Showing posts with label European Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label European Union. Show all posts

Thursday, July 19, 2018

Friday, July 6, 2018

Europe: Moves to further limit refugee flow prompt concern

Europe: Moves to further limit refugee flow
Rights groups and watchdogs have expressed concern over several countries' proposals to return asylum seekers to Greece as several European leaders call for refugee routes to be closed.

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Migration Challenge Is Make-Or-Break for EU, Says Merkel

Migration Challenge Is Make-Or-Break for EU
The European Union’s fate rests on its ability to rise to the challenges of migration, a passionate Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germany’s parliament on Thursday ahead of a Brussels summit dominated by an issue that threatens her ruling coalition.

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Turkey suspends migrant readmission deal with Greece

Turkey suspends migrant readmission deal with Greece
Turkey has suspended its migrant readmission deal with Greece, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying by Hurriyet daily on Thursday.

Friday, June 1, 2018

EU slams Israeli decision to demolish West Bank Bedouin village

West Bank Bedouin village
The European Union on Thursday urged Israel to reconsider its decision to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, saying it undermines “prospects for a lasting peace”.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Peace and stability in the Middle East: Jordan urges EU to recognize East Jerusalem as Palestine's capital

Jordan palace
Jordan on Wednesday urged the EU to recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, which is a prerequisite for attaining peace and stability in the Middle East region, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Juncker urges Belgian citizenship for UK staff

Juncker urges Belgian citizenship for UK staff
The EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, has urged Belgium to grant citizenship to British EU staff worried about their post-Brexit status.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Politicians throw tear gas in Kosovo's parliament

gas in Kosovo's parliament
Opposition politicians threw tear gas canisters in Kosovo’s parliament chamber in a bid to prevent other deputies from ratifying a border agreement with Montenegro.

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Merkel in favor of extending German border controls

Merkel in favor of extending German border controls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) has spoken out in favor of extending German border controls on Tuesday, supporting a call to maintain such measures adopted by Interior Minister and CSU leader Horst Seehofer.

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Brexit: Londres refusera un accord remettant en cause l'intégrité du pays

l'intégrité du pays
La Première ministre britannique Theresa May a averti mercredi qu'elle n'accepterait jamais un accord remettant en cause l'intégrité constitutionnelle du Royaume-Uni, commentant le projet de traité scellant le Brexit publié par Bruxelles mercredi, qui mentionne l'Irlande.

Monday, February 26, 2018

‘Refugee bottleneck in Greece result of EU & NATO failure to deal with Syria problems’

Around 47,000 asylum-seekers have found themselves unable to leave Greece
The EU is the biggest culprit in the refugee crisis in Europe, and you can’t leave it to Greece alone to deal with it, Stephen Morris from the English Democrats party says. Why aren’t NATO and the EU doing anything, he asks.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Le président de la BCE a gagné près de 400.000 euros en 2017

la BCE
Le président de la Banque centrale européenne, Mario Draghi, a empoché l'an dernier un salaire brut de 396.900 euros, en hausse de près de 2% sur un an, selon le rapport annuel de l'institution publié jeudi.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

China: Foreign leaders send Lunar New Year greetings

Lunar New Year of the Dog
Foreign leaders around the world sent their greetings and good wishes to Chinese celebrating the Chinese New Year, expressing their will to further develop relations with China.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Le scrutin du 4 mars en Italie décisif pour l'Europe, selon une étude

italia elezioni 2018
Les Italiens ont le sentiment d'avoir été abandonnés par leurs partenaires de l'Union européenne et leur vote lors des élections générales le 4 mars risque de traduire leur mécontentement, a averti vendredi l'institut Jacques Delors dans une étude rendue publique à Bruxelles.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Serbian president visits Croatia amid protests

262 km border between Croatia and Serbia danube river
The presidents of Croatia and Serbia pledged Monday to work on easing tensions between the two neighboring countries issued from a bloody break-up of former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, amid protests by Croatian war veterans.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Brexit could see every region of Britain with falling GDP: secret papers

Brexit could see every region of Britain with falling GDP
Every region of Britain would be affected in the case of three possible Brexit scenarios, with London the least hit, a secret impact analysis revealed Wednesday.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

EU Says Asylum Numbers Dropped by Almost Half in 2017

Asylum Numbers Dropped by Almost Half in 2017
The European Union's asylum agency said the number of people seeking international protection in Europe in 2017 dropped by almost half compared to the year before and that most applicants were Syrian.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Avramopoulos: le refus de quotas de réfugiés dans l'UE est "inacceptable"

 pays de l'Est
Il est "inacceptable" que des pays de l'UE se refusent à participer à l'accueil de demandeurs d'asile pour soulager d'autres Etats membres comme la Grèce ou l'Italie, a déclaré le commissaire européen chargé des questions migratoires Dimitris Avramopoulos dans un entretien avec l'AFP.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

EU fights hate speech

hate speech
Facebook's Instagram and the Google+ social network have agreed to join an EU-sponsored group of US internet giants to combat online extremism, EU officials announced Friday.