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‘Nothing is clear’ – Brexit boss faces questions in Strasbourg
What do you want out of this divorce? The question Britain’s Brexit Secretary David Davis has been facing in Strasbourg, as he seeks to lay foundations ahead of the formal triggering of Article 50. “One of the things we are very clear...
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Europeans live longer, but not in the best of health – new report
Europeans are now more likely to live into their 80s, but they may not be in the best of health. A new report from the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) says the overall average...
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EU passes anti-propaganda resolution, angers Russia’s Putin
Russia and Islamist terrorist groups are increasingly targeting the EU with propaganda – the warning in a resolution approved by MEPs, which aims to combat anti-Europe campaigns. It says Moscow spreads propaganda through media and other...
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Hungary's contradictions
Of all the EU countries, Hungary seems to have adopted the most hostile position on refugees
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Ukraine is ready for visa-free travel, says EU
Ukraine is ready for visa-free travel – so says the European Council’s Donald Tusk. He was speaking after the 18th EU-Ukraine Summit in Brussels, attended by President Petro Poroshenko. The EU has been dragging its feet over lifting visa...
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EU-Turkey relations: the ‘fear’ factor
MEPs have voted in favour of freezing Turkey’s EU membership talks, passing a non-binding resolution in Strasbourg. But what impact could this have on the migrant deal struck with Ankara? Euronews correspondent Sandor Zsiros asked Kati...
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Hackers target European Commission
Hackers have targeted the European Commission’s computer network – trying to overload and crash it. Officials say connection speeds were affected on Thursday, but there was no data breach. “The Commission was indeed targeted by an...
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European judges solve Rubik’s Cube legal puzzle
The Rubik’s Cube, a multicolored three-dimensional puzzle, that has been a fixture in children’s toy boxes for forty years. Invented in 1974 by Hungarian Erno Rubik, 350 million cubes have been sold worldwide. And the fiendishly...
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EU-US free trade talks ‘frozen’ after Trump election win
Brussels (AFP) – Talks on a vast free-trade deal between the EU and US are likely to be “frozen” for years after the stunning election victory of Donald Trump, the EU said on Friday. US president-elect Trump campaigned furiously on a...
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Europe frets over Trump’s NATO stance
Europeans are fretting over what Donald Trump’s election as US president could mean for the United States’ commitment to NATO. As results came in during the early hours of Wednesday, US diplomats insisted there would be no change to...
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Court ruling will not delay Britain’s Brexit timetable
A court decision demanding that MPs have more say over Britain’s exit from the European Union will make no difference to the government’s timetable to quit the bloc, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Friday. Johnson, a leading...
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Breaking up
Mark Warner, principal, MAAW Law, on the U.K.'s move to begin process of leaving the EU
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EU’s Oettinger issues apology over Chinese ‘slitty-eyed’ slur
Germany’s EU commissioner Gunter Oettinger finally apologised on Thursday for a speech in which he called Chinese officials “slitty-eyed” and joked about gay marriage. The speech to German business leaders sparked outrage when it was...
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Europeans in the United States prepare to vote for the next president – a souflé or a zabaglione?
New York is a melting pot of voters set to cast their ballot for the next incumbent of the White House. Many originate from Europe and have been weighing up the claims of the candidates. One such voter who is from Catalonia believes that...
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Hungarian journalists protest over newspaper closure
Protesters in Brussels have called for stronger protestions for media freedom in Hungary after the the biggest opposition newspaper The Hungarian government has denied any involvement. “Our first aim was to show solidarity with...
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EU leaders warn Russia of fresh sanctions over Syria
EU leaders on Thursday will call on Russia to stop its bombing in Syria and allow humanitarian aid to enter the besieged city in Aleppo. Meeting in Brussels over the next two days, heads of state and government will also refuse to rule...
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Wallonia premier urges fresh negotiations on EU-Canada free trade deal
Paul Magnette leads the regional government in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, where the parliament has refused to provide its backing for the federal government’s move to approve the EU-Canada free trade deal. A region...
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Belgian region scuppers EU-Canada free trade deal
An EU-Canada free trade deal has been left hanging in the balance after talks between Canada and the regional government in Wallonia broke down. The French-speaking region of Belgium is doggedly opposing the pact. Under Belgium’s...
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Italy may miss fiscal targets: EU
Italy’s budget may not meet EU fiscal targets, according to the bloc’s executive body. The European Commission wants Rome to explain why it expects to have a higher than expected budget deficit of 2.7 percent of GDP next year. “We...
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NATO finalises Baltic plans
NATO has finalised plans to send troops to the Baltic states and eastern Poland. It follows Russia’s annexation of Crimea in Ukraine in 2014. “It is important and necessary that NATO responds and that we are delivering a response when we...
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Yazidi IS survivors win EU’s rights prize
MEPs have decided that two Yazidi women are the winners of the EU’s annual human rights prize. European Parliament Martin Schulz announced the winners in Strasbourg earlier. Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar escaped enslavement by...
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EU regulators back Gazprom’s increased use of key pipeline
EU regulators have given their green light for Russia’s Gazprom to send more gas through a key pipeline in Germany. The European Commission’s decision comes at a politically sensitive time. Russia is a key supplier of gas to the EU,...
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EU’s ‘dirty deal’ with Turkey is a ‘betrayal’ of European values, says Turkish journalist
Can Dundar is the former editor-in-chief of Cumhumriyet, a newspaper that is staunchly critical of the Turkish government. Dundar was one of the finalists for the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize, an annual rights prize handed out by...
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EU’s Oettinger in hot water over ‘racist’ remarks
A top European commissioner is under fire after he called Chinese officials ‘slitty-eyed rascals’. Germany’s Gunther Oettinger, a member of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union Party, made the remarks in a speech in Hamburg. Some...