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Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic will challenge EU over migration quotas. Hardliners say they will not take in more migrants nor pay compensation for refusal. A compromise is out of reach at this stage.

Electricity and natural gas prices for households have diverged sharply across Europe in 2025, with some countries facing bills several times higher than others, according to new Eurostat data.

They agreed formal talks would begin on food and drink and emissions trading deals.

London-based carbon emissions reduction startup CUR8 made news recently when it received seed funding from a source associated more with fuel-guzzling air travel than sustainability: Airbus Ventures, the venture capital arm of European multinational aerospace giant Airbus. Other investors included Google Ventures and CapitalT.

Some of France's European partners have been watching the political turmoil closely as the country struggles to rein in a budget deficit which has become the largest in the euro zone.

In our second episode of "The Ring", we debate the highly political topic of Rearming Europe that has become a geopolitical goal of the European Commission

Editorial: As polls suggest that Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian rule is under threat, Brussels can only wait and hope

Letters: Denis MacShane responds to an article about the Reform UK leader emulating Italy’s rightwing PM, Giorgia Meloni

Somali piracy in the region cost the world’s economy €6 billion in 2011, with €138 million paid out in ransoms, according to the Oceans Beyond Piracy monitoring group.