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The European Commission has no set dates for preparing a negotiating framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU, and the timing will be determined solely by how long this process takes. Source: Eric Mamer, chief spokesman of the European Commission (EC), at a briefing in Brussels, as reported by European Pravda Details: The spokesman was asked to comment on EC President Ursula von der Leyen's statement that the negotiating framework for Ukraine will most likely not be ready for the Eu...

The European Union on Monday announced a review of its funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and that payments would be stopped until the end of February. The EU demanded an “urgent audit” following the allegations by the Israeli authorities that some UNRWA staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attack. “What is absolutely clear is that these actions are urgent. They are important and they should be launched withou...

Almost 300 tractors drove through the streets of the city of Alessandria in the Italian region of Piedmont to protest against the agricultural policy of the EU, media reported.

European farmers in Brussels are setting fires in the city center and in front of the European Parliament building near Luxembourg Square on Thursday to demand measures from the European leaders amid ongoing mass farmer protests across the bloc against EU agriculture policy, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

Portuguese farmers have blocked several highways near the border with Spain to vent their grievances over the situation in the agricultural sector, Spanish media reported on Thursday

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This while Farmers in several EU countries have been causing roadblocks on key highways to demand better revenues and conditions.

Three major agricultural trade unions in Spain will join the farmers protests taking place in many European countries due to the crisis in the industry, said Spanish Young Farmers’ Association (ASAJA).

A drone attack killed three US soldiers and wounded more than 30 at an outpost in Jordan on Sunday — the first US troops killed by enemy fire in the Mideast since the start of the Gaza war. Follow for live updates.

EU-Mercosur trade deal is "not quite there yet" but talks continue, the European Commission said Tuesday against a backdrop of farmer protests in Europe.