50 years of EU expansion: who’s in and who wants to join?
The European Union, which will hold a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years.
Confectionery firm turns vegan to avoid Brexit checks
Following Brexit, confectioner Pecan Deluxe Candy soon discovered that British operations were plagued by costly new red tape on exports of animal-derived products. Its solution? Go vegan.
Western tanks: political and military boost for Ukraine
The decisions by Germany and the US to deliver battle tanks to Ukraine represent a weighty show of Western political support for Kyiv that could also help its military breach Russian invaders' lines
France, UK sign new deal to thwart migrant Channel crossings
Britain has agreed to pay France another 72.2 million euros to prevent migrant boat crossings in the English Channel under a new deal that underlines improving ties between the neighbours.
Arms for Ukraine: US pulls ahead, Europe slows
Dozens of countries have supplied military support to Ukraine since Russia invaded it on February 24, but new pledges of support from European countries have tapered off, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy notes
Covid subvariants cast shadow over European summer
A resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe, this time driven by new, fast-spreading Omicron subvariants, is once again threatening to disrupt people's summer plans
Some English language students swerve UK post Brexit
Britain's departure from the EU is not helping the post-Covid recovery for visiting English language students, as post-Brexit administrative requirements have raised travel costs
Migrants: walls go up around Fortress Europe
Poland has started work on a €353 million wall along its frontier with Belarus. What other border barriers have sprung up across Europe, particularly since the migrant crisis of 2015
UK finance reigns in Europe despite Brexit fallout
One year after Britain's formal exit from the European Union, London's powerful City financial sector still reigns on the continent despite losing key business and bankers to rival hubs
Channel migrant crossings to UK more than triple in 2021
More than 27,000 migrants have made the perilous crossing to Britain from mainland Europe in 2021, more than three times the total who crossed the Channel in 2020