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Earlier announcement by Olivér Várhelyi had prompted surprise from member states including Ireland and Spain

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into several Israeli towns with a heavy barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Here is reaction to the attack from around the world.

Trip by foreign affairs committee blocked with no reason given, raising questions about country’s partnership with EU

The EU’s top official will nominate the Dutch foreign minister as the next commissioner in charge of climate action to fill the void left by the departure of Green Deal czar Frans Timmermans

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says the foreign minister of the Netherlands is “the right man” to to fill a European Commission vacancy after Frans Timmermans quit this week to lead a center-left bloc into the country’s November general election

The European Union’s climate chief will lead a broad center-left coalition of social democrats and greens going into the Dutch elections in November But he'll have to quit his job in the EU’s executive branch

Greece fighter pilot training offer comes after Denmark and the Netherlands announced they would supply F-16s to Kyiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked Danish lawmakers for helping his country resist Russia’s invasion

As the war enters its 544th day, these are the main developments.