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  • Politics
    • Britain after Brexit
      Polish Pride

      Polish citizens given post-Brexit voting rights in UK

      Us Uk Negotiations

      UK and U.S. free trade negotiations underway

      Johnson And Trump

      UK/USA Free Trade Deal Languishes In The Doldrums.

      Nhs Coronavirus

      UK's NHS unable to cope due to lack of hospital beds as Coronavirus sufferers are sent home.

    • Brexit
      English Channel Fishing Trawler

      French fisherman demand "reprisals" if excluded from UK fishing grounds

      Michel Barnier Commission

      Brexit trade deal talks break up early: “serious divergences remain” says Barnier

      John Bruton Banner

      Better "no-deal Brexit" if Britain wants to wreck the EU, says John Bruton

      David Frost

      UK Brexit negotiator David Frost warns that UK sovereignty is "not up for discussion"

    • World
      Tindouf 1

      Embezzlement of European Humanitarian Aid continues in Tindouf camps in Algeria

      Putin Medics

      Putin: the human cost of one man's lust for power

      Facebook Label

      Facebook to label Russian, Chinese & Iranian state-controlled media pages

      Minneapolis

      Breaking News: Donald Trump threatens to shoot looters in Minneapolis

    • Op-Ed
      Trump Zelensky

      Trump's Ukrainian gambit... by Steve Komarnyckyj

      Denis Mac Shane

      "Britain can decide its destiny when it wants. We can talk or we can walk," says former UK Europe Minister MacShane

      Maria Joao Rodrigues

      An historical breakthrough for the European Union?

      Eu Commission

      The European Commission's recovery fund faces a tricky passage

    • Russia
      Putin Crimea

      Lift sanctions so Russia withdraws from Ukraine? No, increase them! writes Victor Rud

      Putin G8

      Russia's exclusion from G8 still stands, says Germany

      Putin Sad

      Vladimir Putin's approval rating falls to lowest level in two decades

      Putin Eu Flag

      Vladimir Putin using the coronavirus crisis in a bid to “subvert the West” claims new report.

    • Central Asia
      Azay

      Why Azerbaijan needs a reform-oriented parliament: by Mr. Azay Guliyev MP.

      Ablyazov Informal

      Mukhtar Ablyazov: convicted fraudster accused of interfering with democratic elections

      Aliyev 0

      One year after re-election Aliyev scores high marks among Azerbaijanis - French survey

      Ku2

      Leading Kazakh University Opens Its Doors In Brussels

    • Ukrainian Elections 2019
      Kyiv Ukraine Capital City

      Ukrainian elites switch to Kyiv mayoral elections with Klychko, Palchevskiy, & Omelchenko to get the most from the voting

      Ukraine Elections

      Ukraine goes to the polls

      Ukraine Elections 2

      Four political parties to enter Ukrainian Parliament in the homestretch of the Parliamentary campaign “OPPOSITION PLATFORM-ZA ZHITTYA” & “EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY” accelerating the pace

      Poroshenko Formal

      Poroshenko: 'The Ukrainian nation will make it. We will be stronger together!”

    • Coronavirus Pandemic
      Masks

      UK government considers lockdown in Leicester as COVID-19 infections surge

      Coronavirus Prague

      Czechia reports highest daily rise in new cases of coronavirus since early April

      German Border Control

      Germany to relax quarantine rules for EU, Schengen and UK arrivals

      Catherine Stihler

      Catherine Stihler: "people in UK want COVID-19 data to be openly available"

  • Business & Economy
    • EU
      Irish Lorry

      ​Irish & EU officials reach draft agreement on movement of goods to EU via UK

      European Commission Eu Today

      EU seeks to compete with London with Capital Markets Union

      Christine Lagarde

      “EU economy experiencing a dramatic fall", says ECB head Lagarde

      Eurozone

      Eurozone industrial output plunges to record low

    • World
      European Foundation Democracy

      Webinar: Why Asia matters: Coronavirus and beyond

      Social Responsibility

      Emerging Economies are starting to embrace Corporate Social Responsibility

      Hong Kong Police

      China's Hong Kong security laws cast shadow over trade deal talks

      Uk Japan Trade Talks

      UK & Japan seeking "swift agreement on economic partnership"

    • Brexit
      Shell Ben Van Beurden

      Royal Dutch Shell "does not rule out" moving HQ from Netherlands to UK, says CEO Ben van Beurden

      Fisherman

      French intransigence over access to UK fisheries threatens chances of trade deal compromise

      Johnson Von Der Leyen

      EU-UK trade talks to resume on June 15th

      Eu Food Inspector

      The bureaucratic nightmare facing UK exporters on New Year’s Day

    • Corruption in Europe
      Money Laundering

      Anti-money-laundering draft resolution of the European Parliament: Strong demands to the EU-Commission

      Europol Logos

      EU sets up new Financial Fraud team as fraud fears soar in wake of coronavirus

      Dermot Desmond Court

      The Luck of the Irish? A bank owned by Celtic FC's majority shareholder is battling charges of money laundering in the French courts

      Euros Printing

      MEPs call for "anti-oligarch" law

    • Transport & Tourism
      Ryanair Flight

      Ryanair to challenge Portugal's “illegal state aid” to TAP in EU courts

      Border Control

      EU fails to agree on "safe list" of who can travel, but USA and Russia are excluded

      Spain Border

      Spain to reopen borders to European visitors from June 21st

      German Austria Border

      Germany to end border checks with neighbours from Monday night

    • Russia
      Putin Lavrov

      2020 set to be another bad year for the Russian economy

    • Information Technology
      Google 1024X567

      European Publishers Council questions “Google news experience”

      Paolo Gentiloni

      EU will "go it alone" with taxing digital services, says commissioner Paolo Gentiloni

      Russia Facebook Twitter

      Twitter follows Facebook: Chinese, Russian, Turkish propaganda accounts removed

      Apps

      European Commission publishes guidance on development of coronavirus apps.

  • Security & Defence
    • NATO
      Nato Ukraine

      NATO designates Ukraine as Enhanced Opportunities Partner

      Us Troops Poland

      Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says US troops welcome in Poland

      Nato Field Hospital

      NATO to provide fully equipped field hospital to Italy

      Nato Ppe Raf

      Russia’s top 5 myths about NATO and COVID-19.

    • Russia
      Putin Ugly

      Putin's Russia threatens 'retaliatory measures' against UK over sanctions

      Austria Police

      "Possible" Russian political assassination reported in Austria

      Taliban

      Russia offered money to Taliban to kill U.S. troops, according to intelligence reports

      Putin Writing

      Putin insists on recognition of his version of Soviet Union's role in WW2

    • Ukraine
      Ukraine Flag

      UK: "We stand in solidarity with Ukraine in reminding Russia and the world that Crimea is Ukraine."

      Oleksiy Reznikov

      “LPR” representative at Minsk talks granted Russian Citizenship

      Russian Tank

      Stop Russian Aggression - a critique of report by the International Crisis Group

      Screenshot 2020 04 16 At 10 48 54

      Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists begin prisoner exchange

    • Islamic terrorism
      Tyler Vilus

      French convert to Islam sentenced to 30 years in prison for crimes in Syria

      Hezbollah

      Fighting terrorism: Ambassador Nathan A. Sales calls on EU member states to sanction Hezbollah

      Samer Shehadeh

      Czech court upholds 10 year sentence for former Prague Muslim leader

      German Raids Mosques

      German police mount dawn raids on mosques - Hezbollah declared "terrorists"

    • All Our Yesterdays
      Rape Of Berlin

      The Rape of Berlin: Red Army atrocities in 1945

      Stalin Gulag

      Lost & Forgotten: allied prisoners of war in Stalin's Gulag

      Auschwitz

      Sassoli: "It seems as though the lessons of history are being forgotten."

      Corbyn Marxist

      Jeremy Corbyn’s Predecessors: Legacy of Treason

    • Iran
      Ps572

      Shooting Down Ukrainian Flight PS572: What Do We Need To Know?

      Ps752

      The downing of Ukrainian Airlines Flight PS752: Putin's hands at play yet again?

      Mohsen Rezaei

      Iran to target Haifa, as well as Israeli military centres, warns former Revolutionary Guard commander

      Suleimani 1

      Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani killed in U.S. airstrike

    • Space
      Space Weapons

      Russia claims U.S. space weapons programme a threat to global security

      Ariane 6

      Commission and European Investment Bank Group join forces to boost space sector investment with €200m

    • World
      China Cyber Attack

      China suspected in 'state-based' cyberattacks on Australia

      China Execution

      Tensions set to rise as China sentences Australian citizen to death

      Kim Jong Un Nuclear Test

      Kim Yong Un to beef up North Korea's nuclear capabilities

  • Energy
    • Oil & Gas
      Nord Stream 2 Pipe

      German courts deal fresh blow to Nord Stream 2

      Iraq Oil

      Iraq agrees to cut oil output, but remains short of target

      Gazprom Barrels

      Russia raises oil output prior to global supply cut.

      Gazprom 2

      Gazprom reports profit fall in 2019

    • Nuclear
      Rostov Npp Units 1 4 460 Rosatom

      Russia denies knowledge of nuclear particles detected over the Baltic Sea

      Okiluoto Tvo

      Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear reactor suffers valve leak

      Energoatom Sign

      Energy Scandal in Ukraine

      Dounreay

      UK Needs More Nuclear Power, Says Business Lobby

    • Renewables
      Drax

      Britain's Drax to pilot carbon capture technology

      Green Hydrogen

      Netherlands & Portugal lead drive towards Green Hydrogen technology

      Hydrogen

      Australia launches fund to back fossil-fuel hydrogen projects

      Renewable Energy

      EU outlines new fossil-free policy

  • Environment
    • Europe
      Mmvf Insights

      Smoke and mirrors: How the mineral wool industry leaves its mark on national and EU policy

      Beach Greece

      Europe's beaches get thumbs up from Environment Agency

      Rotterdam

      CO2 emissions from maritime transport: European Commission report "not enough" says MEP Jutta Paulus

      Simona Bonafè

      European Parliament approves new Water Re-use Regulation

    • world
      Prince Harry

      Prince Harry on the "urgent & immediate" need for greater conservation efforts.

      Amazon Rainforest

      EU companies accused of "fuelling the destruction of Amazon"

      Climate 123

      World's youth call for strong climate action, governments must listen

      58

      Heavy Floods Cause Devastation In China: More To Come

    • Animal Welfare
      Mink

      Dutch government orders culling of mink amid COVID-19 transmission fears

      Stray Dogs

      MEPs call for action plan on animal safety

      Eric Andrieu

      Protecting farmers and quality products: Eric Andrieu MEP on EU farm policy reform plans

      Fog

      New report demonstrates detrimental impacts of intensive broiler chicken farming

    • Health
      European Parliament Bridge

      European Parliament environment committee demands a health-first approach to EU chemicals strategy

      Covid Testing

      France to test 1.3 million in Paris to root out COVID-19 clusters

      Waterloo

      Battlefield archaeology helps veterans with physical and mental recovery

      Screenshot 2020 06 04 At 14 28 12

      Denmark sets out the rules on mineral wool health risks

    • Climate Change
      Climate Change

      Recovery will "make or break EU climate action".

      Mark Ruffalo

      Film star implores EU: no Green Deal with fracked gas

      Iberdrola Chairman Ignacio Galán

      Electrification is "key to the success of the EU's Green Deal", says Iberdrola Chairman, Ignacio Galán

      Sentinel 1

      UK satellites to help lead fight against climate change

  • Human Rights
    • Europe
      Nicos Nouris

      EU must forge common migration policy says Cyprus minister Nicos Nouris

      Roma Bulgaria

      Bulgaria: Roma people fear coronavirus lockdowns unfairly target their neighbourhoods.

      Turkiccouncil

      Turkic Council Member States first to send aid to Hungary in COVID-19 crisis.

      Violenza Donna Ftg

      Italian victims of domestic violence unable to seek help in lockdown.

    • Africa
      Mobarik

      Mobarik hails FGM heroines

      Uganda Protest

      Uganda: Journalists detained in protests against police abuses.

      Horn Of Africa

      Additional €50 million to tackle drought in the Horn of Africa

      Army 2

      After 20 years of failure, hope finally emerges in Zimbabwe

    • Asia
      Simon Cheng

      Former trade official is first Hong Kong citizen to receive political asylum in UK

      Hong Kong Protest

      Socialists condemn China’s move to strengthen its grip on Hong Kong

      Hong Kong Police

      UK urges China to reconsider security laws for Hong Kong

      Hong Kong Riots

      Tear gas and pepper spray as police crack down on Hong Kong protests

    • Middle East
      Fariba Adelkha

      French-Iranian anthropologist & academic​ Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to 6 years jail

      Iran Human Rights

      European Parliament set to call for fresh EU approach on Iran

      Syria Crisis

      EU strengthens its support for stabilisation in areas liberated from Da'esh in north-western Syria

      Pat Act

      Netflix pulls comedy show episode in Saudi Arabia after kingdom complains

    • Voices of Free Jammu Kashmir
      Kashmir Violence

      Kashmir: "situation is grave, and urgent action is needed”, says Masood Iqbal Mir

      India Kashmir

      Authorities impose restrictions in Indian Kashmir after Pakistan PM Imran Khan speech

      Screen Shot 2019 09 21 At 21 41 44

      Kashmir: Sardar Shaukat addresses UKPNP Protest at UNHRC Geneva

      Jamil Madsood Unhrc

      Kashmir: Intervention by Jamil Maqsood (UKPNP) at UNHRC

    • Russia
      Yury Dmitriyev

      UK demands release from jail of Yury Dmitriyev, Russian historian who discovered Stalin's mass graves

      Russia Domestic Violence

      Putins Russia: domestic violence doubles during lockdown

      Russia Police Violence Crimean Tatars

      Human Rights abuses in Russia: crackdown on minorities continues

      Russia Human Rights

      New report highlights human rights abuses in Putin's Russia

    • Press Freedom
      Reuters Pulitzer Prize 2

      Reuters photographers awarded Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Hong Kong protests

      Chen Jieren

      China jails journalist Chen Jieren for "negative reporting" of Communist Party

      Vedmosta

      Russian newspaper staff rebel against censorship imposed by new editor

      Press Freedom

      Reporters Without Borders fear Coronavirus is being used as justification for media repression.

    • EU Humanitarian Aid
      Faure Gnassingbé Macron

      Emmanuel Macron promises Togo €3 million support for coronavirus response plan

  • Culture
    • Art
      Ali

      EXPO: ART BY CASH, Brussels July 2020

      Astrid Kirchherr

      Astrid Kirchherr, Beatles photographer, dies aged 81

      Orpheus

      Three works by British modernist artists gifted to the nation

      Tibor Navracsics

      EU announces new fund to help Europe's artists

    • Music
      Krzysztof Penderecki

      Krzysztof Penderecki, acclaimed Polish composer, passes away aged 86.

      Billy Fury Npg

      Billy Fury: 'The Sound of Fury', a retrospective

      Tsinandali Festival

      Georgia's preeminent classical music festival brings Europe and Asia together

      Eugen Dediu

      New World Symphony: an #EUandME short film directed by Eugen Dediu

    • Literature
      Bayangali Alimzhanov

      “Century’s story”: A unique author from Kazakhstan publishes his latest book in London.

      Bf3

      Brussels Hosts VIII Open Eurasian Literary Festival (OEBF -2019)

      Wanted Man Russian

      Wanted Man: The story of Mukhtar Ablyazov now available in Russian language edition

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      'Wanted Man: The Story of Mukhtar Ablyazov'. Book launch in Brussels

    • European History
      K2 Box

      UK's iconic first red public telephone box listed

      Ypres

      Flemish city in the spotlight for centenary of the Armistice

      333

      How many more historical buildings in Kyiv will be burned down?

      Namur View

      Wallonia capital great above ground - and below

    • Sports
      F1 2020

      #SaturdaySports: Formula 1 prepares for "closed doors" start to Grand Prix season

      Uefa Women S Euro 2021

      UEFA confirm postponement of Women's Euro 2021 finals

      Italian Football

      Italy's footballers hope to return to training in May

      Excercise

      Coronavirus crisis: Commission launches #BeActiveAtHome

    • #LateNightJazz
      Paul Colin Paris Jazz

      Paris & Jazz: the art of Paul Colin (1892-1985)

      Bob Shane

      Kingston Trio founder Bob Shane has passed away.

      Grey Paris

      #LateNightJazz: Grey Paris at the Athens Jazz Festival.

      The Vipers

      The Vipers Live in London (1957)

    • Tourism in Europe
      Buscardini

      New project aims to promote sustainable tourism in post-coronavirus world

      Aventure Parc

      Top Belgian adventure parc reopens to provide much-needed post-coronavirus tonic

      Porto

      Portugal lays plans for restart of tourist sector

      Eu Commission 760X400

      European Commission offers help for crisis hit tourism sector

    • Merry Christmas!
      Restaurant La Ferme De

      Fun and fine food makes for fantastic way to see in New Year

      Christmas Market In Lille 2

      Lille - 2020 World Design Capital - has designs on boosting tourism

      Beauty Postcard 2

      It's panto time again - oh, yes it is!

      Bokrijk Open Air Museum

      Christmas treat beckons at top Belgian tourist attraction

  • Dining in Europe
    • Restaurant reviews
      Rouge Tomate 1

      Brussels business bounces back despite fears over corona virus

      Petit Pont 2

      Service with a smile at Petit Pont

      Brasserie Park Side

      Ten years old and still setting super standards - that's Park Side

      Armes De Bruxelles 5

      "Dreams" come true at famous old Brussels eatery

    • Fine Wine
      Chicotot 1

      Domain Chicotot: A jewel in the crown of Nuits St. Georges

      Burgundy Vinyard

      EU Today on the wine trail: Meursault, Burgundy

      Sant1

      EU Today on the wine trail: Santenay, Burgundy

      Montrachet

      EU Today on the wine trail: Montrachet, Burgundy

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Anti-money-laundering draft resolution of the European Parliament: Strong demands to the EU-Commission

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