Giovanna Faggionato

EU governments pursued additional privacy safeguards to ensure people’s payment habits are kept under wraps as part of a legislative framework for minting a virtual extension of euro banknotes and coins. The Council of the EU rubberstamped its negotiating... See more

The EU is adding Russia to its blacklist of countries at high risk of money laundering and financing terrorism, according to two EU officials and a document seen by POLITICO. The global watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) suspended Russia as a mem... See more

BRUSSELS — Platforms including Meta and TikTok will be held liable for financial fraud for the first time under new rules agreed by EU lawmakers in the early hours of Thursday. The Parliament and Council agreed on the package of rules after eight hours of... See more

The U.K. is following France and Germany in providing staff and equipment to help Belgium counter drone incursions around sensitive facilities, British Chief of the Defense Staff Richard Knighton told the BBC on Sunday. Belgium’s Defense Minister Theo Fra... See more

Several Ukrainian regions suffered power outages on Sunday after Russia launched what the state grid operator called the “most massive strike” against Ukraine’s power plants since the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of the country. Kyiv responde... See more