The European Council and the Council of the European Union both represent the EU member states but are two distinct institutions with different roles and members. Despite their similar names, the ...

Fair play to European Council President António Costa for picking the Cypriot party hotspot Ayia Napa to host the EU’s “we ...

Gathered in the European Council, EU leaders launched a ‘One Europe, One Market’ agenda in March 2026, to be implemented in 2026 where possible and by the end of 2027 at the latest. In the margins of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European Council President António Costa has said that the European Union may in future have to negotiate with Russia on security ...

European Council President António Costa said Wednesday that President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and take control of Greenland threaten the continent’s security and prosperity. “The ...

European Council President Antonio Costa warned EU leaders that the bloc will be lost if it outsources key decisions to US ...

April in Ayia Napa and Lefkosia, Cyprus for their customary bi-annual informal meeting hosted by the rotating Council Presidency of the EU. The meeting started on a high note, with the adoption ...

EU leaders had a heavy agenda at a summit in Brussels on March 19. They had to deal with a mushrooming energy crisis, a Ukraine funding fiasco and the stalled passage of twentieth sanctions on Russia.

The European Council has backed a trade deal with the Mercosur group of countries, despite opposition from some sectors. Negotiations on the agreement, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and ...

European Council meetings are rarely nerve-racking, but the one that took place on 18th-19th December broke the mould. Two topics were at the top of the agenda: a long-awaited free-trade agreement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks to media as she arrives for the EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the ...