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EU focuses on electricity tax cuts, gas storage amid Iran war energy crisis

The EU plans to cut electricity taxes and coordinate gas storage efforts to mitigate the energy fallout from the Iran conflict, without major market interventions.

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European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Februrary 26, 2026.
European Commissioner for Mediterranean Dubravka Suica speaks during a High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 28, 2025.

EU commissioner Dubravka Suica to attend US board of peace meeting

EU joins US board of peace talks on Gaza, with Commissioner Dubravka Suica attending as an observer to support recovery and ceasefire.

|ByREUTERS, ANNA BARSKY
A man shows a sign mentioning US President Donald Trump during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in Rome, Italy, January 13, 2026.

Italy's FM demands EU include IRGC in terror group list in response to Iran's protests crackdown

"The losses suffered by the civilian population during the protests demand a clear response," Italian FM Antonio Tajani wrote on X.

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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025.

EU leaders agree on joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, set aside plan to use Russian frozen assets

The leaders also gave the European Commission a mandate to continue work on a so-called reparations loan based on Russian immobilized assets, but that option proved unworkable for now.

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EU calls on UNRWA to investigate all Gaza staff for Oct. 7 involvement

The EU calls for an investigation into UNRWA staff over Israeli allegations that many of them participated in the October 7th attacks.

JANUARY 29, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian woman takes part in a protest against possible reductions of the services and aid offered by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in front of UNRWA headquarters in Gaza City August 16, 2015.

EU reviews funding for UNRWA amid October 7 involvement probe

Several countries, including EU members Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, paused funding for UNRWA after allegations by Israel that 12 of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved.

JANUARY 29, 2024ByREUTERS
A UNRWA funded school in eastern Jerusalem. January 29, 2024

Borrell: Israel mustn’t be consumed with rage against Palestinians

He arrived on the 41st day of the war, as the international concern continue to grow over the IDF’s activities in Al-Shifa hospital to remove Hamas weapons and search for signs of the hostages.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Borrell and Cohen explore the grounds of Kibbutz Be'eri

Letters to the Editor, November 13, 2023: Spielberg's Indifference

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

NOVEMBER 13, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

EU ministers meet with Cohen, Abbas amid split over PA aid

The European Commission announced they would suspend the aid, then backtracked.

OCTOBER 10, 2023ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023.

The worst is behind us, European Commission VP tells Jews - interview

From antisemitism to relations with Israel, EU VP Margaritis Schinas speaks with The Jerusalem Post.

JUNE 13, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
European Union (EU) Vice President Margaritis Schinas

Israel is experiencing NGO tax bill deja vu - analysis

MAY 28, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen pointing downwards at a Religious Zionist Party faction meeting in Jerusalem, on May 1, 2023.

EU promises funding won’t go to PA textbooks inciting against Israel

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen met with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi as his first stop in Brussels on Tuesday.

MAY 2, 2023ByLAHAV HARKOV
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, May 2, 2023.

Cohen to meet Borrell in Brussels on Iran, Israel-EU tensions

Israel in particular wants the IAEA’s board to vote in June to ask the UN Security Council to reinstate crippling sanctions against Iran.

APRIL 30, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Palestinians blast European Commission president for saying Israel ‘made desert bloom’

The Palestinian Authority denounced the remarks as “racist” and demanded that the European Commission president apologize.

APRIL 29, 2023ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
European Commission President Urusla von der Leyen delivers state of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 14, 2022.