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Critical alert: EU ministers test responses in cyber war game

 European Union defense ministers will hold a cyber war game for the first time on Thursday to test their ability to respond to a potential attack by computer hackers on one of the bloc’s military missions abroad.

EU ministers agree on energy savings targets after 2021

EU ministers on Monday reached a compromise on energy saving targets after 2021, taking a first hurdle toward implementing the Paris Agreement on lowering carbon emissions and limiting the worst effects of a warming planet.

EU ministers 'bracing for battle' on carbon market reform

EU environment ministers are bracing for a tough debate to find a compromise on reforms to the carbon market, EU sources said, with nations split over how to balance climate ambitions with protection for energy-intensive industry.

Migrant crisis: EU ministers attempt to resolve quota row

 European Union ministers are to meet to try to resolve a dispute over how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers who have recently arrived in Europe.

EU ministers agree on new bank rescue rules: diplomats

 European Union finance ministers on Thursday agreed a deal on new rules for bank rescues, diplomats said on the sidelines of the talks in Brussels.