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December 10, 2025 3:36 PM

EU strikes deal on climate target to cut emissions by 90% by 2040

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to set a legally binding climate target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% from 1990 levels by 2040, and buy foreign carbon credits to cover 5% of the emissions cuts, goals that fell short of its original...

December 8, 2025 3:44 PM

EAM Jaishankar holds talks with EU’s Maros Sefcovic, hopes for productive engagements in India

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, in New Delhi on Monday and expressed confidence that the visiting EU delegation would have productive engagements during its stay in In...

December 7, 2025 6:12 PM

US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European offici...

December 3, 2025 8:51 PM

EU agrees on phasing out Russian gas imports by late 2027

The European Union agreed on Wednesday to phase out Russian gas imports by late 2027 as part of an effort to end the bloc's decade-long dependency on Russian energy. Representatives for EU governments and the European Parliament reached an agreement...

November 26, 2025 10:25 AM

India, EU hold key meetings in Brussels to review strategic partnership and foreign policy cooperation

India and the European Union held the 11th India-EU Foreign Policy and Security Consultations and the 6th Strategic Partnership Review Meeting in Brussels on November 18 and 19. The two sides reviewed the full range of their bilateral engagement and ...

November 5, 2025 6:17 PM

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late into T...

November 4, 2025 6:34 PM

EU says Montenegro is most advanced country to join the bloc

European Union enlargement is a "realistic possibility" in the coming years and Montenegro is the most advanced candidate to join the bloc, European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said on Tuesday. Previewing the EU's annual enlargement report, K...

November 4, 2025 4:55 PM

EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine the European Union's claims to leadersh...

October 31, 2025 6:50 PM

EU countries split over 2040 climate goal as COP30 looms

European Union countries remain split over their new climate change target and are still debating changes, just days before their ministers are due to approve the goal, according to diplomats and EU documents seen by Reuters on Friday. The EU is rac...

October 23, 2025 7:28 PM

EU vows to bankroll Ukraine for next two years as it eyes Russian frozen assets

The European Union will on Thursday agree in principle to finance Ukraine for the next two years, EU Council chief Antonio Costa said, despite a Belgian threat to block its plan to use Russian frozen assets to aid Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...