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Crowds Renew Calls For Press Freedom
Demonstrators in the Polish capital Warsaw have renewed their protest against government plans to restrict journalists'...
Brexit EU Trade Deals ‘shouldn’t Cherry Pick’ Different Sectors
Campaigners are urging the government not to "cherry pick" different parts of the economy for special trade agreements...
EU Ministers Agree On Security, Defense Plan
The European Union (EU)'s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and defense, EU...
World Resigned, But Wary of Unpredictable Donald Trump
American allies woke up to Donald Trump's victory early Wednesday deeply unsettled, questioning whether the US will...
EU-Canada Trade Deal To Be Signed On Sunday
Protests against the agreement have been taking place outside the Walloon parliament in Belgium Canada and the European...
EU and Canada Hold Out Hope For Trade Deal
Canada and the European Union say they remain hopeful a landmark free trade deal can go ahead despite three Belgian...
Belgium Walloons Block Key EU Ceta Trade Deal With Canada
Belgium cannot sign a key EU trade deal with Canada, Prime Minister Charles Michel says, because of objections from one...
EU Threatens Russia With Sanctions Over Syria
European Union leaders warned Russia at a summit on Thursday that they will consider sanctions over its role in the...
Leaders Hail Legacy of Former Israeli Leader
Media captionShimon Peres was considered the last of Israel's founding fathers World leaders have hailed the vision of...
EU States ‘could Veto Brexit Deal’
A group of Central European EU members known as the Visegrad Four is ready to veto any Brexit deal that would limit...
UK ‘may Begin Brexit In Early 2017’
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union early next year,...
EU Leaders ‘need Sober Look At Problems’
The European Council President Donald Tusk has called on EU leaders to take a "sober and brutally honest" look at the...
No Serious Brexit Talks ‘for 12 Months’
Substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of 2017, a...
Theresa May and Donald Tusk Holding Brexit Talks
Theresa May is meeting European Council President Donald Tusk for the first time since becoming UK prime minister...
European Union to Offer Cash and Visa Deals to African Countries Who Take Back Illegal Migrants
European ministers have devised a dramatic plan to solve the migration crisis, offering a series of sweeteners in...