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Austria Seeks to Curb EU Workers' Access to Labour Market

The Austrian government will demand clearance from the EU Commission to curb access of poor EU members' nationals to its labour market, mostly targeting those from Eastern Europe, local media report.

World » EU | January 31, 2017, Tuesday // 09:00 | Viewed: 3349

Martin Schulz Officially Nominated for Germany Elections

Former European Parliament President Martin Schulz has become the German Social Democrats' Chancellor candidate for the general election this year.

World » EU | January 29, 2017, Sunday // 13:33 | Viewed: 6550

Steinmeier To Hand Over Post on January 27

Frank-Walter Steinmeier will hand over officially his powers as Foreign Minister to Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on January 27.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 21:52 | Viewed: 6217

EU Finance Commissioner: Euro Will Not Collapse

The currency of the Euro zone will not collapse – neither now, nor in the next 20 years, stated on Thursday the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 19:23 | Viewed: 3164

Austrian Police Arrest 11 People Suspected of Links to IS

Austrian police have arrested 11 people suspected of links to the terrorist organisation Islamic state, reported Austria’s information agency APA, citing the Prosecutor’s Office.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 18:02 | Viewed: 6830

EU Discusses Plans To Fund Refugee Centres Outside Europe

EU Interior Ministers are discussing plans for the financing of refugee centres in Africa at a meeting in Malta.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 17:32 | Viewed: 6680

UK's Govt Submits Draft Bill on Launching Brexit

The British government has submitted a draft bill which will allow it to initiate the legal procedure for the exit of the UK from the European Union.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 16:17 | Viewed: 2569

Merkel, Schulz With Equal Support for German Chancellor Post

Social Democrat Martin Schulz would receive the same level of support as German Chancellor Angela Merkel if voters could vote directly for the head of government, showed a survey of ARD TV carried out on Wednesday, cited by Reuters.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 16:01 | Viewed: 4346

Germany's Merkel To Visit Turkey on February 2

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit Turkey on February 2, reported AFP, citing information from the Turkish Foreign ministry.

World » EU | January 26, 2017, Thursday // 15:12 | Viewed: 2459

Italy’s Constitutional Court Opens Way for Snap Elections

The Constitutional Court in Italy has decided that parts of the electoral law in the country are not valid which could lead to snap elections in 2017, reported Reuters.

World » EU | January 25, 2017, Wednesday // 21:46 | Viewed: 2257

UK Govt Cannot Trigger Brexit Alone, Supreme Court Says

The Supreme Court of Britain has ruled that the government cannot trigger Article 50 and initiate the withdrawal from the European Union without consent of Parliament.

World » EU | January 24, 2017, Tuesday // 11:48 | Viewed: 2977

Orban: Trump Put an End to Multilateralism

Donald Trump’s speech must be interpreted as an end to multilateralism, stated Hungarian PM Viktor Orban on the occasion of the first announcement of the new US President.

World » EU | January 23, 2017, Monday // 16:00 | Viewed: 3129

Hamon Wins First Round of French Socialists Primary Elections

Primary elections of political parties continue in France three months before the presidential elections.

World » EU | January 23, 2017, Monday // 15:08 | Viewed: 5896

Britain's High Court To Decide on Brexit on Tuesday

The High Court of Great Britain will convene on Tuesday in order to decide whether Prime Minister Theresa May may use her powers in order to begin official negotiations on leaving the European Union or will have to seek the approval of Parliament first.

World » EU | January 22, 2017, Sunday // 15:34 | Viewed: 3289

Marine Le Pen: European Union Is Dead

The leader of the National Front (FN) Marine Le Pen reckons that the EU is no longer viable and France has to leave the bloc unless it receives certain preferences from Brussels, reported BGNES.

World » EU | January 22, 2017, Sunday // 11:07 | Viewed: 4853

16 Hungarian Pupils Die in Bus Crash Near Verona

Sixteen people have died and 39 have been injured in an accident in northern Italy with a bus full of Hungarian pupils who were on holiday.

World » EU | January 21, 2017, Saturday // 11:17 | Viewed: 4737

Belgium: Not All Returns of Migrants to Bulgaria Are Cancelled

Belgium’s state Secretary for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken has specified that not all returns of migrants to Bulgaria have been cancelled, reported local media.

World » EU | January 20, 2017, Friday // 12:03 | Viewed: 4317

Germany Legalises Marijuana

Doctors in Germany will soon be able to prescribe cannabis to alleviate the suffering of patients after deputies in the lower chamber of Parliament adopted unanimously a law legalising marijuana for medicinal purposes.

World » EU | January 20, 2017, Friday // 11:20 | Viewed: 6764

Germany To Hold Parliamentary Elections on September 24

German citizens will decide on September 24 whether Angela Merkel will be re-elected for a fourth mandate as German Chancellor, reported AFP.

World » EU | January 18, 2017, Wednesday // 19:00 | Viewed: 5503

Bulgarian EP Deputies Adopt Common Stance Against Blockades in Greece

18 Bulgarian deputies in the European Parliament have announced a common position against the planned blockades in Greece and along the border with Bulgaria.

World » EU | January 18, 2017, Wednesday // 17:37 | Viewed: 6213

Belgium's CALL: Bulgaria Does Not Offer Migrants Good Conditions

Conditions for the admission of migrants in Bulgaria are not satisfactory, ruled in three separate instances a judge with the Council for Alien Law Litigation (CALL) in Belgium, reported BTA.

World » EU | January 18, 2017, Wednesday // 15:46 | Viewed: 4566
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