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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic after a joint press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Lavrov is on a two-day official visit to Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

With US summit planned, Russia prefers EU-Kosovo mediation

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

EU, US display differences over Serbia-Kosovo negotiation

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI - Associated Press

EU authorities open twin Apple antitrust investigations

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

EU transport ‘megaprojects’ are behind schedule, over budget

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell listens to questions during a media conference after a meeting of EU foreign ministers by videoconference at the European Council building in Brussels on Monday, June 15, 2020. The talks, which included a videoconference with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, focused on China, developments in the Middle East and trans-Atlantic relations. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, Pool)

EU urges US to join new Mideast peace effort

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

People enjoy the warm weather on the beach in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, June 13, 2020. Spanish government has announced that the northwestern region of Galicia will move next week to what the government calls &quot;the new normal,&quot; when some rules, such as wearing face masks when social distancing is not possible, will remain in place. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Europe’s borders reopen but long road for tourism to recover

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, lorries leave after disembarking a ferry as others wait to board on the morning after Brexit took place at the Port of Dover in Dover, England. The British government is expected to water down plans for full border checks on goods coming from the European Union amid economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new reports Friday June 12, 2020, Michael Gove, the minister in charge of Brexit preparations, will announce a more “pragmatic and flexible” approach to imports. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

UK delays post-Brexit border checks as virus slams economy

By JILL LAWLESS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson addresses a video press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 11, 2020. The EU on Thursday announced plans to ease a ban on non-essential travel to the continent with foreign students, non-EU nationals who normally live in Europe and certain highly skilled workers likely to be exempt from the coronavirus restrictions from July 1. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

High level EU-UK talks set for Monday as new deadline looms

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European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson addresses a video press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 11, 2020. The EU on Thursday announced plans to ease a ban on non-essential travel to the continent with foreign students, non-EU nationals who normally live in Europe and certain highly skilled workers likely to be exempt from the coronavirus restrictions from July 1. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

EU urges states to reopen domestic borders from Monday

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova addresses a joint online press conference with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell following a weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

EU wants tech giants to do more to counter virus fake news

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addresses an online press conference following an EU-China Strategic Dialogue video meeting with senior Chinese representatives at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Tensions between China and the bloc have risen in recent months, notably over allegations that Beijing might be trying to influence EU officials. (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)

EU rejects any US attempt to invoke Iran nuclear deal

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

A supporter leans on a wooden cross which reads &quot;The truth will win&quot; as he protests against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court in London, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. The U.S. government and Assange will face off Monday over extradition, a decade after WikiLeaks infuriated American officials by publishing a trove of classified government documents. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Report: European bathing water quality remains high

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Containers are loaded on a ship at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam May 3, 2020. Vietnam on Monday, June 8, 2020, ratified a significant trade deal with the European Union, which is expected boost the country's manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from a dip caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

By HAU DINH - Associated Press

Migrants dry their clothes aboard a tourist boats some 20 kilometers from Malta, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels, bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. Rescued from human traffickers’ unseaworthy boats in several operations in the central Mediterranean since late April, the migrants, along with the Maltese government, are waiting for European Union countries to offer to take them. (AP Photo/Rene' Rossignaud)

Malta takes in 400 migrants held on pleasure boats, for now

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A car from Germany drives from Austrian to Italy at the Brenner Pass boarder crossing, Italy, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Italy opened its borders to the citizens of the EU and Switzerland this June 3, following a Coronavirus lockdown with closed boarders and traveling restrictions. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

EU wants borders free of virus restrictions by end of June

By LORNE COOK and KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gives a news conference after Brexit talks, in Brussels, Belgium, Friday, June 5, 2020. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

No progress: EU, UK remain far apart in post-Brexit talks

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Albanian parties reach consensus on electoral reform

By LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Michael Kappeler/DPA via AP, Pool)

EU, China postpone September summit due to pandemic

Associated Press

Migrants dry their clothes aboard a tourist boats some 20 kilometers from Malta, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels, bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now. Rescued from human traffickers’ unseaworthy boats in several operations in the central Mediterranean since late April, the migrants, along with the Maltese government, are waiting for European Union countries to offer to take them. (AP Photo/Rene' Rossignaud)

Rescued migrants stranded on chartered Maltese tourist boats

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and RENE ROSSIGNAUD - Associated Press

In this Monday, March 2, 2020 file photo, European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier, right, speaks with the British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost during the start of the first round of post -Brexit trade talks between the EU and the UK, at EU headquarters in Brussels. Slowed by the coronavirus pandemic and whipped up by a British-imposed deadline, talks between the EU and the UK on a future relationship in the wake of Brexit are struggling to make significant progress. A third negotiation session is drawing to a close on Friday, May 15, 2020 but so far, just over 100 days after the official exit of the UK from the EU, fundamental gaps still exist. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Bank of England reminds banks of ‘no deal’ Brexit risk

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press