- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityEU
“Come to your senses”, Germany urges Britain on N.Ireland
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany urged Britain on Tuesday to come to its senses by respecting its commitments under the Brexit divorce agreement with the European Union and resolve differences over…
Merkel calls Belarus opposition leader to support free elections there
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked on the phone with Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanouskaya about the political crisis in Belarus and the "difficult situation" at…
Belarus opposition leader urges Austria to do more to counter Lukashenko
VIENNA (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanouskaya urged Austria's government and Austrian companies present in Belarus to do more to help her allies against President Alexander Lukashenko…
France is determined the UK respect post-Brexit deal and fishing rights – French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - France and the European Commission are determined to ensure that Britain respects its post-Brexit arrangements and agreements on fishing licences following the UK's departure from the European…
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ by Bulgarian president’s Crimea comments
SOFIA (Reuters) - The United States has expressed deep concern over comments by Bulgarian President Rumen Radev that the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 is "Russian",…
EU’s Sefcovic sees progress, hope in N.Ireland Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) -Progress was made on Friday in talks between the European Union and Britain on post-Brexit trade issues affecting Northern Ireland and solutions can be found if London redoubles…
EU executive probes whether Poland, Hungary should get EU money
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has started a long-awaited probe into whether Poland and Hungary should continue to receive billions of euros from the EU budget…
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree to talks in Brussels to overcome tensions, EU says
(Reuters) - The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in Brussels in mid-December to discuss tensions that have led to border clashes with several troops, the European Union said…
UK sees progress on N.Ireland trade without triggering emergency measures
DUBLIN (Reuters) - A senior British minister said on Friday that he was confident London could break an impasse with the EU over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland without…
France to push migrant issue during EU presidency, Macron says
PARIS (Reuters) - France will push for action on migration when it hosts the European Union presidency from January, President Emmanuel Macron was quoted as saying on Thursday, and he…
EU says ‘no question of any negotiation with Lukashenko regime’
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive said on Thursday there could be no negotiation with Belarus over the plight of migrants at its border with Poland and Baltic states,…
Germans, Austrians line up for shots as COVID cases soar across Europe
By Emma Thomasson and Francois Murphy BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) -Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as infections soar across Europe and governments impose restrictions on the…
