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EU ministers agree to set up European Labour Agency
The European member states agree to establish an European Labour Authority aimed at helping employees and employers to deal with complex aspects of cross-border labour mobility.
EU drops plan for 10,000 border guards by 2020
The European Union has abandoned its plan for a 10,000-strong bloc-wide border and coastguard saying it was "unrealistic" for the force to be ready by 2020
Brexit hardliners resist pleas to vote for May’s deal
Hardline Brexiteers are resisting pleas from British PM Theresa May to support her EU withdrawal deal and could try to unseat her to finally realise their vision of Brexit.
A different Brexit? British MPs take back control
British MPs have voted to give themselves a bigger say in what happens if, as expected, Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal is rejected by the House of Commons next week.
EU finance ministers clinch eurozone reform deal
EU finance ministers have agreed reforms to better fight against a financial crisis but the agreement falls short of the original ambitions to relaunch Europe by French President Emmanuel Macron
EU sets goal to be ‘climate neutral’ by 2050
The European Union has urged government, businesses, citizens and regions to join its ambitious plan to cut emissions and make the bloc carbon neutral by 2050
Uncharted territory: what if UK MPs reject Brexit deal?
Prime Minister Theresa May faces an uphill struggle to win approval for her newly-agreed Brexit deal in Britain's parliament, with a vote scheduled for December 11.
What is in the Brexit future ties declaration?
EU and Britain negotiators have jointly agreed a political declaration that sets out the aspirations of both sides in their relationship after the divorce. This is what we know about the declaration.
Between The Rock and a Hard Brexit: New hurdle for EU
It has long been Northern Ireland that has bedevilled efforts to negotiate an orderly Brexit, but now another British territory has emerged to haunt the talks: Gibraltar.
Eel trafficking in the EU, the world’s ‘biggest wildlife crime’
Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are trafficked each year from Europe, ending up in China and Japan in what is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth," campaigners say.