Europe’s Border Crisis: Volunteers on lookout for undocumented migrants
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EU ministers in Malta to thrash out new migrant system
posted in: European Union, News
Around 60,000 migrants have risked the dangerous Mediterranean crossing so far this year (AFP Photo/ARIS MESSINIS) Valletta (AFP) – Interior ministers from four EU countries meet Monday in Malta to try to work out an automatic system to determine which … Read More
At least 52 injured in string of earthquakes in Albania – news portal
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
Everyone injured was rushed to hospitals, doctors are providing all the help necessary. © EPA-EFE/MALTON DIBRA ATHENS, September 22. /TASS/. At least 52 people have been injured in a series of earthquakes that rocked Albania on Saturday, Albanian Daily News … Read More
EU’s Juncker: Irish Border Controls Needed in No-Deal Brexit
posted in: European Union, News
Jean-Claude Juncker, chief of the European Union’s executive arm, says border controls will be placed on the Irish border if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker listens Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 in Strasbourg, eastern … Read More
EU’s Juncker says he is convinced Brexit will happen – Sky
posted in: European Union, News
BRIGHTON, England, Sept 22 (Reuters) – EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is convinced Brexit will happen, reiterating that if Britain left the European Union without a deal there would be a new border between Northern Ireland and … Read More
Albania Earthquake Followed By Hundreds Of Aftershocks
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Destroyed cars stand next to a damaged building after an earthquake in Tirana on September 21. Albanian authorities say more than 340 aftershocks have followed the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country on September 21, injuring 105 people and damaging … Read More
Extinction Rebellion: Climate activists glue themselves to London Fashion Week venue
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Several Extinction Rebellion protesters glued themselves to the door of a London Fashion Week venue Activists from the Extinction Rebellion campaign group have glued themselves to the entrance of a key London Fashion Week venue. They were protesting against the … Read More
Iran puts pressure on Europe to save nuclear deal within 60-day deadline
posted in: Middle East, News
Tehran leverages use of advanced centrifuges to call for urgent European counter-measures to US sanctions. Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the Iranian atomic energy organization, called on European counterparts to act ‘quickly’. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Iran has announced it has … Read More
Europeans once hoped the British would reverse Brexit. Now, many can’t wait for them to leave
posted in: European Union, News
European Council President Donald Tusk meets with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 25. Tusk said in April that he still dreamed of a Brexit reversal. (Andrew Parsons/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) BRUSSELS — Wistful … Read More
What Is Brexit? What Does ‘No-Deal’ Mean?
posted in: European Union, News
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Britain’s two main political parties are haggling over the nation’s withdrawal from the European Union, known as Brexit. The badly divided government is in crisis, unable to agree on an approach to the country’s biggest peacetime decision … Read More