British foreign minister's call for tougher Russia measures risks falling on deaf ears as UK prepares to leave the EU and US leader continues to bash Europe.

The launch of a satellite with a wind-mapping laser, showcasing European innovation, has been 16 years in the making.

EU commission says Greece to be treated like any other eurozone member after it exits its almost decade-old financial rescue programme.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has joined forces with Germany against the US over a new gas pipeline in a symbolic reversal of the prior Western alliance against Russia's aggressive behaviour.

A long-standing cooperation between the EU and China on carbon capture and storage has fallen off the political agenda – with the European Commission not having any comment available when asked for an update.

"Greece's recovery is not an event, it is a process," EU commissioner Pierre Moscovici says. Statistics, and differences of views between the country's creditors, show that the process will not be easy.