Sources: BBC
Hungary, a member of the European Union, says that it will veto any sanctions that would restrict energy imports from Russia. Unanimity among the 27 EU members is required to introduce sanctions. 2022-05-1
Intel pledges €33 billion in investments in the European Union factories and research facilities, including €17 billion for building a chip-making plant in Magdeburg, Germany and €12 billion for upgrading the Irish plant; the company promises €80 billion over the next decade for the EU. 2022-03-15
Spain exceeds one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the first country in the EU to do so. 2020-10-21
The European Union's visa-free regime for Ukraine officially enters into force. 2017-06-11
Hansjörg Haber, the European Union's top envoy to Turkey, resigns effective August. Ömer Çelik, Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs, had complained that Haber had shown disrespect for Turkey's national values, and for President Tayyip Erdoğan. EU officials declined to comment on the reason for Haber's resignation. 2016-06-14
Greek voters solidly reject (61.3 percent) the latest austerity proposal of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank. 2015-07-5
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announces a wide-ranging reform program entitled Strategy 2020 to prepare Ukraine for applying for European Union membership in 2020. 2014-09-25
Lawmakers from Ukraine ratify a landmark agreement with the European Union in tandem with a meeting of the European Parliament. 2014-09-16
European Union leaders approve sanctions in Brussels, including bans on investments and oil-gas technology transfers, against Iran, harsher than recent sanctions imposed by the United Nations. Russia calls these and sanctions by the United States "unacceptable". 2010-06-17
Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, writing in the "International Herald Tribune", says Israel's blockade of Gaza is "inhumane and unacceptable" and calls on the European Union and other countries to request that it be ended following his visit there last week. 2010-03-5