Free wifi in every EU city by 2020, Juncker promises

EU finance ministers met to discuss the proposed update of the bloc's spending rules but failed to achieve any progress, with France and Germany still at odds over the reforms after the meeting.

The European Commission denies helping smugglers in Libya, following a deadly Pylos shipwreck near Greece that reportedly sailed from the Tobruk area of the north African state.

As talks drag out into their third month, Greece and Hungary are still blocking EU sanctions on Russia, hoping to strong-arm Ukraine into removing companies from its "war-sponsors" list.

As EU champions reusable packaging as the most planet-friendly option, the fast food lobby is lobbying hard for single-use paper.

Germany's new security strategy signals the nation's pacifism has become a victim of Russia's war on Ukraine. But simultaneously, the strategy is neither specific or hard-hitting in its analysis on how to deal with a shifting world order.

Displaced Ukrainians are finding it hard to get good jobs in the EU, amid language problems, childcare needs, and trauma.