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Russia said on Friday that the European Union's decision to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova was a politicised decision that could destabilise the bloc, and praised Hungary for objecting to the move. At a summit on Thursday, EU leaders agreed to open entry talks with Ukraine even though it is in the middle of a war that Russia says it will pursue until it meets its objectives.

Days after EU countries and lawmakers agreed on a provisional deal on artificial intelligence rules, experts from both sides are meeting on Tuesday to hammer out details, according to three sources familiar with the matter. They will clarify the legal basis on how governments can use of AI in biometric surveillance, copyright issues posed by foundation models and how to regulate major AI systems such as ChatGPT will be on the agenda. This comes after the European Union wrangled a political agr...

EU governments made compromises in the hopes of gaining lawmakers backing to be able to use AI in biometric surveillance for national security, defence and military purposes.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU lawmakers and governments were still wrangling on Thursday over several key issues on landmark rules governing artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter said, as talks extended through the night into a second day. The two sides agreed to a provisional deal on how to regulate fast-growing generative AI systems such as ChatGPT in the early hours of Thursday, overcoming one of the biggest stumbling blocks to a final deal, a source told Reuters. The other...

The EU has agreed to more than quadruple its funding for the training of Ukrainian soldiers to fight against Russia, investing over €200 million. Source: AFP Quote: "The 27-nation bloc has so far trained 34,000 Ukrainian personnel for the front line as Kyiv seeks to fight back Russia's invading forces.

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics said that the EU should hold off selling ammunition to third countries, prioritizing procurement for Ukraine.

As Polish protests blocking three major Poland-Ukraine border crossings stretch into their third week, negotiations have all but failed as Ukraine accuses the protestors of causing further harm to its wartime economy and the risk grows the protests could spread to other EU countries. Kyiv on Nov. 19 sent a humanitarian team to the border to provide food and water to truckers. Adamant protestors belonging to the Committee for the Defense of Carriers and Transport Employers (KOPIPT) are threaten...

Companies that make boots for the Russian army have spent $4.1 million on materials from EU countries in 2023, according to a report by the Ukrainian investigative journalism project Trap Aggressor on Nov. 20.

Many European governments ban pro-Palestine demonstrations despite right to freedom of expression.

BREGANA: It took Croatia years to finally enter into Europe’s passport-free travel zone that promised to ease access...