The European Union’s new round of sanctions against Russia is still up in the air after ambassadors failed to reach a deal during a meeting on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The clock is ticking fast: the bloc has set 24 February, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of…

Published on 20/02/2026 – 12:34 GMT+1•Updated 12:35 European steel shipments to the US declined 30% between June and December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to recent Eurostat data compiled by Eurofer, the Brussels-based industry group. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The decline underscores the impact of the US’s…

EU Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica is set to be grilled by member states at Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, where she will brief ministers on her visit to the inauguration of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Šuica has been at the centre of controversy and faced criticism for attending…

Canada recently signed up to the EU’s Security Action for Europe agreement (SAFE) — a loan scheme aims to speed up procurement for defence equipment across the bloc — becoming the first non-European member state to do so. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On X, allegations that the European Union asked Canada for…

EU countries need to “urgently coordinate” to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, such as flooding, severe storms, and heatwaves, a report from the EU’s advisory board on climate change warned on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The scientific report from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC)…

Published on 17/02/2026 – 9:49 GMT+1 Before you pack your bags for Brussels in search of a top-tier EU job, here is your survival guide to Europe’s most elite exam. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT About 50,000 people are expected to apply by the 10 March deadline, so get in line. There are…

Published on 20/02/2026 – 7:48 GMT+1•Updated 8:02 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT An interview with Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Our Maïa de La Baume brings us an update on the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace yesterday. Geopolitical expert Tomi Huhtanen elaborates…

Published on 17/02/2026 – 10:55 GMT+1 The national defence investment plans of eight more European member states worth about half of the Commission’s defence loan scheme were approved by finance ministers on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The plans by Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland are collectively worth…

The European Union will not “shy away” from adopting a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers if G7 allies fail to reach a deal, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for the Economy, has said as negotiations continue between member states on a fresh round of economic sanctions…

Published on 17/02/2026 – 18:23 GMT+1 Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne made a special appearance at this week’s meeting of 21 ministers from the euro area, with the goal of discussing global macroeconomic imbalances. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With relations with the United States at an all-time low, Canada is looking for…