If you've got a drawer full of USB cables, you're probably aware they're not all the same, so how should you make sure you're ...

The presidency of the Council rotates among the EU member states every six months. During this six-month period, the presidency chairs meetings at every level in the Council, helping to ensure the ...

Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has consistently flouted EU standards and democratic principles. The question now is whether he has run out of options. The European Union mobilises and ...

"It's time for THE charger," the European Commission posted to X on December 28, 2024. While the sentiment only applies to one continent (and not all of it) and only certain devices, the Common ...

The EU would go from having a population density not far from China’s to that of America—assuming enough Greeks or Belgians volunteer to live in rather chilly conditions. Europe is short of ...

Russian gas has stopped flowing to EU states via Ukraine after a five-year deal expired, marking the end of a decades-long arrangement. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country ...

However, Facts4EU refutes this figure, claiming that Britain was on the hook for much more, citing, among other things, the EU’s various ‘off-budget funds’, which the UK paid into but which all the ...

Thousands of Bulgarians and Romanians, who moved abroad for work since their countries joined the EU in 2007, regularly go through the same ordeal while visiting their families for Christmas.

The European Commission said the EU had prepared for the change and most states could cope. Moldova, which is not in the EU, is already suffering shortages. Russia can still send gas to Hungary ...

The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone. Sign up here.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hungary is set to permanently lose access to just over €1bn in EU funds on January 1, as disputes between ...

The USB-C directive, which requires mobile devices to have a universal charging port, is now in place in the EU. The directive's end goal is to reduce e-waste and solve market fragmentation.