Jacques Delors, founding father of EU’s single currency project, dies at 98 | European Union News

Jacques Delors, founding father of EU’s single currency project, dies at 98 | European Union News

Delors had a high-profile political career in France, where he also served as finance minister under Francois Mitterrand. Jacques Delors, former European Commission chief and a founding father of the European Union’s (EU) historic single currency project, has died. He was 98. The French socialist and ardent advocate of post-war…

Greece to join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthis | Houthis News

Greece to join US-led coalition to protect Red Sea shipping from Houthis | Houthis News

The maritime alliance wants to counter threats that the Yemeni rebel group says are a response to Israeli ‘crimes’ in Gaza. Greece will send a warship to support a United States-led naval coalition in the Red Sea, becoming the latest country to join the alliance to counter threats from Yemen’s…

Zelenskyy confident US will not ‘betray’ Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy confident US will not ‘betray’ Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian president suggests his country could mobilise 500,000 more people in order to fight Russian invasion. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed confidence that the United States and other Western countries will continue to support Ukraine in its battle to repel Russia’s invasion. Speaking during an end-of-year news conference on…

Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

Voting begins in Serbian parliamentary elections | Elections News

While President Aleksandar Vucic is not on the ballot, the contest is seen as a referendum on his government. Serbians have begun voting in parliamentary and local elections that will test the strength of the country’s governing party amid unrest over high inflation, corruption, and gun violence. The snap elections,…

Zelenskyy hails ‘victory’ as EU agrees to open membership talks for Ukraine | European Union News

Zelenskyy hails ‘victory’ as EU agrees to open membership talks for Ukraine | European Union News

European Council President Charles Michel says agreement a ‘signal of hope for their people and for our continent’. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed a “victory” for Ukraine and the European continent after European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with his country despite months of opposition from Hungary about…

Ireland’s prime minister urges EU leaders to call for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Ireland’s prime minister urges EU leaders to call for Gaza ceasefire | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says there is ‘some truth’ to accusations that EU employs a double-standard on Gaza. A growing number of countries in the European Union have expressed support for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war as Israel’s assault on Gaza plunges the Palestinian territory into a…

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU mulls sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell says the bloc is ‘alarmed’ by the deadly violence in the occupied territory by ‘extremist settlers’. The European Union’s top diplomat says he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep…