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Yerevan: Armenia economic resilience moved to the centre of European diplomacy on 12 November, when a group of European leaders pledged to shield the South Caucasus republic from mounting Russian…

St. George’s: Caribbean citizenship by investment has reached its most delicate moment with Europe, as five Eastern Caribbean governments weigh replies to Brussels on the future of schemes that sell…

Geneva: The European Union used the Vietnam trade policy review at the World Trade Organization on 4 November to deliver a clear message to Hanoi, namely that the free trade…

Damascus: The EU Syria partnership enters a practical phase on 17 November, when Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani co-chair the Syria Partnership Co-ordination…

Classrooms across the Union are set to feel the effects of the Education and Skills Package that the European Commission presented on 5 November 2026. The package aims to strengthen…

Passengers hoping to buy one ticket for a cross-border train trip may have to wait longer, because member states are divided over the digital booking regulation that the Irish Presidency…

Schuman: Ursula von der Leyen and Marta Kos will host the second EU Enlargement Forum in Brussels on 15 and 16 November 2026, the Commission announced on 13 November. The…

Berlaymont: Organisers of a European Citizens’ Initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement submitted 1,117,104 validated statements of support to the European Commission on 12 November…
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