BRUSSELS/ANKARA The European Union is scrambling for a new agreement with Turkey to prevent migrants from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond flooding into the EU. But there is little sign so far that Ankara is ready to accept the terms Brussels is offering.
BRUSSELS EU officials sought in vain on Friday to persuade France, Germany and other European countries to lift controls on the export of protective medical gear, which officials said could hurt the bloc's collective effort to fight the coronavirus.
BRUSSELS Europe is experiencing delays in supplies of medicines and face masks because of coronavirus disruptions, according to EU and industry officials, compounding already acute shortages of drugs on the continent.
BRUSSELS The European Union says Britain is trying to weaken the bloc's position at trade talks by talking to individual member states and has urged EU governments not to hold a "parallel negotiation" with London.
* EU experiences delays in drugs supplies from Asia after outbreak
BRUSSELS Euro zone growth is likely to be slower in 2020 than the 1.2% forecast only in mid-February because of the negative effects of the coronavirus, the European Commission said in a preliminary assessment.
BRUSSELS The European Union is considering measures to protect its economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, top officials said on Monday, as health risks in Europe were raised to high after the virus spread to most countries in the bloc.
FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS The European Central Bank does not need to take immediate action in response to the coronavirus epidemic, two ECB policymakers said on Friday, confounding market bets on a rate cut.
FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS The European Central Bank does not need to take immediate action in response to the coronavirus epidemic, two ECB policymakers said on Friday, confounding market bets on a rate cut.
BRUSSELS Italy and other euro zone countries hit by the coronavirus outbreak are expected to benefit from waivers under EU fiscal rules that will allow them to spend more to tackle the emergency, the bloc's economics commissioner said on Wednesday.
Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, adding to the more than 100,000 cases of the fast-spreading illness across the world.