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Women in the EU only earn €0.88 on average for every euro a man makes, meaning that they will symbolically start “working for free” from 17 November until the end of the year, according to the EU.

A meeting between US Trade Representative Greer and EU Trade Commissioner Šefčovič will take place next week - and it could get heated as the US pushes for more concessions and faster implementation of trade deal cut in July.

Violations of national airspace by drones are on the rise in Europe. When European leaders discussed these events at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2025, they responded by announcing plans for a defensive “drone wall”.

The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies.

French companies announced investments worth €9.2 billion on Monday at the first edition of a government-backed "Choose France" summit dedicated to domestic firms. The government is keen to show the euro zone’s second-biggest economy remains a top business destination despite political turmoil.

Militaries are responsible for around 5.5 per cent of global emissions, but remain largely unreported in the EU.

With pensions, social housing, unemployment benefits, medical care, and disability support, Europe has among the best social protections in the world. But which EU countries are the most generous when it comes to public spending?

US lawmakers are drafting a bill that would sanction countries purchasing Russian oil and gas, aiming to choke off Moscow’s primary revenue stream as peace negotiations remain stalled.

The European Union has its own mutual defence clause but it is seen as weaker than NATO's Article 5. The EU Commissioner for Defence appears to want to change that as the US military reconsiders its footprint in Europe.

The European Union has opened the last remaining negotiation chapters with Albania, bringing the Western Balkan country closer to joining the EU by 2030. "There is no escape from Albania," said PM Edi Rama.

As European leaders take part in COP30, claims that the controversial Avenida Liberdade — a four-lane 13km highway which cuts across the Amazon — was constructed specifically for the climate summit have spread online.