The European Union's top official for Bulgaria says reopening two shuttered Bulgarian nuclear reactors is "out of the question."

European Commission veterinary experts are in Moscow today for a second day of discussions over the continuing Russian ban on Polish meat imports.

European Commission veterinary experts are in Moscow today for a second day of discussions over the continuing Russian ban on Polish meat imports.

North Korea has assured a visiting European Union delegation that it will implement a landmark nuclear deal and completely dismantle its weapons program.

European Union leaders at a climate change summit in Brussels have agreed to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2020. But a consensus on a binding target for the use of renewable fuels, like wind and solar power, has yet to be reached.

The EU's spring summit ended in agreement on a number of joint targets to counter the effects of global warming.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is today travelling to the European Council in Brussels. Climate protection, energy policy and the Lisbon Strategy are on the agenda of the spring meeting, which traditionally deals with economic issues.

Global warming and plans to sharply cut greenhouse gas emissions are expected to dominate a two-day European Union summit opening Thursday in Brussels.

The EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, says he sees the possibility of what he calls an "opening" in EU-Belarusian relations.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko says he hopes the European Union will play a role in resolving his power struggle with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.

The European Commission has announced a $647 million aid package for Ukraine during the next four years.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the cost of combating global warming is far less than the cost of doing nothing.