Poland takes over the European Union’s rotating presidency from Hungary on Jan. 1, a change at the helm likely to be met with a sigh of relief in many EU quarters. Warsaw is expected to bring a more ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hungary is set to permanently lose access to just over €1bn in EU funds on January 1, as disputes between ...

But some countries experience a greater influx of refugees than others. At the end of October 2024, the EU countries hosting the highest number of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine ...

The European Commission said the EU had prepared for the change and most states could cope. Moldova, which is not in the EU, is already suffering shortages. Russia can still send gas to Hungary ...