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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/26/2023 11:08:36 PM
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II discussed in Cairo Sunday with Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Promoting the European way of Life, religious freedoms and the status of Christians in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Politics
3/26/2023 9:03:12 PM
The European Union is ready to provide further support to the Egyptian state’s efforts to curb irregular migration, Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Promoting the European Way of Life, said on Sunday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/9/2023 6:56:22 PM
The European Commission will tell EU member states to continue to reduce their gas consumption next winter after meeting a previous energy-saving target, a senior EU official said on Thursday.
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Business
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Tech
2/23/2023 2:20:45 PM
The European Commission has banned TikTok on official devices used by staff amid concerns over data protection, a spokesperson told AFP on Thursday.
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World
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International
2/2/2023 10:49:44 AM
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said she had arrived in Kyiv with a team of commissioners on Thursday, a day before a Ukraine-European Union summit in the war-torn country.
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Business
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Energy
12/20/2022 11:15:47 PM
The European Commission on Tuesday conditionally approved the nationalisation of troubled German gas giant Uniper after it was pushed to the brink of collapse following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Society
12/13/2022 9:00:00 PM
The European Commission has granted its approval to Egypt's Police Veterinary Quarantine -- which is affiliated to the Ministry of Interior -- to export horses to European Union countries, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation El-Sayed El-Quseir announced in a statement on Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/7/2022 8:17:01 PM
The EU's executive arm on Wednesday proposed imposing sanctions on Russia's armed forces, three banks and scores of officials, in the latest salvo from Brussels against the Kremlin's war on Ukraine.
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World
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International
11/25/2022 7:36:36 PM
Josep Borrell, the European Commission’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, called Thursday for an end to violence against women worldwide.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/23/2022 10:29:39 PM
France and Spain on Wednesday lambasted the European Commission's proposed price cap on wholesale natural gas, set so high that critics have questioned if it would ever be used.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/31/2022 4:55:55 PM
European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi launched on Sunday with the Egyptian ministries of foreign affairs and of defence the first phase of a new EUR 80 million programme to enhance border management, search and rescue at land and sea.
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World
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International
10/28/2022 1:29:03 PM
New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet EU chiefs in Brussels next week, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, both sides said Friday.
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World
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International
10/22/2022 5:39:11 PM
The European Commission warned Germany months ago against Chinese investment in Hamburg's port, a source close to the matter told AFP on Saturday, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz faced criticism for reportedly backing the transaction.
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Business
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Energy
10/5/2022 2:12:29 PM
The EU is "ready to discuss" a price cap on gas within the bloc to bring down soaring energy costs, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/25/2022 9:56:42 AM
The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/20/2022 2:29:18 PM
The European Commission on Wednesday urged EU countries to reduce demand for natural gas by 15 percent over the coming months to secure winter stocks and defeat Russian "blackmail".
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/15/2022 1:48:33 PM
The European Commission is expected next week to ask EU countries to reduce the heating and cooling of public buildings and offices to cut demand for gas, according to a document seen by AFP.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/6/2022 11:59:50 AM
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the 27-nation European Union needs to make emergency plans to prepare for a complete cut-off of Russian gas in the wake of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine.
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World
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International
6/17/2022 4:16:13 PM
The European Union's executive arm recommended on Friday granting Moldova, a tiny, non-NATO country that borders Ukraine, EU -candidate status, marking the beginning of its path to joining the 27-nation bloc that will be contingent on a series of key reforms.
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World
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International
6/15/2022 2:30:36 PM
The European Union is launching legal action against the U.K. in response to Britain's unilateral moves to rip up parts of the post-Brexit deal between both sides, officials said Wednesday.
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