Greece, along with Cyprus and Malta, blocked the harsher version of sanctions against Russia, trying to protect their fleets.

EU antitrust regulators proposed on Thursday a revamp of European Union merger rules to give companies more leeway ​to argue for the benefits of their deals, raising expectations ‌of easier scrutiny of attempts to create European champions,

The European Union’s biggest economies are unhappy with a US proposal to resolve a metals tariff dispute, injecting fresh uncertainty into final negotiations to implement a stalled trade deal.