Tag: European
European foreign ministers have been meeting in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
European Union foreign ministers have been meeting in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, in their first summit outside the bloc’s borders. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell described Ukraine as a ‘future member” of the union. He said they were meeting in Kyiv to demonstrate with the Ukrainian people. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi joins us live from Lubny in Ukraine monitoring the developments. Subscribe to…
European countries to begin evacuation of citizens from coup-hit Niger
At least four European countries on Tuesday announced that plans to evacuate their citizens are underway in Niger, days after President Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard. “France is preparing the evacuation of its citizens and (other) European citizens who want to leave the country,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that the evacuation would start on Tuesday….
Zelenskyy's European tour: Ukrainian leader meets UK prime minister Sunak
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on a series of European visits. Earlier he met the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba reports from London, the UK – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Ukraine #EuropeanVisits
European bank shares drop after Credit Suisse takeover – BBC News
European bank shares have dropped sharply after troubled bank Credit Suisse was bought by its Swiss rival UBS in a government-backed deal. UBS, which purchased Credit Suisse at a fraction of its closing market value before the weekend, is now down 8% compared with an earlier slide of 13%. Credit Suisse was the most significant failure of a crisis of confidence in the banking sector…
European Parliament to ban TikTok from staff phones: EU official
The European Parliament has decided to ban Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok from staff phones for security reasons, becoming the latest EU institution to do so after the European Commission and the European Council. The planned ban will also apply to private devices with Parliament email and other network access installed on them, an EU official said on Tuesday, adding that the decision is expected…
Will Ukraine war become a wider European conflict? | Inside Story
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused thousands of deaths and destroyed entire cities. Western countries have answered Kyiv’s pleas for military aid. Does this mean the conflict has become an international one? And what are the risks of escalation to a wider war? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests: Geoffrey Roberts – Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork Patrick Bury – Senior Lecturer in…