EUROPEAN UNION

The European Central Bank said the banks’ capital holes could be filled by their raising €10 billion ($12.67 billion).

EU members pledged 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) to counter Ebola in West Africa at a summit in Brussels. The U.K.-led funding, pledging 100 million euros.

European Union leaders have made an "ambitious" deal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Some think it's too much, others think it's not enough.

The policymakers could decide at the December meeting to go ahead with the purchases, but such a step is not certain.

The agreement between EU and Chinese officials ends a yearlong dispute that had ratcheted up trade tensions.

Britain's future in the 28-country trading bloc has been thrown into question by Prime Minister David Cameron.

India in July blocked what would have been the first global trade reform in two decades.

UKIP's success increases the chances of another coalition government and potential political instability in the world's sixth largest economy.

New data shows that the three companies spending the most on EU lobbyists are all from the United States.

Previously, France had promised EU partners it would bring its deficit below 3 percent by next year.

A new lobbying effort wants Google to "focus on the user."

EU officials were worried that the Scottish referendum, if it resulted in a "Yes" vote, would set an undesirable precedent and destabilize the region.

The U.S. Federal Reserve could signal the timing of its first interest-rate increase in more than eight years Wednesday.

The bloc is looking for public-private investments that will create jobs and spur growth, without pushing countries deeper into debt.

European Union finance ministers were considering at least four options at a meeting in Milan Saturday.

Russia has pledged to strike back, hinting at a ban of all EU flights over Russian territory.

The northern French port town has seen a flood of immigrants fleeing war and famine, and trying to get to the UK.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was appointed Saturday to be the EU's primary representative on the world stage.

The move is sure to rile up Russia, which is under increasing international pressure to end its direct support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The meeting in Minsk started off with an icy handshake between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine.

Russia said on Wednesday it would ban all food imports from the United States, and all fruit and vegetables from Europe.