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The EU plans to fast-track some financial aid to Egypt. The usual funding safeguards will not apply

Mar. 29, 2024 04:19 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using an urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards, according to the president of the bloc’s executive branch. The 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion)...

The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration

Mar. 17, 2024 20:26 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — The European Union on Sunday announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8 billion) aid package for cash-strapped Egypt as concerns mount that economic pressure and conflicts in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores. The deal, which drew criticism from...

As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers

Mar. 15, 2024 13:25 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm on Friday proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc's latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections. Angering...

EU parliament opens a court case over the decision to release funds to Orban's government in Hungary

Mar. 14, 2024 09:02 AM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union was embroiled in a legal standoff on Thursday between its legislature and its executive Commission over the release of billions in frozen funds to the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a time when his consent was essential for a deal to open...

European Union members should open talks with Bosnia on joining, the EU's executive branch says

Mar. 12, 2024 14:49 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm will recommend that member countries open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday, despite lingering ethnic divisions in the Western Balkan country. ...

A ship with Gaza aid is preparing to inaugurate a sea route from Cyprus to the war-ravaged strip

Mar. 09, 2024 06:57 AM EST

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A ship bearing humanitarian aid was making preparations to leave Cyprus and head for Gaza, the European Commission president said Friday as international donors launched a sea corridor to supply the besieged territory that is facing widespread hunger after five months of...

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Mar. 08, 2024 01:10 AM EST

March 1–7, 2024 Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny is laid to rest in Moscow, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses the EPP Congress in Bucharest, as Polish farmers demonstrate in Warsaw against changes to EU agriculture policies. Kylian Mbappe controls...

EU's largest party endorses Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as EU Commission chief

Mar. 07, 2024 07:18 AM EST

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The European Union’s largest political party on Thursday endorsed Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second five-year term at the helm of the bloc’s powerful Commission. Von der Leyen ’s nomination at a gathering of her center-right European...

EU's largest political party endorses Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as EU Commission chief

Mar. 07, 2024 06:32 AM EST
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — EU's largest political party endorses Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for a second term as EU Commission chief.

A blast rocks the Ukrainian city of Odesa during a visit by Zelenskyy and Greece's prime minister

Mar. 06, 2024 12:50 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece's prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city Wednesday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the delegations...