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Emmanuel Macron se rend au Brésil pour une visite d'Etat de mardi à jeudi (26-28 mars) afin de renouer les liens bilatéraux entre les deux pays avec le président Lula, tout en esquivant l'épineuse question de l'accord UE-Mercosur.

La Macédoine du Nord pourrait bientôt accueillir des soldats ukrainiens blessés en convalescence, mais aussi des enfants évacués des zones de guerre, à la demande du Président Zelensky, formulée lors du récent Sommet de Tirana. La Croatie a déjà accueilli des soldats blessés.

- Le fil de l'Info / Relations internationales, Radio Slobodna Evropa, Macédoine du Nord, Ukraine

Semiconductor investments announced under the EU Chips Act since 2022 will need between 10,000 and 15,000 new workers. Finding these workers is difficult with aging populations, rigid labour markets, and STEM skills shortages. Intel’s call is clear: skills must be a priority.

The Digital Services Act (DSA) and European Digital Identity Wallets (EDIW) take the spotlight in the EU's work to protect minors online, according to an unreleased document seen by Euractiv.

Après La Tzoumaz et Corsier-sur-Vevey, c’est à Vissoie que des mètres cubes de roche ont dévalé la montagne dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche. Si les risques sont identifiés, toutes les zones de danger ne sont pas connues.

EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders was shortlisted to become the next secretary general of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers announced on Tuesday.

Le parti du Premier ministre Pedro Sánchez « discute déjà » avec les forces séparatistes au sujet d’un futur référendum d’indépendance en Catalogne, a déclaré la secrétaire générale de la Gauche républicaine de Catalogne (ERC), tandis que le parti de M. Sánchez nie que la séparation de la Catalogne soit « sur la table ».

Bulgaria is heading for its sixth parliamentary election in three years after former European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (GERB, EPP) withdrew her candidacy for the prime minister position on Monday, despite earlier political agreements confirming she would receive the post.

Prague could host the Belarusian opposition government led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, which is currently in exile in Vilnius, Czech Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil said on Monday, recalling that it hosted the Belarusian government in exile about a century ago.

Slovakia's government has delayed paying EU farm subsidies, known as direct payments, to eligible farmers who, despite joining the biggest farmers' protests in the country's history, risk not receiving them as the European Commission confirmed the situation is out of its hands.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out on Tuesday (26 March) whether the High Court in London will allow him to appeal against his extradition from Britain to the United States or if his British legal challenges have finally come to an end.

The ruling Socialist party of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is “already talking” to separatist forces about a future independence referendum in Catalonia, the Secretary General of the pro-independence Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Marta Rovira said, while Sánchez’s party denies Catalan separation being “on the table”.

The European Commission warned against Lufthansa’s intention to buy a minority stake in Italy’s ITA Airways, telling both the German flag carrier and the Italian Economy Ministry that the deal risks being rejected if no action is taken to resolve competition issues.

War in Ukraine, attractiveness of investment and exchange of tips to decarbonise societies will feature on the agenda of Macron’s talks with Lula during his Brazil trip from Tuesday to Thursday (26-28 March), in an attempt to rekindle the relationship.

Germany secured the construction of a gigafactory for electric car batteries in record time with the help of the EU’s new subsidy “matching” scheme.

Brazil's far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stayed for two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month, just days after federal police confiscated his passport and arrested two former aides on suspicion of plotting a coup, Bolsonaro's lawyer said on Monday (25 March).

In this episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU, we’re diving into the EU’s lending arm's intention to“stretch” its investment remit beyond financing dual-use goods that can be exploited for civilian and military purposes. 

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (25 March) that the gunmen who killed 137 people in a concert hall outside Moscow were part of an Islamic State branch that was behind foiled attempts to attack France over the past few months.

Israel reacted angrily on Monday (25 March) to the first UN Security Council vote to demand an "immediate ceasefire" in the Gaza war, after its closest ally the United States abstained, while fighting raged in the Palestinian territory.

Americas Life Cycle Engineering was awarded a $50 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the DDG 1000 Class Integrated Power System (IPS); the DDG 51 Class Flight III and New Construction IPS; the Advanced Missile Defense Radar Support Power Conversion Module IPS; and the DDG (X) Land Based Test Site IPS. Work will […]