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Hostile foreign powers no longer need hackers or armies to target the European Union — they can now do it with investment portfolios, shareholder votes and sustainability…
US President Donald Trump has once again reversed course on a steep tariff hike for the European Union.
The EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) is a golden ticket. It offers developing nations duty-free access to European markets. The catch?
The Labour government’s “reset deal” with the EU has dominated British news past this week. It has reopened the wounds of Brexit and re-ignited the arguments.
Denmark became the first country in the EU to raise its retirement age to 70, after its parliament passed the measure on May 22.
European stock markets tumbled Friday after US President Donald Trump ended a lull in his trade war as he raised the spectre of hitting imports from the European…
EU measures targeting Russia’s shadow fleet could risk triggering an escalation in response, experts have told Brussels Signal.
The EU will move to impose new import fees on an “invasion” of ultra-cheap Chinese parcels entering its market daily.
A Swedish court on May 21 revoked a permit for a large offshore wind farm project, citing environmental reasons.
New apartment construction in Germany has collapsed since 2024, new data show. Higher interest rates and higher construction costs were behind the collapse.
EU lawmakers greenlighted tariffs on Russian fertiliser imports on Thursday, May 22, a move the Kremlin derided as Europeans shooting themselves in the foot.
The EU's promised "cutting of red tape" and simplification of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for business actually only offered "cosmetic fixes" and "minor…
A sharp contraction in Denmark’s economy has spotlighted the EU’s overdependence on a shrinking number of pharmaceutical giants, a weakness long flagged in competitiveness…
China's tech strength increasingly rests on cheap, often sanctioned energy–a model that exposes Europe to new kinds of strategic risk as global supply chains shift.
Germany is continuing to pioneer innovative uses for artificial intelligence.
US President Donald Trump's swift "reciprocal" tariffs will now face legal scrutiny, raising questions both about the rapid tariffs and the slow-moving reality of…
The European Union will soon lift all its remaining economic sanctions against Syria, according to reports by AFP and Bloomberg.
Nearly one in two Belgians is prepared to boycott US products, according to surveys by the Belgian press.
The EU is preparing a “massive” new sanctions package against Russia— but after 17 rounds, growing fatigue and limited results have started to fracture the…
The Rail Baltica corridor–a high-speed rail link eventually to connect Tallinn with Warsaw–has already hit major rail delays, with Latvia saying it would miss…
Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new government has dropped Germany's opposition at the EU to nuclear power.
The UK agreed to reset ties with the European Union since Brexit, with a new agreement removing trade barriers and bringing more collaboration on defence.
The EU has called for full traceability in electric vehicle batteries by 2027. But it still doesn’t have the data to back that goal up, an EU Commissioner said.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was set to seal a deal for closer ties with the European Union at a landmark summit on Monday, opening a new chapter after Britain's…
Former Italian PM Enrico Letta warned Europe was not fit for the global stage, as it prepared for trade talks with Donald Trump.
German steel major Thyssenkrupp released disappointing quarterly results May 15 on the foot of weak European steel demand.
The US may have been first to strike a minerals deal with Ukraine, but the real goal is a deal with Europe, Kyiv has said.
For over a hundred days, every pundit and columnist has tried to decipher Donald Trump’s foreign policy strategy.
EU member states have agreed on yet another package of sanctions against Russia in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.
As German experts announced the good news that the nation has reached its climate targets for 2024, attention has turned to the bad news – that achievement has…
