Wednesday
25th Apr 2018
By EUOBSERVER
Donald Tusk, president of the European Council on Thursday called on Russia to use its power over rebels in eastern Ukraine to stop the recent flare-up of hostilities. "Russia should use its influence to disengage the Russian-backed separatists," Tusk told journalists. Also the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, called on Moscow to de-escalate violence in eastern Ukraine and withdraw from Crimea.
The EU should not share out military HQs for political reasons if it wants effective armed forces, Italy's former defence chief tells EUobserver.
As the EU prepares to host another summit in Brussels to address the Syria refugee crisis, it must acknowledge that the trade component of its deal with Jordan has failed in practice.
This week the world celebrates World Malaria Day, a time to take stock of progress to date, much of which has been made possible through investments by the EU, a world leader in development aid.
The EU commission had announced guidelines on the ethics of artificial intelligence in a strategy paper, as the bloc looks to promote its values or risk being overshadowed by China and the US. And it wants them ready by 2018.
The president of the European Commission has decided that nine member states who are failing to fight air pollution will receive another month's respite.
Spanish special forces seized a boat from African 'pirates' as diplomats watched on Monday, in a drill marking Spain's bid to grab a top EU military mission from the UK.
