Spain, Germany and Belgium would face the biggest public-finance hit among European Union countries if NATO raised its defense spending target by a percentage point, according to Scope Ratings.

Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, right, speaks with Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday,

The European Parliament has approved an updated fisheries agreement allowing 56 EU vessels from Spain, France, and Portugal to fish in Cabo Verde’s waters for the next five years

The European Union's biggest economies are split over whether the bloc should weaken its sustainability reporting rules for companies, with Spain and Italy defending some rules that Germany and France want to delay,

Some EU capitals have suggested embracing the US’s hawkish stance on China to curry favour with President Donald Trump, but others warn against jeopardising the bloc’s economic relations with Beijing.

Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate rose to 2.9% in January from 2.8% in the period through December, final data released by the National Statistics Institute, or INE, showed on Friday.

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, greets Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez as he arrives for an informal meeting of leaders from key European Union nations and the United Kingdom at

The European Union is easing energy, transport and banking sanctions against Syria. It hopes to breathe life into Syria's economy and encourage its new leaders to work toward a peaceful future.

Human rights organisations say the bloc's failure to reconsider its trade and political ties with Israel amounts to "complicity" in alleged war crimes and breaches of international law. View on eurone

Greece and Portugal have seen a surge in interest from wealthy Britons seeking residency abroad as they have simplified their golden visa schemes, while Spain ended its programme

Now in a press release, the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK which organises the free events said it is seeing "enormous demand" to attend, and learn more about life in the southern European country, which is home to holiday hubs like Lisbon and the Algarve.

Greece's Golden Visa scheme has witnessed a surge in popularity as Spain moves to impose a 100% tax on property purchases by non-EU residents.