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JD Vance, the U.S. vice president, provided welcome succor to the London stock market this week when he said there was a “good chance” the U.K. and the U.S. could strike a “great” trade deal.

Ukraine has asked the European Union for support in developing its own long-range air defense system, officials have said.

Europe must remove borrowing limits for defense spending or face the prospect of war with Russia, Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė told Reuters on Tuesday.

Bulgaria is ready to adopt the euro at the start of 2026, has met all the criteria, and has written to EU institutions to initiate the final accession procedures, the country’s finance minister has said.

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has confirmed Agnieszka Bartol as Poland’s new ambassador to the European Union.

The European Commission plans to adopt emergency measures next week to stop the spread of bird flu in two regions of Poland, a spokesperson said on Friday.

Major telecommunications companies have called for urgent action to secure Europe’s digital lifelines following a string of suspected Russian attacks on cables in the Baltic Sea

The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump temporarily lowered the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, is to visit Washington to talk directly to Donald Trump about tariff relief for the EU.

The country is in the midst of its biggest political crisis in decades.

Ukraine has signed an updated trade deal with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) that could help smooth the path to Kyiv’s closer economic integration with European markets.

Member states will vote on the proposals on April 9.

European Union ministers broadly agreed on Monday that the bloc should prioritize negotiations to remove tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump over retaliation even as it prepared a first set of targeted countermeasures.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange opened on Monday with a massive sell-off.

Armenia's president on Friday signed into law a bill that sets a legal foundation for the South Caucasus country to move towards joining the European Union as it seeks to diversify its international ties beyond its traditional partner Russia.

The Polish prime minister has called for “truly reciprocal tariffs” between Europe and the U.S. after the Donald Trump administration slapped a 20% levy on EU imports.

Ursula von der Leyen did not provide any details of future EU measures.

The tariff will take effect on April 2 and will be followed by a similar tariff on car parts.

Brussels has said that only a complete Russian withdrawal from Ukraine would result in EU sanctions on Moscow being lifted or amended, denting U.S. President Donald Trump’s hopes of a quick ceasefire deal.