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EU laments lack of progress in Brexit talks
Brexit talks have reached into space, with the European Union and Britain fighting over the rights that London will have to the multi-billion Galileo satellite navigation system and its security-sensitive information.
EU seeks to raise billions from financial sector for climate goals
The European Commission aims to increase EU funds to fight the climate challenges.
EU Commission proposes 149-billion-euro budget for 2019
The European Union (EU) Commission has announced its 2019 budget draft proposal. Accordingly, the EU's revenues in the 2019 budget will amount to 149 billion euros and expenditures.
From Yahoo to Uber, major hacks of data
The European Union's new data protection rules, which take effect on May 25, will give people more control over the way their personal information is used online.
EU green-lights start of trade talks with Australia, New Zealand
The EU's bilateral annual trade with New Zealand was 8.7 billion euros in 2017, with the bloc being the country's second largest trading partner after Australia.
EU chokes on own air quality standards
Air pollution causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year in Europe. AFP survey examines how the European Union is trying to enforce air pollution standards across the 28-member bloc.
EU: Almost half of member states could be late with new data rules
Europe's new data protection rules take effect next Friday with almost half of the Union's member states could fail to implement them.
The Schengen Agreement
In 1984 France and Germany agreed to gradually dismantle their joint borders. In the same year Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands did the same.