European Commission has presented new sanctions against Russia to the 27 EU member states, highlighted by a lowering of the cap on the price of Russian oil, as the bloc looks to find a unanimous agreement on the measures before the end of the month.
Ukraine and Moldova are set to take a major symbolic step toward European Union membership by joining the bloc's "roam like at home" (RLAH) mobile phone regime on January 1, 2026.
The EU scored a legal victory over Russia as the ECJ issued an opinion stating that visa bans and asset freezes of five prominent Russian businessmen deemed closed to the Kremlin are not only lawful but Brussels also doesn't need to prove their ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.
The European Commission has given Bulgaria the go ahead to join the euro zone single currency region as of January 1, 2026, according to a document seen by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
NATO defense ministers meet on June 5 in a last ministerial meeting before the big annual NATO summit on June 24-25, when the military alliance's 32 heads of state and government, including US President Donald Trump, gather at The Hague.
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