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The Council of the EU has prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until January 31 2020, the Council said in a statement. The decision follows an update […]
The Council of the EU adopted on June 25 a revision of a regulation which sets out rules on the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and […]
An analysis of nearly 1400 food products in 19 European Union countries has found that nine per cent of the compared products differed in composition, although the front-of-pack was identical, […]
With a clear victory, 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu won the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul on June 23. The opposition candidate won with a difference of about 773 000 votes against […]
European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová will open on June 20 the first meeting of the Working Group on Antisemitism, which will focus on the security […]
The European Commission will provide 120 million euro to the EU’s beekeeping sector over the next three years to support its essential role in agriculture and the environment, the Commission […]
So far in 2019, applications for asylum in the EU+ are 15 per cent higher than last year, especially for Turkish and Venezuelan nationals, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) […]
Racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union, according to the annual report by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), released on June 6. “Recognising this, EU […]
The European Commission recommended on May 29 the opening of EU accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and with Albania. “Albania and North Macedonia have embraced the opportunity […]
Liviu Dragnea, the head of Romania’s ruling social-democrat party, turned himself in on May 27 after a high court upheld a three and a half year sentence against him on […]
