European publishers, tech companies, and startup groups are urging European Union regulators to speed up their antitrust investigation into Google and impose penalties over allegations that the company favors its own services in search results.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja ⁠Kallas says she has discussed with UN Secretary General ⁠Antonio Guterres the idea of freeing up transport of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz by replicating ⁠a deal that gets grain out of Ukraine during wartime.

The Georgian government has proposed a nationwide ban on the sale of beverages in plastic bottles, a move experts say has few parallels anywhere in the world. According to bm.ge, no similar large-scale restriction currently exists in the United States, the European Union, or OECD countries.

The partnership between Azerbaijan and the European Union represents a relatively rare phenomenon in modern international relations. Unlike many geopolitical alignments that are built against a third party, cooperation between Baku and Brussels has largely been driven by a pragmatic understanding of mutual benefit.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President Antonio Costa held a meeting in Baku on March 11, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening cooperation between Azerbaijan and the EU.

The Eastern Mediterranean has once again moved to the center of global geopolitics. Growing military activity around Cyprus, the arrival of new naval forces in the region, rising diplomatic tensions, and the shifting strategic positions of key actors are turning the Cyprus issue into one of the most important elements of the regional security equation. Against this background, the rivalry among major powers for influence in the Eastern Mediterranean is becoming increasingly visible, as the interests of Türkiye, the European Union, the United Kingdom, France, and several Middle Eastern countries intersect there.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and European Council President António Costa delivered press statements on March 11.

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) and leaders from the European Union (EU) are set to hold emergency discussions on Tuesday as global energy prices surge amid the ongoing conflict involving Iran.

Hungary’s pro-Russia leader is calling on the European Union to lift all sanctions on Russian fossil fuels to address the rising energy prices triggered by the war in the Middle East.

France will deploy two frigates to the Red Sea as part of the European Union’s Aspides naval mission, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday.