Russia's invasion of Ukraine has become the red thread running through the EU's upcoming military strategy document, the latest version of which has been seen by EURACTIV.

The prime ministers of Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovenia were set to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in the country's embattled capital Kyiv on...

The European Commission will recommend granting candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of its annual enlargement report on Wednesday (12 October), EURACTIV has learnt.

The Netherlands has put forward a proposal, supported by a dozen of EU member states, to establish a centralised EU sanctions watchdog to tackle mass circumvention of the bloc's sanctions against...

He was probably the most surprising – and arguably the most controversial - pick of the whole EU top job package: Joseph Borrell, Spain’s incumbent foreign minister.

Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday (12 May) officially endorsed the idea that their country should join NATO.

The EU is set to discuss in the coming days the ban on Russia's access to the SWIFT international payments system after the last holdout among the EU27, Germany, dropped its opposition, allowing the...

NATO member Turkey has submitted an application to participate in one of the EU's Dutch-led military project on military mobility, despite tense relations with Greece and Cyprus. While the request is...

Germany will establish a special defence fund worth €100 billion to increase the country's military’s operational capabilities after years of neglect, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced on Sunday (27...

The blueprint of the so-called Strategic Compass, the European Union’s upcoming military strategy document, seen by EURACTIV, will be formally submitted to EU foreign ministers next Monday (15...

The West must stop Russia's President Vladimir Putin now, because if Kyiv falls, we will have consequences for Europe's whole East, Slovenia's Prime Minister Janez Janša told EURACTIV in an exclusive...

Bucha and Borodyanka are two small towns on the outskirts of Kyiv until recently occupied by Russian forces, from which images of murdered civilians sent shockwaves around the world.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to be granted EU candidate status this week, EURACTIV has learned, following a recommendation from the European Commission in October as the bloc has started to give...

There is no point in talking to Vladimir Putin if we really want him to understand he is isolated, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told EURACTIV in what can be seen as a thinly veiled criticism...

To overcome the growing pains of its foreign policy-making, the EU needs to develop its own European Diplomatic Academy, where EU diplomats will be trained on the basis of common EU values and...

The EU's current deputy director general for the European Commission’s enlargement negotiations, Katarina Mathernová is set to become the bloc's new ambassador to Kyiv, according to an internal note...

Each year, during the Lunar New Year celebrations, a small Arctic Chinatown takes shape near Norway's border with Russia and Finland. It's an indication of how China, though a non-Arctic state, is...

With Finland, and most recently Sweden, joining NATO, the strategic situation in the Baltic Sea region and on the Western military alliance's Northern Flank is changing radically, but Russia still...

Belgium is to begin a gradual deconfinement with an exit strategy to be rolled out with the key dates of 4, 11 and 18 May, as well as 8 June, the National Security Council (CNS) decided on Friday (24...

In this week’s edition: Ukraine's Black Sea woes, post-EUCO hangover and Kazakh referendum.

In a historic step, EU leaders agreed on Thursday (14 December) to open EU accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova and grant candidate status to Georgia, despite an earlier threat from Hungary to...