EU closes trade deal with Japan
The European Commission and Japan have finalised a bilateral free trade agreement, Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has said. The deal will allow the bloc...
EU-Antarctic partnership agrees fishing regulations
The European Union and nine nations have reached an international agreement to prevent unregulated commercial fishing in the High Arctic. The nine nations engaged...
Russia receives new missile and artillery equipment
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has detailed the delivery of new equipment to its land forces. The newly formed artillery formation of the...
Polish PM Beata Szydło resigns
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło has resigned just hours after surviving an opposition no-confidence motion. She will be replaced by Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the...
EU-UK reach ‘breakthrough’ in Brexit talks
‘Sufficient progress’ has been made in Brexit talks, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, paving the way for talks on the future UK-EU...
Brussels to sue Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic
The European Commission has said it would take Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over their refusal to...
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building
Norwegian contractors are set to build Mjøstårnet, the world’s tallest timber building, which will stand more than 80 metres in height. Arthur Buchardt, the...
Erdoğan visits Greece
Tukey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan begins a landmark visit to Greece today (Thursday 7 December), the first official trip a Turkish head of state...
Leonardo works on ‘Europe’s first fully digital’ radar
Italy’s Leonardo is edging closer to producing a fully digital, active, electronically scanned array radar – the only one of its kind in Europe,...
Cleaner coastlines
PEN spoke to Emily Haggett of Surfers Against Sewage about the Plastic Free Coastlines project and the importance of removing waste from marine environments. Each...
