Greek government crisis: Tsipras to seek vote of confidence
The leader of the Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos, has withdrawn from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s coalition government, prompting Tsipras to
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Parliament in Skopje votes country name change to ‘Republic of North Macedonia’
With 81 votes in favour and not a single vote opposed, the parliament in Skopje approved on January 11 the
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US Navy ship Fort McHenry enters Black Sea
The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry, with embarked elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, began its
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Ecumenical Patriarch signs proclamation of autocephaly of Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos I has signed the “tomos” document officially proclaiming the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as autocephalous. Bartolomeos I
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Frontex: Number of irregular crossings at Europe’s borders in 2018 lowest in five years
In 2018, the number of illegal border-crossings at Europe’s external borders fell by a quarter compared with 2017 to an
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New rules on reinforced Schengen Information System come into effect on December 28
New rules to strengthen the Schengen Information System (SIS) – proposed by the European Commission in December 2016 and adopted
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Russia and Ukraine in 2019: More conflict ahead?
With two elections next year, Ukraine is facing upheaval on the domestic front. Russia, meanwhile, is shaking up its foreign
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EU’s imports of sparkling wine come mainly from Australia and South Africa – Eurostat
In 2017, EU countries imported 7.4 million litres of sparkling wine from non-EU countries, and about half of these imports
Read moreEuropean Commission awards additional 305M euro to four EU countries facing migration pressure
The European Commission said on December 20 that this week it had made available an additional 305 million euro in
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