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The EU and Australia concluded negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) on Tuesday and agreed to launch formal talks for Australia’s association to the EU’s Horizon Europe research programme.

Photo by Fredrick Onyango (BRUSSELS) – Euro-MPs, debating in committee on a draft update of the EU firearms directive, voted Wednesday to introduce stronger controls on ‘blank-firing’ guns, to prevent…

Refugees (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission presented Wednesday proposals to reform Europe’s common asylum system, with promises of an efficient, fair and humane asylum policy for refugees.The proposals include the…