The current confrontation will shape resistance to austerity – and the future of the whole of Europe.
European leaders wait for signs that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is ready to compromise as Greece fails to make its IMF payment.
Six large energy companies have asked the United Nations for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme that would include their operations.
The euro leapt, Greek bond yields fell, but nothing actually changed in another day of talks with international creditors.
The EU is considering fielding a naval force to deal with increasingly deadly Mediterranean crossings, but the plan would have to favour with the UN.
A proposal to divide up numbers between EU states in the wake of the Mediterranean crisis could pit Germany, which backs the scheme, against the UK.
EU paymaster Germany criticised the Greek proposal as "not a substantial solution" as it failed to fulfil bailout conditions.
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would rather focus on strengthening its domestic market, but if he wanted, he could invade Kiev in just two days.
A "Yes" vote to Scotland’s independence will pose baffling questions for the EU, and could see Scotland clamouring to join while England leaves.
China says the EU’s proposed additional sanctions on its key ally Russia will not solve the current problems in Ukraine.
Pro-Russian separatists are preparing a fresh offensive in Ukraine as EU leaders give Moscow one week to curb support for rebels or face sanctions.
Sufficient political will is all we need to get the 58-million children not in school into classrooms by the end of next year, says Andris Piebalgs.
Major EU member states vote on Sunday to elect the 751 deputies to sit in the European Parliament until 2019.
A lack of trust in the mainstream leadership is driving EU voters to look at more radical options in this week’s polls.
The European Union has expressed concern after armed groups attacked Libya’s Parliament in Tripoli and an air base in the east.
The department of agriculture has brushed off claims that the EU proposed dropping a ban on importing SA citrus fruit – saying that there isn’t a ban.
The European Union has unveiled a tougher bank test for the continent’s money lenders in a bid to draw a line under the eurozone crisis.
Syria’s governement says a presidential election will take place on June 3, but Western leaders say the vote is a "parody of democracy".
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe will boycott this week’s EU-Africa summit after his wife was denied a visa to enter Europe, says a foreign ministry official.
The US and EU have imposed sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on a small group of officials from Russia and Ukraine.
A referendum result shows that 96.77% of voters in Ukraine’s Crimea region have voted to join Russia, according to a government commission.
EU leaders have frozen assets belonging to deposed Ukraine leaders, and have warned Russia of sanctions if they do not pull troops out of Crimea.
The US and Russia have stepped up diplomatic efforts to defuse the Ukraine crisis amid heightened tensions in Crimea.
If the situation in Ukraine has not been addressed appropriately, EU leaders say the organisation might place resctrictions on Russia.
SA has met international conditions to recover its foot-and-mouth disease-free status, paving the way for meat export bans to be lifted.
The European Union has suspended sanctions on eight of Zimbabwe’s military and political figures but have kept them on Robert Mugabe and his wife.
Is the EU’s pause in investment treaty negotiations with the US a case of double standards or a shift in protection policy, asks Xavier Carim.
European Union sources say the organisation plans to ease sanctions on Zimbabwe, however it will maintain its restrictions imposed on Robert Mugabe.
Resentment is growing over German chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership and fiscal austerity measures.
"I do not want to visit France for romantic purposes. I want to develop relations between us," says Robert Mugabe about the EU’s Zimbabwe sanctions.
The EU’s Jose Manuel Barroso has pledged to rebuild Italian refugee centres after the migrant shipwreck on Italy’s shores that claimed 302 people.
Angela Merkel’s triumph in winning a third term with such an improbably high margin sets her and Germany apart in Europe.