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News Articles: European Union

In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe.

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  • Europe

Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections

The NATO and EU member borders Belarus, the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and Ukraine — plus a strip of land connecting it to Lithuania. It is an unstable and volatile mix of frontiers.

October 02, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
St. Mark's basilica in Venice is one place U.S. passport holders may not be able to get to without approval under the new ETIAS requirements

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  • World

Wait, do you need a visa to go to Europe now? The new ETIAS requirements, explained

Starting in 2024, American passport holders traveling to 30 European countries will need to receive authorization to travel via the ETIAS, a long-awaited measure designed to prevent terrorism.

July 27, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
A European privacy regulator slapped Facebook parent company Meta with a record $1.3 billion fine over transfers of user data to the United States.

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  • Technology

European watchdog fines Meta $1.3 billion over privacy violations

Ireland's Data Protection Commission ruled the tech company breached European privacy laws by transferring user data from Europe to the U.S., where

May 22, 2023
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  • Mary Yang and
  • Eleanor Beardsley
A worker dumps empty cans of Miller High Life beer into a machine to be crushed at the Westlandia plant in Ypres, Belgium, on Monday.

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  • Europe

The 'Champagne of Beers' gets crushed in Belgium

Belgian customs destroyed a shipment of 2,352 cans of Miller High Life after the Champagne trade body called foul over the "Champagne of Beers" slogan.

April 22, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron visit the garden of the residence of the Governor of Guangdong on April 7.

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  • World

Macron comments raise questions about Europe's allegiance to the U.S. and Taiwan

When French President Emmanuel Macron remarked that Europe should not blindly follow the U.S.'s lead on China, it set off criticism on both sides of the Atlantic.

April 11, 2023
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  • H.J. Mai
Georgian protesters rally outside the parliament as lawmakers vote to call off their controversial "foreign agent" bill in Tbilisi on Friday.

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  • World

Georgians have been protesting a controversial bill for days. Lawmakers scrapped it

Lawmakers in the former Soviet republic voted Friday to drop their "foreign agents" bill, which critics view as a threat to democracy as well as the country's push to join the European Union.

March 10, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Tomato shortages in the U.K. are being blamed on bad weather, energy prices and trade policy

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  • Economy

Let them eat... turnips? Tomato shortage in UK has politicians looking for answers

Frost, floods, energy prices and Brexit are among the possible culprits in the shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli and lettuce in the U.K.

March 01, 2023
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  • Stacey Vanek Smith
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after a news conference at Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England, Monday. The U.K. and the European Union ended years of wrangling, sealing a deal to resolve a dispute over Northern Ireland.

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  • Europe

Why Brexit's back in the news: Britain and the EU struck a Northern Ireland trade deal

Britain and the European Union signed a new agreement to solve one of Brexit's thorniest challenges: the trading status of Northern Ireland.

February 27, 2023
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  • Willem Marx
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) walks with French President Emmanuel Macron on the tarmac of Vélizy-Villacoublay airbase as they prepare to board a flight together, en route to Brussels for a summit at European Parliament, on Feb. 9. Zelenskyy made a surprise Europe tour last week.

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  • World

Latest in Ukraine: Updates on Russia's war and a look ahead (Feb. 13)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 13, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Black smoke rises after shelling in Bakhmut, in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 3, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: EU just banned Russian diesel and other oil products (Feb. 6)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

February 06, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Tires of a truck are pictured at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 27. A European ban on imports of diesel fuel and other products made from crude oil in Russian refineries takes effect Feb. 5. The goal is to stop feeding Russia's war chest, but fuel costs have already jumped since the war started and they could rise again.

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  • World

Europe is set to ban Russian oil products, the latest strike on the Kremlin war chest

Starting Sunday, the EU will prohibit imports of Russian gasoline, diesel and other products from Russian refineries used throughout Europe.

February 04, 2023
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  • Jackie Northam
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after a joint press conference after talks in Kyiv on Thursday.

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  • World

European leaders meet in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's path toward joining the EU

This is the first summit to take place with Ukraine as an official candidate to join the European Union.

February 03, 2023
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  • Julian Hayda
A man plays violin on the sidelines of a religious service held by local residents in front of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Sunday. The building was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14.

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  • World

Latest on Ukraine: Waiting for Germany's Leopard tanks (Jan. 23)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

January 23, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
Two Leopard 2 A6 heavy battle tanks and a Puma infantry fighting vehicle of the Bundeswehr's 9th Panzer Training Brigade participate in a demonstration of capabilities during a visit by then-Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to the Bundeswehr Army training grounds in February 2022 in Munster, Germany.

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  • World

Germany signals it hasn't ruled out sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Western defense officials are meeting to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. Germany has resisted their efforts to persuade the country to export its Leopard 2 tanks, or allow others to do so.

January 20, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
Croatia's Minister of Interior Davor Bozinovic, left, pushes a button to lift the barrier at the Bregana border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia, accompnanied by Slovenian counterpart Sanja Ajanovic Hovnik, early on Sunday.

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  • Europe

Croatia rings in the New Year as a fully integrated EU member

It marked a fresh start for the small Balkan nation of 4 million that captured international attention three decades ago as the site of a brutal war that left nearly a quarter of its economy in ruins.

January 01, 2023
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