EU says Britain must respect withdrawal pact, deal or no deal

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain must implement the Withdrawal Agreement on its exit from the European Union, regardless of the outcome of ongoing trade talks between the two sides, a senior European Commissioner said on Wednesday. “Deal or no deal, the … Read More

Mosques in two French cities under police protection after threats: minister

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PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerarld Darmanin said on Wednesday he had asked local authorities to put mosques in the cities of Bordeaux and Beziers in southwestern France under police protection following threats or acts of violence. “Such actions … Read More

Facebook tells Irish court that probe threatens its EU operations – newspaper

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators freeze its data transfer mechanism, the Sunday Business Post reported, citing court documents seen by the paper. … Read More

The cryptocurrency revolution: How Europe could take the lead in the ‘money of the future’

By becoming the first region to introduce coordinated regulation over cryptocurrencies, the EU hopes to attract a market worth almost $350 billion spread across over 6,000 digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Facebook’s digital currency Libra, may herald the … Read More

Pompeo calls for Greece-Turkey dialogue to ease tensions

Greece and Turkey, both NATO members, have spent weeks at loggerheads after Ankara sent exploration vessels in August into potentially resource-rich waters claimed by both countries. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a press conference during a visit to … Read More

All-out war? Armenia, Azerbaijan clash over Nagorno-Karabakh

Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan back to the brink of all-out war? Dozens have been killed in a flare-up of July’s tensions in the separatist Armenian-speaking enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. This time, it has escalated with both sides declaring martial law and … Read More

How the EU is breaking its own Lisbon Treaty

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That the European Union takes to the moral high ground on international law when it suits it is hardly new. Nor is its infringement of international treaties, even when they are its own. For six months now, the European Union … Read More

The three worrying statistics that show how bad the COVID-19 situation is in Europe

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As coronavirus cases rise across Europe the World Health Organization has sounded the alarm about how bad the situation really is. WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, warned on Thursday the situation across the continent looks as bad as it was … Read More

Macron’s Brexit swansong is about to unfold

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At a solemn ceremony at the Panthéon to mark the 150th anniversary of the (re-)birth of the Republic, president Macron chose a 59-year-old anti-Brexit British expatriate to be one of five newly naturalised French citizens emblematic of what it means … Read More

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