European Union

In the pursuit of jobs, Ukrainian refugees are choosing Germany over Poland

By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press

A report says Poland is losing large numbers of Ukrainian refugees from its workforce as they travel to Germany to seek higher wages and government benefits in the rich Western economy.

European Union to rush more than $2 billion to disaster-hit Greece, using untapped aid funds

By Associated Press

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 2.25 billion euros could be made available in the short term, with much of the money coming from unclaimed aid funds.

Poland calls on the EU to extend the embargo on Ukraine grain to protect farmers

By Associated Press

Poland's government has called on the European Union to extend the embargo on imports of Ukrainian grain beyond Friday deadline to protect Polish farmers.

EU lawmakers approve a deal to raise renewable energy target to 42.5 percent of total consumption by 2030

By Associated Press

European Union lawmakers endorsed a deal Tuesday to raise the share of renewables in the bloc's energy mix, another step to accelerate its green transition away from fossil fuels.

EU rebukes its representative’s tone after he called out Austria’s Russian gas imports

By Associated Press

EU representative Martin Selmayr said at a discussion event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55 percent of its gas from Russia but no one is out on Vienna's central Ringstrasse boulevard to protest that.

Devastating Greek wildfire now in its 11th day is the biggest ever recorded in the EU

By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access.

Europe takes on Big Tech. This may mean changes for U.S. users

By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

People in the 27-nation European Union can alter some of what shows up when they search, scroll and share on the biggest social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Facebook and other tech giants like Google and Amazon.

Firefighters in Greece struggle against wildfires, as blaze includes EU’s largest on record

By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

Firefighters are struggling against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country's northeast that officials say is the largest ever recorded in the European Union.

Why tensions have been growing along NATO’s eastern border with Belarus

By Monika Scislowska, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with pro-Russian Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the neighbors ratchet up.

NATO, EU send aid to Slovenia after devastating floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless

By Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday, expressing his condolences and NATO's strong solidarity with Slovenia, a NATO statement said.