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A total of 821 criminal networks now threaten to undermine the security of the European Union (EU), the bloc's police agency Europol reported on Friday. Professional gangs, many of which operate internationally, have more than 25,000 members, according to a report on organized crime presented in The Hague. "Serious and organized crime is pervasive and continues to pose a major threat to the internal security of the European Union," Europol said after its first ever coordinated stu...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has secured the release of funds worth up to 137 billion euros from the European Union, ending years of feuding with Brussels over democratic standards in a boon to central Europe's largest economy. Last December, a coalition of pro-EU parties took power, ousting the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party after eight years marked by frequent clashes with the European Commission, notably over judiciary reforms the Commission said harmed the independence of...

Farmers in Spain and Poland demonstrated Friday as part of ongoing protests against European Union farming policies and to demand measures to combat production cost hikes, reduced profits and unfair competition from non-EU countries. The actions follow similar ones in other EU members in recent weeks with farmers complaining that the 27-nation bloc's environmental and other policies are a financial burden and make their products more expensive than non-EU imports. The European Commission,...

Institutions in Europe and EU members have pledged to give Ukraine military aid totalling at least €21 billion. Source: Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, after a meeting of EU defence ministers, as reported by European Pravda Quote: "The European Union and the member states, all together, [.

Efforts by EU leaders to ease tensions with protesting farmers encounter obstacles due to economic hardships and inconsistent regulatory policies impacting their agricultural activities. In response, farmers amplify their demonstrations to vent dissatisfaction and push for viable resolutions.

"Russian aluminum products are among the goods in focus for the EU’s next sanction package on Russia," according to EU diplomats, Politico said.

According to Ukraine's ambassador to the EU Vsevolod Chentsov, the backup options include an extrabudgetary fund to which all EU members can make their contributions.

The decision to audit military support for Ukraine stems from German Chancellor Olaf Scholzs initiative after he argued that the arms deliveries for Kiev planned so far by the majority of EU member states were “too small”.

The European Union has committed to providing additional financial assistance to Ukraine no later than March, Euractiv reported on Jan. 10, citing EU sources.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged EU members to provide more support for Ukraine this year in its battle against Russia's full-scale invasion. "The arms deliveries to Ukraine planned so far by the majority of EU member states are too small," Scholz said on Monday after a meeting with Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden in Berlin. "I therefore call on our allies in the European Union to also increase their efforts on behalf of Ukraine." The German leader sa...