Chelsea has confirmed hiring Liam Rosenior as the new manager.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that Europe must stake claim to its independence in the face of challenges from Russia, new and hostile trade realities and other major powers.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has comfortably survived a vote of no confidence.

Europe’s top human rights court delivered damning judgments against Russia in four cases brought by Kyiv and the Netherlands accusing Moscow of atrocities in Ukraine dating back more than a decade.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally approved plans to establish a new international court to prosecute senior Russian officials for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says the EU “holds a lot of cards” when it comes to dealing with the Trump administration’s new tariffs and has a good plan to retaliate if forced to.

Firefighters say two trams have collided in Strasbourg in eastern France, injuring dozens of people, though none critically.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Uruguay for the final stages in years-long negotiations to clinch a trade deal between the 27-nation EU and the South American Mercosur trade bloc that would create a trans-Atlantic market of some 700 million people.

Belgian voters return to the polls on Sunday while both the far-right and the far-left are rising in the country.

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have searched the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.

German authorities say a man who works for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.

Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that its member nations must better protect their citizens from the consequences of climate change.

European Union lawmakers have agreed to renew Ukraine’s import rates, which have been in place since shortly after Russia invaded while adding protective measures for agricultural products such as grain and honey to address the concerns of farmers across the 27-nation bloc.

A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The European Union proposes to make labor migration easier for specific jobs where the 27 nations can no longer find a local talent pool.

The European Union is ordering U.S. biotech giant Illumina to undo its $7.1 billion purchase of cancer-screening company Grail because it closed the deal without approval of regulators.

EU lawmakers have approved new rules requiring airlines to use more sustainable fuels across the bloc in a bid to help decarbonize the sector.

The European Union is launching an investigation into subsidies that China provides to electric vehicle makers.

Starting in 2024, travelers who have previously come to the continent without a visa will need an additional authorization document that is linked to a passport.

The European Union’s parliament has backed in a cliffhanger vote a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change.

Protesters and legislators are converging on the European Union parliament as the bloc prepares a cliffhanger vote on protecting its threatened nature and shielding it from disruptive environmental change.

The leader of the conservative bloc in the European Parliament says his party will not cooperate with the far-right Alternative for Germany but is willing to work with Italy’s far-right premier to curb migration.

Inflation is pushing in different directions in Europe, rising in Germany and falling again in Spain.

Lionel Messi has helped Paris Saint-Germain clinch a record 11th French league title, and broke another scoring record in the process.

French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a broad plan to ensure that France has sovereignty over its water resources.

Swiss retirees are taking their government to a top European court over what they claim is its failure to take sufficient action on climate change.

France’s highest administrative body has ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in a French industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of cetaceans in recent years.

The European Union moved closer to ending a trade dispute with U.S. President Joe Biden following months of wrangling over the billions of America-first incentives in his clean technology plans.

If your secret wish is to get a reward for your talents in the kitchen, then Georgiana Viou may serve as your inspiration.

The European Parliament has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to be put on the European Union’s terrorist list and insisted that sanctions targeting Tehran had to be expanded after the violent suppression of protests.

European Union lawmakers have voted to replace a disgraced former parliament vice president suspected of involvement in a major corruption scandal.

The major political group embroiled in a massive European Union corruption scandal will seek this week to insulate itself from further fallout in the cash-for-influence affair linked to Qatar and Morocco.

European Union interior ministers have weighed proposals to ease tensions between France and Italy over migrants arriving without authorization.

The head of the International Energy Agency says Europe should be able to cope with the natural gas supply crunch in the coming months thanks to considerable reserves but warned that the continent could face a bigger energy crisis next winter.

Senior European Union officials are appealing to member countries to set aside deep differences over migration and press ahead with a long-delayed asylum system overhaul.

The International Energy Agency says Europe could face a severe natural gas shortage next year and needs to act now to conserve.

The European Union is set to announce next week that it is setting up a military training mission in Europe for thousands of Ukrainian troops.

Ukrainian entries are dominating the shortlist to win to European Union’s top human rights prize.

The head of the European Union’s executive arm wants to introduce checks on key EU infrastructure, including energy, after the suspected sabotage of natural-gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

The European Union has unveiled plans to ban products made with forced labor from the 27-nation bloc’s markets.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of the war in Ukraine and climate change.

European Union Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen has announced she will visit Kyiv later Wednesday to show the bloc’s support for Ukraine as it fights back against the Russian invasion.

European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests.

The European Union’s parliament has called for abortion safeguards to be enshrined in the EU’s fundamental rights charter.

European Union lawmakers have voted to include natural gas and nuclear in the bloc’s list of sustainable activities.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, according to two EU officials.

The Council of Europe has expelled Russia from the continent’s foremost human rights body in an unprecedented move over its invasion and war in Ukraine.

The European Union’s executive arm wants to harmonize the criminalization of rape across the 27-nation bloc on the strict basis of lack of consent.

The European Union is revamping the rules governing the movement of people and goods into and around Europe.

The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19 countries using the euro, saying the economy was bouncing back from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic as people went back to work in consumer-facing jobs.

Worried that the flu and COVID-19 could together trigger a winter-time double-whammy of new infections and deaths, France is forging ahead with a nationwide vaccination and booster-shot program against both diseases.

The European Union’s top official is exhorting the bloc's 27 nations to wean themselves off natural gas not only to speed the transition to clean energy but also to make the bloc a more independent player in the world.

The European Union is urging member countries to provide relief funds to consumers and small businesses hit hardest by rising gas and electricity prices.

Two men in their early 30s who were part of a mass migration wave to Europe in 2015 have hard-won advice for fellow Afghans arriving now after the Taliban's takeover of their homeland.

The European Union says it will fund its new heath preparedness and rapid response agency to the tune of 30 billion euros over the next half dozen years.

When European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen was at a loss for words to capture the true spirit of Europe's young, she introduced a special guest of honor at her State of the Union address.

The European Union is committing 200 million more vaccine doses to Africa and low-income nations to help curb the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale.

Students attending school in Flat Rock will begin the academic year in person as planned on Tuesday, despite a gas leak that has caused some evacuations in the area.

Slovenia Prime Minister Janez Janša has accused a European Union official of being a liar in the wake of the publication of an annual report on adherence to the rule of law in the bloc.

The European Union has launched a wide consultation process meant to design the shape of the bloc’s future.

A new report says the coronavirus has amped up anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

Thousands of people around France are spending the Easter holiday lining up for COVID-19 shots as the government tries to speed up vaccinations amid a new surge of infections.

All rights reserved)A medical worker and school employees check document during a saliva COVID-19 test session at the Niederau school in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, March 11, 2021. LOCAL: Coronavirus in Michigan: Here’s what to know March 14, 2021Each week, we’ll provide updates on which countries have the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world is 119,748,246 -- an increase of more than 3 million from last week. Countries with the highest number of COVID-19 casesUnited States - 29,423,015 COVID cases Brazil - 11,439,558 COVID cases India - 11,359,048 COVID cases Russia - 4,341,381 COVID cases United Kingdom - 4,271,710 COVID cases France - 4,131,872 COVID cases Italy - 3,223,142 COVID cases Spain - 3,183,704 COVID cases Turkey - 2,879,390 COVID cases Germany - 2,578,294 COVID cases Colombia - 2,299,082 COVID cases Argentina - 2,192,025 COVID cases Mexico - 2,163,875 COVID cases Poland - 1,906,632 COVID cases Iran - 1,746,953 COVID casesThe total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths around the world is 2,651,442 -- an increase of 60,000 deaths from last week. Countries with the highest number of COVID-19 deathsUnited States - 534,673 COVID deaths Brazil - 277,102 COVID deaths Mexico - 194,490 COVID deaths India - 158,607 COVID deaths United Kingdom - 125,753 COVID deaths Italy - 102,145 COVID deaths France - 90,583 COVID deaths Russia - 90,558 COVID deaths Germany - 73,420 COVID deaths Spain - 72,258 COVID deaths Iran - 61,230 COVID deaths Colombia - 61,046 COVID deaths Argentina - 53,646 COVID deaths South Africa - 51,261 COVID deaths Peru - 48,841 COVID deathsAll data is sourced from Johns Hopkins University’s global COVID-19 data.

The OVH data center is seen in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday, March 11, 2021. A fire broke out on Wednesday in a room of one of the 4 OVH cloud data center affecting websites in several European countries. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)PARIS – Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility. No one was injured in the blaze, which destroyed one of the site's four data centers and damaged another one. AdOVH operates 15 data centers in Europe and competes with giant U.S. cloud-computing rivals such as Amazon Web Services.

Member of European Parliament Carles Puigdemont prepares for an interview at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. In the decision on Puigdemont, 400 legislators voted for the waiver of immunity, 248 were against and 45 abstained. The measures to lift the immunity of his associates — former Catalan Health Minister Toni Comín and former regional Education Minister Clara Ponsatí — were by largely similar margins. Ad“We have lost our immunity, but the European Parliament has lost more than that. In 2019, Puigdemont and his two associates won seats in the European Parliament and were afforded protection as members of the EU assembly.

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020 file photo, people wait in line to be tested for the COVID-19 outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. European lawmakers wont be returning to the French city of Strasbourg for next weeks plenary session because of the COVID-19 worrying situation in France. Plenary sessions scheduled in Strasbourg, which is the official seat of the European Parliament, have been scrapped since March because of concerns related to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)BRUSSELS – European lawmakers won't be returning to the French city of Strasbourg for next week's plenary session because of the COVID-19 resurgence in France, the European Parliament president said Thursday. But French President Emmanuel Macron is a strong supporter of the Strasbourg sessions and recently said that the EU is “screwed" if the European Parliament stops meeting in Strasbourg.