European Union

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World

Europe sketches plan to reduce dependence after Trump’s Greenland threats

After President Trump threatened Europe last week, most recently over Greenland, leaders from across the continent met at an emergency dinner in Brussels and sketched a playbook to reduce military and economic dependence on the United States, according to three officials briefed on the meeting. At the dinner, positions diverged:

World

European Union lists Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group

The European Union will list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, officials announced Thursday afternoon, Jan. 29, 2026, saying the move follows a brutal and bloody crackdown against protesters in recent weeks. The decision brings the European Union in line with the United States and Canada, which

Health

Pesticide cocktails found in apples sold across Europe

Pan Europe, a coalition of NGOs, said it found toxic "pesticide cocktails" in apples sold across Europe. The group had about 60 apples bought in 13 European countries – including France, Spain, Italy and Poland – analysed and found 85% of samples contained several pesticide residues, with some apples showing

Business

Lukoil agrees to sell its foreign assets to Carlyle, excluding Kazakhstan

Lukoil said on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, that it had agreed to sell its foreign assets to Carlyle, a Washington-based investment firm, while excluding its operations in Kazakhstan. The company did not disclose the financial terms of the deal and said it was still in talks with other prospective buyers.

World

Kaja Kallas warns Russia is ‘trying to bomb and freeze’ Ukrainians as EU meets in Brussels

Arriving for an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on 29 January 2026, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned that Russia is “bombing Ukrainians, trying to bomb and freeze them to surrender,” and said ministers had a “very package agenda” including Ukraine, the evolving EU‑US relationship

Politics

Food sector urges transition if UK realigns post‑Brexit agriculture rules with EU

British food sector representatives have urged the government to introduce a transition period if it agrees to realign post‑Brexit agriculture rules with the EU, warning that an overnight change would create a "cliff edge" that could cost UK businesses between £500m and £810m a year, industry groups

Business

Gold Tops $5,000 an Ounce as Investors Seek Refuge Amid Global Strains

Spot gold prices reached a record high on Monday, climbing above $5,000 an ounce and jumping as high as $5,102, while silver rose to a record $109.83 an ounce. Investors sought shelter from geopolitical uncertainty, including strains between the United States and the European Union over President

Politics

United States formally leaves the Paris climate agreement

As of Tuesday, the United States is no longer a party to the Paris agreement on climate change, becoming the only country in the world to abandon the international accord, the New York Times reported. The formal departure comes one year after President Trump signed an executive order to begin

World

Albania’s A.I. minister Diella tied to agency whose leaders face house arrest

The avatar known as Diella, billed as the world’s first government minister generated by artificial intelligence and created by Albania’s National Information Agency to help curb corruption, is now at the center of a probe after the agency’s director and her deputy were placed under house arrest,

Business

India and European Union reach long‑running trade agreement in New Delhi

The European Union and India announced a trade agreement on Jan. 27, 2026, in New Delhi after nearly 20 years of negotiations. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi as honorary guests for India’s Republic Day to unveil

Business

Europe’s growing reliance on U.S. LNG raises political leverage concerns

Analysts warn that Europe’s increasing dependence on liquefied natural gas from the United States could become a political pressure point amid smoldering tensions between Washington and Brussels. After Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine squeezed pipeline supplies, large U.S. shipments of L.N.G. helped calm markets. U.

World

Europe’s united stance at Davos appears to force Trump retreat over Greenland

European leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos stood together on the principle of territorial integrity and, by warning of severe economic countermeasures, achieved an apparent retreat from President Trump over Greenland, the article says. The piece frames sovereignty and the inviolability of borders as core tenets of the

Politics

Trump backtracks on Greenland tariffs after Davos speech; E.U. suspends trade work

President Trump on Wednesday reversed course after days of threats over Greenland and a menacing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying he had reached "the framework of a future deal" for Greenland and the Arctic and that planned tariffs on eight European countries beginning Feb.

World

European leaders to meet in Brussels after Trump’s Davos remarks

After President Trump aired his disdain for Europe during remarks in Davos, leaders from the 27-nation European Union will gather in Brussels on Thursday to take stock of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Mr. Trump criticized Europe’s immigration policies, its regulations and what the article described as a “strident unwillingness to

World

Europe weighs responses after Trump threatens Greenland-related tariffs

European leaders are bracing for a renewed trade confrontation after President Trump threatened a 10% tariff on imports from countries that oppose his push to take control of Greenland, a move that officials say could imperil a recent U.S.-EU trade agreement. The U.S.-EU deal cited in

Crypto

Whales Add $3.2 Billion to Bitcoin as Retail Investors Reduce Holdings

Beincrypto reports that Bitcoin fell below $88,000 this week while wallets holding between 10 and 10,000 BTC accumulated 36,322 coins—about $3.2 billion—over the past nine days as smaller retail investors reduced their exposure. Market data in the article showed BTC declined 6.25% over

Politics

Trump presses Greenland demand, threatens tariffs and deepens rift with Europe

As he prepared to meet European leaders at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps, President Trump escalated tensions with long-standing allies by demanding that the United States take over Greenland, threatening new tariffs and inviting President Vladimir V. Putin to join a proposed “board of peace,” The New

World

Study: ending VAT breaks on meat could cut EU food-related environmental harm

A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has found that applying full VAT to meat products across the EU could rapidly and cheaply reduce the environmental impacts of household diets. The paper said animal-based products hold the biggest share of the EU’s ecological footprint related to

World

Trump’s Greenland demands and tariff threats strain U.S.-Europe alliance

President Trump said he would raise tariffs on several European countries unless they let him acquire Greenland, prompting leaders across Europe to ask whether the 80-year-old U.S.-Europe alliance is doomed. European officials are rushing to respond, with some — including President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s finance minister Lars

Business

Dollar confidence weakens as China expands yuan amid US–EU strain

Beincrypto reports confidence in the US dollar has weakened after intensified scrutiny of the Federal Reserve and Department of Justice involvement, while mounting US–EU tensions over Greenland are deepening geopolitical risk and opening opportunities for China to expand yuan-denominated trade and payments. The DOJ's action involving Federal

World

EU officials favor negotiation over retaliation after Trump’s Greenland tariff threat

Faced with President Trump’s demand to buy Greenland and his threat to impose tariffs if rebuffed, European Union leaders began to coalesce around a negotiation strategy on Sunday, though they did not rule out retaliatory measures. Ambassadors from the 27-nation bloc met in Brussels to take stock, and officials

Business

Tariff escalation pushes gold to records as bitcoin retreats

Beincrypto reported that gold rallied to fresh record highs while Bitcoin slid as tariff tensions escalated between US President Donald Trump and the European Union. On January 17, 2026, Trump announced a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, effective February 1,

World

EU leans toward negotiation after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

European Union officials began to coalesce around a negotiation strategy on Sunday after President Trump threatened punitive tariffs if the United States could not acquire Greenland, and ambassadors from the 27-nation bloc held an emergency meeting in Brussels. Mr. Trump had demanded a deal to buy Greenland and warned on

World

Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland; Europe considers retaliation

President Trump issued an ultimatum on Truth Social this weekend, saying he would impose steep tariffs on a group of European countries — 10 percent in February and 25 percent in June — unless they agreed to allow a “complete and total purchase” of Greenland. European leaders publicly rejected the demand. Britain’

Politics

Bessent: Trump frames Greenland control as strategy to avoid war

Businessinsider reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is serious about annexing Greenland and framed US control as a strategic move to avoid a "hot war." Trump announced on Truth Social on Saturday that the United States would impose new tariffs on Denmark, which controls