EU borrowed Danish model and supersized it. Now, €3.9 billion flows into Ukrainian drone production
Ukraine received €3.9bn from the EU, all of which was restricted to Ukrainian weapons production.
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Russia’s former soldiers may face a locked EU border—if France and Italy stop balking
The two governments worry the measure could open the door to keeping every Russian out, sources told Bloomberg.
EU leaders agree to renew Russia sanctions for a full year for the first time as Bulgaria’s pro-Russian leader vows to veto the next batch
Rumen Radev wants the Russian oil company that runs his country's only refinery struck from the list, and he objects to sanctions on a Russian Orthodox bishop.
EU opens first accession talks cluster for Ukraine and Moldova after years of delays and vetoes
The European Union has opened the first cluster of accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova, marking the formal start of negotiations on core political and legal standards.
EU accuses Russia of ‘economic coercion’ against Armenia, announces €50 million support package
The announcement follows Kremlin warnings over Yerevan's growing cooperation with the West.
Moscow’s drone hits 10-story apartment block in Romania, injuring two as Russia fires 232 UAVs at Ukraine
The long-range kamikaze UAV crashed through the roof of a residential tower in Galați and set a top-floor flat ablaze. Two F-16s and a helicopter that were in the air did nothing to prevent the strike. At least five were injured in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy responds to Merz: Ukraine has been defending Europe fully, not with half measures and has to have right to vote in EU
With Orban out of power, Zelenskyy wants full EU membership, not Germany's "associate" compromise.
Russia threatens Latvia with “just retribution.” Von der Leyen calls it “absolutely unacceptable”
Latvia's government already resigned last week over its handling of the incursions.
EU hands Hungary’s new leader 27 conditions. One of them is unlocking €90 billion for Ukraine
The other conditions span anti-corruption measures and the reversal of Orbán-era decisions found to violate EU rules.
Inside the EU parliament: the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already fracturing
A Baltic MEP on Hungary’s veto, Europe's war fatigue, and why the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already splitting apart.
Fico: “Slovakia is ready to take over the baton from Hungary, if necessary” — on blocking EU’s Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions
The current go-to blocker of both the loan and sanctions is Hungarian PM Orbán, who may lose the April election.
Ukraine won’t fix Druzhba pipeline—EU asks for repairs while planning to ban Russian oil anyway
Russia attacks repair crews. Why rebuild what Moscow keeps destroying?
EU leaders rally in Kyiv as Hungary and Slovakia sabotage support for Ukraine from within
Orbán blocks a €90 billion loan and sanctions. Fico orders an electricity halt. Allies sanction the pipeline that both men fight over.
Brussels shines Ukrainian colors on buildings as EU marks four years of Russia’s full-scale war
Von der Leyen, Zelenskyy call for stronger EU-Ukraine ties on invasion anniversary
“We will not back down”: EU leaders arrive in Kyiv on fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv for the tenth time since the start of the war on 24 Febr., joined by European Council President António Costa and leaders of nine countries, to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
$1 billion in trade cuts, a crude oil shipping ban, and a crypto crackdown: what the EU’s proposed sanctions package would hit
Von der Leyen urges member states to endorse the package before the war's fourth anniversary, citing Russia's 24% oil revenue collapse as proof that sanctions work
India chose Europe. Russia’s oil is now stuck offshore. (INFOGRAPHICS)
140 million barrels stranded on tankers as enforcement pressure mounts.
EU to lend Ukraine €90B — and most of it is for weapons
The loan, structured as "limited recourse" financing, would only require repayment if Russia eventually pays war reparations, with Brussels reserving the right to use immobilized Russian assets to cover the debt.
European Commission chief to join Trump-Zelenskyy call hours before Florida meeting
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will participate in the upcoming phone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a Commission spokesperson confirmed
Europe kicks the €210 billion question down the road—deadline: end-2027
EU leaders told the Commission to keep trying. The deadline: end of 2027.