BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions. Belarus held an orchestrated vote virtually guaranteed to give 70-year-old autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

The European Union may soon suspend sanctions on Syria related to energy and transport but has yet to agree on whether to ease restrictions on financial transactions, according to three diplomats and a document seen by Reuters.

AI, biotech and affordable clean energy will be the focus of an EU drive to make the bloc globally competitive and ensure it keeps pace with rivals the United States and China, according to a draft European Commission paper seen by Reuters.

RACHEL Reeves has rattled Brexiteers by saying she is happy to look at Britain going back under EU rules. The Chancellor said she would consider a tariff-free trading scheme with Brussels —

The top European Union military official, Robert Brieger, said it would make sense to station troops from EU countries in Greenland, according to an interview with Germany's Welt am Sonntag published on Saturday,

The EU starts a probe January 30 into its troubled automotive industry. Automakers want relief from the existential threat of tightening CO2 rules.

Rachel Reeves has been accused of plotting to return Britain to the EU by the back door with a European customs deal. The Chancellor indicated the Government would consider the prospect of signing up to the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention (PEM), a tariff-free trading scheme, and said she was “absolutely happy” to be considering it.

ONCE again the mantra from Downing Street is that the hunt for economic growth trumps all. Chancellor Rachel Reeves will this week unveil new rail and road links and a possible third runway at

Jonathan Reynolds told the BBC doing a deal to ease UK exports of food would not cross the government's red lines

The European Union needs to do more to keep up with the US and China, according to Economics Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.

The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting more of its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials have warned.

Despite sustainable finance headwinds, EU Taxonomy reporting growth is encouraging. Bloomberg data shows a significant increase in Taxonomy alignment and reveals that large EU firms are also becoming more sustainable.