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March 18, 2026 10:39 AM

EAM Jaishankar pushes stronger India-EU ties and early trade pact during his Brussels visit

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held wide-ranging discussions with top European Union leaders during his two-day visit to Brussels, focusing on strengthening strategic ties, expediting a free trade agreement, and addressing pressing global challenges. The visit, held from March 15-16 at the invitation of Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union, came shortly after the India-EU Summit and reflected renewed high-level engagement between India and the bloc. Meetings with top...

November 26, 2025 10:18 AM

India, EU hold key meetings in Brussels to review strategic partnership and foreign policy cooperation

India and the European Union held the 11th India-EU Foreign Policy and Security Consultations and the 6th Strategic Partnership Review Meeting in Brussels on November 18 and 19. The two sides reviewed the full range of their bilateral engagement and assessed progress under the “India–EU Strategic Partnership: A Roadmap to 2025,” which concludes this year. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) noted strong momentum in the relationship, highlighted by the visit of the College of Commission...

October 29, 2025 12:47 PM

Piyush Goyal Meets European Trade Commissioner to Discuss India–EU Free Trade Agreement

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal visited Brussels from 26–28 October , where he met with Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, and his team to discuss outstanding issues in the ongoing India–EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. Both sides reiterated their goal of concluding the FTA by the end of 2025, in line with the direction given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the...

September 10, 2025 6:55 PM

EU and India hold 15th joint working group on counter-terrorism in Brussels

The European Union and India held their 15th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism (CT) on Wednesday in Brussels. The dialogue was co-chaired by Maciej Stadejek, Director for Security and Defence Policy at the European External Action Service, and KD Dewal, Joint Secretary (Counter-Terrorism) in India’s Ministry of External Affairs, the MEA stated. Both sides condemned the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025, with the EU expressing condolences to India for the lo...

June 27, 2025 10:02 AM

EU leaders discuss new US trade proposal as deal clock ticks down

European Union leaders discussed new proposals from the United States on a trade deal at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen not ruling out tariff talks could fail and saying "all options remain on the table". Time is running out for the bloc to find a common position before a respite on higher tariffs threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump expires on July 9, which could hammer exporters from cars to pharmaceuticals. European leaders were meeting...

June 12, 2025 12:43 PM

EAM Jaishankar’s Brussels visit reinforces India’s ties with EU, Belgium

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar concluded a three-day official visit to Brussels from June 9 to 11, reinforcing India’s deepening ties with both the European Union and Belgium. In a major boost to India-EU relations, Jaishankar met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, and co-chaired the first-ever India-EU Strategic Dialogue with EU High Representative and Vice-President Kaja Kallas. Jaishankar and von der Leyen rea...

June 5, 2025 12:10 PM

Indian delegation meets EU representatives in Belgium, conveys firm resolve against terrorism

An all-party Indian Parliamentary delegation, led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, held a series of high-level engagements in Brussels on Wednesday with Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), emphasising India's resolute stance against cross-border terrorism. The Indian MPs visited the European Parliament and engaged with MEPs, including from the Delegation for Relations with India, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), and the Committee on Security and Defence (SEDE). The delegation brie...

June 4, 2025 11:35 AM

‘On One Mission, One Message, One India’: Indian delegation reaches Brussels to rally global support against terrorism

An all-party Indian Parliamentary delegation, led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, arrived in Brussels on Tuesday, marking the final leg of its European tour aimed at strengthening international consensus against Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism. Highlighting the delegation’s bipartisan nature, the Indian Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg posted on X: “'On One Mission, One Message, One India'. An All-Party Delegation led by Member of Parliament Ravi Shankar Prasad was received by the In...

June 25, 2024 10:14 PM

Russia bans distribution of dozens of EU news outlets in retaliatory step

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was banning access inside Russia to the broadcasts of dozens of European Union media outlets in what it said was retaliation for a similar EU ban on several Russian media outlets. The European Union said in May it was suspending the distribution of what it described as four "Kremlin-linked propaganda networks," stripping them of their broadcasting rights in the bloc. It said at the time that the ban applied to Voice of Europe, to the RIA news agency...

May 29, 2024 4:19 PM

Once ostracised, Italy’s Meloni is now centre stage in Europe

When Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took power in 2022, far-right parties across Europe hailed her victory, expecting the fiery new leader in Rome to pursue a nationalist agenda and battle the Brussels bureaucracy. But rather than clash with the European Union elites, Meloni surprised friend and foe alike by working closely with them, presenting herself as a bridge between the mainstream centre-right and her own arch-conservative camp, which was previously shunned. Her influence...