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Left: Founders of US-Israeli cyber unicorn Wiz (from left to right): VP Product Yinon Costica, CEO Assaf Rappaport, CTO Ami Luttwak, and VP R&D Roy Reznik. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv); Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, California, on June 8, 2023. (JHVEPhoto/iStock)
February 10, 2026, 8:26 pm
EU okays Google’s $32 billion Wiz deal, in largest-ever buyout of Israeli-founded tech co
Acquisition will make founders of cybersecurity company multibillionaires, while national coffers are set to benefit from a tax windfall
By Sharon Wrobel
European Commission Executive Vice President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera speaks during a press conference in Beijing, on July 14, 2025. (AP/Mahesh Kumar A.)
August 7, 2025, 6:51 pm
Senior EU official says Gaza war ‘looks very much’ like definition of genocide
Spanish socialist Teresa Ribera, European Commission’s vice president, says ‘population being targeted, killed and condemned to starve to death’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The facade of the European Union Commission headquarters, seen in Brussels on February 18, 2025. (Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
July 29, 2025, 12:23 am
EU proposes cutting Israeli access to research funds over Gaza humanitarian crisis
Israel says move is ‘regrettable, and unjustified,’ hopes EU member states will choose not to adopt proposal, which requires support from 15 out of 27 countries to pass
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Reuters
This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by US artificial intelligence company xAI, in Toulouse, southern France, on January 15, 2025. (Lionel Bonaventure / AFP)
July 11, 2025, 9:10 am
EU says taking Musk’s AI chatbot’s antisemitism ‘extremely seriously,’ is in touch with X
Bloc’s move comes after ‘Grok’ churns out antisemitic tropes, praises Hitler, insults Islam and Turkey’s Erdogan
By AFP
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen gives a press conference in Brussels on June 10, 2025. (Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
June 16, 2025, 9:03 am
EU chief blames Iran for conflict, but says she told Netanyahu diplomacy ‘best solution’
Von der Leyen tells PM ‘without any question’ Iran shouldn’t have nuclear weapons, notes ‘same type of Iranian drones, ballistic missiles are indiscriminately hitting cities in Ukraine, Israel’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A general view of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem on August 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 9:50 pm
Teva faces European Union antitrust fine over shenanigans to thwart rivals
Pharmaceutical giant accused of disparaging competitor’s multiple sclerosis medicine and misusing patent system to shield own Copaxone product
By Reuters and ToI Staff
European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life Katharina von Schnurbein attends a meeting of Special Envoys and Coordinators on Combatting Antisemitism on January 30, 2023 in Berlin. (John Macdougall/Pool/AFP)
September 7, 2024, 10:54 pm
At UN workshop, envoys warn of ‘tsunami of antisemitism’ since Oct. 7
EU coordinator for Jewish life says current situation ‘reminds us of the darkest days of Europe’ as officials cite worldwide surge in anti-Jewish hate crimes
By AFP and ToI Staff
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
July 19, 2024, 4:43 pm
EU pledges 400 million euros for Ramallah, subject to progress on PA reform
European Commission head touts measures to get Palestinian Authority’s finances in order as helping ‘lay the groundwork for economic and political stability in the West Bank’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
French National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen (L) speaks, flanked by party President Jordan Bardella, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced snap legislative elections, at the Pavillon Chesnaie du Roy in Paris, June 9, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP)
June 10, 2024, 12:50 pm
Despite major gains by far-right in EU elections, mainstream groups remain dominant
Christian Democrats, Socialists ahead in 27-country vote; Macron trounced by Le Pen; Italian PM almost doubles seats; German extreme right defeats chancellor’s Social Democrats
By Raf Casert, LORNE COOK and Samuel Petrequin
A Houthi forces helicopter approaching the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on November 19, 2023, in the Red Sea. (Houthi Media Center via AP, File)
February 19, 2024, 11:08 pm
EU launches naval mission to secure Red Sea from Houthi attacks
One-year mandate aims to protect civilian shipping routes without carrying out strikes on Yemeni soil; no casualties reported in most recent missile attacks on cargo vessels
By AFP, AP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Israeli flag flies along the EU flag in a show of solidarity with Israel at Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall) in Berlin, October 2023. (philip1234/Shutterstock.com)
February 15, 2024, 1:40 am
Spain, Ireland ask EU to probe if Israel violating human rights in Gaza
Request to European Commission cites accord linking human rights obligations to trade ties, obliquely raising prospect of economic sanctions for first time
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Israel's flag on the Berlaymont, the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, a day after the Palestinian terror group Hamas launched its devastating onslaught on Israel, October 8, 2023. (JOHANNA GERON/AFP)
October 17, 2023, 11:31 am
Unhappy with unequivocal support for Israel, EU heads to seek consensus on Gaza war
Members of 27-nation bloc look to align messaging after rebuking commission chief for backing Israel’s right to self-defense without urging adherence to international law
By Agencies
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 20, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
November 20, 2022, 7:21 pm
No way to run a COP: Climate summit host Egypt gets bad marks
Observers allege that Cairo failed to act as a neutral broker in talks, protected petro-states; European official disappointed at weak push for commitments to limit global warming
By Marlowe HOOD
A woman checks the website of Israel-made Pegasus spyware at an office in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on July 21, 2021. (Mario Goldman/AFP)
November 8, 2022, 4:03 pm
EU lawmakers say bloc failing to address use of Israeli spyware at heart of scandal
Committee investigating governments’ use of Pegasus phone surveillance software says countries practicing a code of silence and reluctantly sharing information ‘piecemeal’
By Samuel Petrequin
This photo provided by Cyprus press and information office, European Union's energy commissioner Kadri Simson speaks during the East Mediterranean Gas Forum conference at the presidential palace in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Andreas Loucaides/Cyprus Press and Information Office via AP)
October 18, 2022, 6:04 am
Cyprus, EU launch project to link island to European grid
EU official says East Mediterranean gas can wean the bloc off Russian energy; Cypriot president hails ‘historic’ day
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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