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Whitehall officials fear that Ireland has become a “back door” to Britain for Russian spies because of its generous visa programme, an Irish politician has said.

Labour should consider reducing national insurance and granting new oil drilling licenses for the North Sea, Wes Streeting said as he continued to advocate for the party’s leadership.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Verona, supported by officers in Naples, arrested seven suspects

SIR Tony Blair today launches a devastating attack on Labour over tax hikes, welfare spending, and Net Zero — warning his party is “playing with fire”.

Major European airlines could face an additional cost hit of at least €1.5 billion each if Brussels extends carbon pricing to flights departing the EU, based on an analysis of a proposal to reduce greenhouse emissions.

A former prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has urged the creation of an EU-wide statute to block what she calls “thuggish” and “bullying” US sanctions imposed on ICC members, aiming to undermine the court.

The EU widened its sanctions regime against Iran to target individuals and entities involved in Tehran’s actions disrupting navigation in the Middle East.

Drugmaker Sandoz has called for the European Commission to launch an investigation into Chinese imports of a key ingredient used in a popular antibiotic, alleging unfair state subsidies.

The EU’s anti-fraud office has opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

Russia is planning to halt the flow of Kazakh oil to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline, hitting a refinery that supplies almost all of Berlin’s petrol and heating fuel.

The European Council on Tuesday adopted a landmark directive aimed at aligning the prosecution of corruption across the bloc and ensuring that maximum penalties for such offenses are "not set too low."

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has filed an indictment against three car traders.

Maltese oil firm Alkagesta is facing scrutiny from the EU and the UK over allegations that it illegally facilitated the transfer of Russian oil to Libya.

Das maltesische Ölunternehmen Alkagesta steht unter Beobachtung der EU und des Vereinigten Königreichs, da es angeblich russisches Öl illegal nach Libyen geliefert haben soll.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to conceal the environmental impact of their datacentres, an investigation has revealed, with language almost verbatim from their demands to block a database of green metrics incorporated into EU regulations.

Holidaymakers were left vomiting and fainting in a queue from hell at Milan airport.

Hungary’s opposition Tisza party, led by Péter Magyar, has won the election, bringing an end to Viktor Orbán’s 16-year grip on power.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Liberec (Czechia), multiple searches and investigative measures were conducted today in Czechia and Slovakia, in a probe into suspected large-scale customs fraud and VAT evasion involving the imports of textiles, shoes and e-commerce goods from China into the EU.

Exclusive: Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model.

Hungary says it will block the EU’s planned 20th sanctions package — and other Ukraine-related decisions requiring unanimity — until oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia resume through the Druzhba pipeline.

Authorities say the strain of the virus that has killed wild boars in Catalonia is one often used for experiments in secure facilities.

Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue. More than 650 drones target locations across Ukraine including western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland.

Ruling likely to put European Commission on a collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald Trump.

David Lammy has refused to rule out the prospect of Britain rejoining the EU as he admitted the union holds the potential to ’boost UK growth’.

Brexit is partly responsible for high inflation in the UK, according to Rachel Reeves, as she advocated for rebuilding ties with the EU.