Brexit briefing: 163 days until the end of the transition period

Russia meddled in Scottish vote, unclear on Brexit: UK parliament

A new report casts Russia as a hostile power that poses a significant threat to the UK and the West on many fronts.

Brexit briefing: 164 days until the end of the transition period

The UK left the European Union on January 31. Here we look at the latest figures and key dates in the ongoing Brexit process.

Brexit briefing: 165 days until the end of the transition period

The UK left the European Union on January 31. Here we look at the latest figures and key dates in the ongoing Brexit process.

Sir Ian Botham set to be made a peer for backing Brexit

Sir Ian Botham is reported to be in line for a peerage from Boris Johnson.He made his name as an all-rounder, but his sporting exploits were not reserved for the cricket pitch, with the Cheshire native swapping the pads for boots and turning out for Yeovil and Scunthorpe in the Football League.

European leaders agree €1.82 trillion COVID-19 recovery fund and budget after marathon summit

Historic, groundbreaking and imperfect. They are just some of the words being used to describe the EU's newly agreed coronavirus recovery package. View on euronews

EU recovery fund: Germany abandons years of thrift for deal

The Macron-Merkel plan is unpopular in some conservative circles in Germany.

EU survives COVID talks but not unscathed

Tense recovery talks have revealed deep political fractures in the European Union, questioning its ability to stay unified. Megan Revell reports.

EU leaders agree on $860bn joint-debt economic relief package

Deal follows days of rancour over the proportion of grants compared to loans repayable by the fund's beneficiaries.

EU agrees 'historic' recovery deal

European Union leaders reached a deal on Tuesday on a package of measures to boost their economies after the coronavirus pandemic, agreeing to borrow and spend hundreds of billions of euros in the next few years and pay them back from new taxes. Francis Maguire reports.