Eurozone unemployment edges down to 8.5 per cent in April
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the 19-member eurozone edges down to 8.5 per cent, the lowest rate recorded since 2008.
EU proposes Erasmus boost
The European Union wants to increase funding for the Erasmus youth exchange programme under the next long-term EU budget.
Mapping the EU’s cleanest bathing waters
A new report investigates and compares the quality of bathing waters around Europe.
On anniversary, European Central Bank ponders a first: a German boss
Its power is vast - too much so for some people's tastes. And 20 years since its founding, the European Central Bank could soon see the unthinkable happen: a German in charge.
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.