As the EU finally ratifies the Brexit trade deal, attention shifts to some major loose ends.

Bloc declares solidarity with protests against Lukashenko’s grip on power as it vows to press ahead with sanctions.

Ursula von der Leyen hits out at Britain over plans to breach agreement on Northern Ireland.

Bloc leaders say UK must fully implement post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland.

Finnish prime minister who chairs EU council says ‘no practical or legal’ way to get a deal before meeting.

Prime Minister Robert Abela has revealed that the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU has left Malta without its main legal vehicle to supply medical products to its residents, a leaked letter sent to the President of the European Council has revealed.

EU sources fear Boris Johnson hasn’t yet got backing for compromises on state aid to business

Meeting of EU leaders this month will instead focus on post-Covid recovery and China relations.

Commission president draws attention to less well-known area where two sides are at odds.

European Council president reveals frustration with prime minister - after they hold talks.

EU leaders have dropped a pledge to "intensify" Brexit negotiations after this week's summit, in signs that Brussels is prepared to call Boris Johnson's bluff on his threat to walk away from trade talks.

The European Union is taking a defiant tone as the standoff over resuming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United Kingdom continues.

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Top European Union officials have vowed to use all available measures to ensure the UK respects the terms of its Brexit agreement with the bloc as tensions rise over trade involving Northern Ireland.

European Council chief Charles Michel has warned the UK its international credibility is at stake, saying it must fulfil its responsibility to implement the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Charles Michel says implementing deal is ‘question of rule of law’.

European Council President Charles Michel announced on Monday, March 7th, that the European Union would begin the procedure for reviewing Ukraine’s application to join the 27-member bloc.

Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. / Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the free movement of people, goods and services around the bloc. / He also laid the groundwork for the single European currency, the euro.

French President Emmanuel Macron sought to portray a united European front at the G7 summit on Friday (11 June), tweeting a picture of the five EU leaders together, in a thinly veiled warning to the UK that the EU is united about the implementation of the Brexit agreement.

The head of NATO and a top European Union official on Monday invited U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to rebuild transatlantic ties and meet with Washington’s European allies next year.

EU leaders have stressed the Northern Ireland protocol must be implemented fully by Boris Johnson to respect the 'rule of law' during a press conference at the G7 in Cornwall on Thursday.

Charles Michel says British ‘face a dilemma’ over whether to lower regulatory standards.

Goodbye letter reminds Britain: ‘Without being a member, you cannot retain the benefits of membership’

European leaders made their feelings about the Northern Ireland protocol known to a PM desperate to score a PR victory.