The European Union's drive to simplify rules will not weaken the bloc's climate change goals, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of national output at a June summit of the alliance that will set a new level, European Council President Antonio Costa said.

Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 2.9% in January, from 2.8% in the period through December, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Thursday.

EU member states have been told to review transactions that have taken place since January 2021 in areas where these technologies have formed part of overseas investment. They must submit a progress report in July and a comprehensive risk assessment a year later.

Separate from LNG, the sanctions package will propose penalties on more aging oil-exporting tankers operating as part of Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, the diplomats added. The EU will target 74 new vessels, two other EU diplomats said.

The European Union will shortly announce its plans for implementing the part of the Basel III regulations that governs banks’ trading activities, according to its finance chief, amid growing pressure for Europe to follow delays elsewhere.

Following calls to reduce the regulatory burden imposed on businesses, the European Union is poised to reform a series of laws passed under the EU Green Deal

Following calls to reduce the regulatory burden imposed on businesses, the European Union is poised to reform a series of laws passed under the EU Green Deal.

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, but insist that the measures should be reimposed if they see any abuses by the country’s new rulers.

Jovita Neliupšienė visited Leonardo, the Italian helicopter manufacturer based here, earlier this month with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker.

Energy UK said there needs to be clarity about how the tax known as a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will apply in NI.