EUROPEAN UNION

The sterling bond market has not yet opened this year, but investor fears that the pound is in decline.

ECB forecasters and economists expect the eurozone economy to grow at a slightly faster pace this year, around 1.7 percent.

Crimea still doesn't have the energy supplies it needs as officials warn of more rolling blackouts.

With experts linking a cyberattack in Ukraine to a hacker group in Russia, questions over the Kremlin's involvement remain.

The approval was widely expected as FedEX had announced in October that European regulators would not challenge the transaction.

Although less than 1 percent of Israeli exports to the EU are affected by labeling, politicians fear a broader boycott.

The EU will discuss constitutional developments in Poland next week as officials criticize a law giving the government control over public TV and radio.

Security experts have determined the recent electricity blackout in Ukraine was a cyberattack, raising questions about how world governments should respond.

Spain and Belgium are taking over the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s policing this week and will likely see more Russian aircraft interceptions.

Stimulus measures have had little effect on the bloc's near-zero inflation rate as crude oil has hit its lowest annual average price in 11 years.

With over 9,000 dead, Ukraine is again calling for the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to the Donbass region.

While more than 160,000 people sought asylum in Sweden, neighboring Denmark saw only 18,500 applications in 2015.

Disagreements over a massive refugee influx and other issues could bring more uncertainty to the continent's financial sector in 2016.

The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany agreed to extend a peace deal into 2016 in the hopes of ending the conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Suspects in the murder of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov were indicted Tuesday, but the court refused to categorize the murder as one against a public official.

Moscow has called for the U.S. to back down with troops and weapons in Eastern Europe even as ceasefire violations continue in Eastern Ukraine.

Germany said that EU states ignoring the quota plan to distribute 160,000 refugees and migrants across the bloc could face legal consequences.

The conservative leader told the 27 other national leaders that if they wanted to keep Britain in, they must address his voters' concerns about curbing immigration.

The US reportedly declined to give France information after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January and hasn't responded to similar requests after the attacks around Paris last month.

The European Union's new regulations are in direct response to recent plane disappearances such as that of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished in 2014, leaving very little information on its whereabouts.

Following electricity cuts, Ukraine is further isolating Crimea by cutting trade relations with the Russian-annexed peninsula.