IMF slightly raises growth projection for euro zone for 2020
The International Monetary Fund said in its July 2019 update of its World Economic Outlook that it was raising its
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Germany’s von der Leyen voted new European Commission president
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has won the vote to become the next president of the European Commission, and
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More than 600 000 non-EU citizens found illegally present in EU in 2018
In 2018, 471 000 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the European Union, while about 602 000 non-EU citizens were
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Six tourists dead after violent storm hits Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula
Six foreign tourists died and about 60 people were injured after a violent storm hit the Halkidiki peninsula in northern
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Greece’s elections: Mitsotakis’s New Democracy wins by landslide
With more than 92 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Monday morning, the conservative New Democracy
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Young Jewish Europeans face increasing antisemitism, new EU study finds
Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish
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Italy’s Sassoli elected European Parliament president as Bulgaria’s Stanishev withdraws
MEPs have elected Italy’s David-Maria Sassoli, 63, as president of the European Parliament for a two-and-a-half-year term on July 3,
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EU leaders pick Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen to lead European Commission
The European Council proposed German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become European Commission President, European Council President Donald
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‘Code Red’ in Serbia over high temperatures, other Balkan countries face weather warnings
The highest-level “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather has been issued for four districts in southern Serbia for July
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