Angela Merkel’s triumph in winning a third term with such an improbably high margin sets her and Germany apart in Europe.
Plans underway by Angela Merkel’s Chancellory could see the power to deal with struggling banks move from national to European level.
Egypt’s hardline military leader has warned against further protests in the country as the EU prepares to hold talks on the crisis.
Boycotting Jewish settlements is a stark reminder that Europe is tiring of the stalled ‘peace process’.
The US and the European Union start talks to create the world’s largest free-trade agreement, amid diplomatic tensions over recent spying revelations.
The international relations department and the European Union have begun talks after plans were put in place to halt SA citrus from entering Europe.
The European Union wants to stop some imports from South Africa after some shipments of fruit were found to have the citrus black spot disease.
The EU and Russia have begun talks dominated by the Syria crisis and Brussels’s decision to lift its arms embargo on Bashar al-Assad’s foes.
Failure to renew an arms embargo on Syria could hamper US-Russian peace talks with the worn-torn nation.
The EU will pledge more than half a-billion euros to help Mali rebuild after months of conflict, says the European Commission President.
US President Barack Obama has urged Britons to watch whether EU reforms were successful before deciding whether to leave the multi-nation bloc.
Cyprus’s Parliament will vote on a bailout imposed by the EU, with approval likely from a thin majority against calls for the island to exit the euro.
Google’s new privacy policy has been under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets.
Markets will remain focused on Cyprus after it reportedly reached an agreement with outside funders over a collapse of its banking system.
European Union leaders have announced the indefinite postponement of a key summit with Japan intended to launch crucial free trade negotiations.
All eyes will be on central banks in the US, India and South Africa as they announce their latest rates decisions.
EU nations have been working on a deal to reward Harare by lifting some of the bloc’s punishing sanctions against members of the regime.
British prime minister has announced his intention to renegotiate membership terms if he is re-elected.
More Western donors are freezing aid to Uganda after a scam in which $13-million of donor funds was embezzled by the office of the prime minister.
Prime Minister David Cameron has secured a decent result for Britain at the European Union budget summit.
Google’s changes to its privacy policies have been criticised by 30 European data-protection commissioners.
European car sales have fallen for the 12th consecutive month and are heading for a double-digit decline this year.
China’s latest growth figures, an EU summit and earnings reports from some of America’s largest companies will dominate the global economy this week.
The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the crisis-torn EU has sparked a stunned Twitter backlash, although some netizens came to its defence.
Russia’s top security official has alleged that al-Qaeda is waging "forest jihad" in Europe by sparking wildfires that have ravaged the continent.
President Jacob Zuma has called on the European Union to partner with South Africa and invest in the country’s infrastructure development project.
The EU says it has no intention of lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as part of a policy review by the bloc on the nation.
The EU has denied media reports that it is planning to lift sanctions on Robert Mugabe or "anyone involved in continued abuses of human rights".
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is to meet with three of Zimbabwe’s ministers on Thursday to discuss political reforms.
Thousands of jobs and the future of SA’s ostrich industry hinge on the lifting on a ban on exported meat, with time and money running out for farmers.
The frontrunner in the French presidential election François Hollande wants to push the European Union to spend big money on growth and jobs.
The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development has warned that the eurozone’s debt crisis is not over and banks in the bloc remain weak.