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The European Commission has called on all EU countries to recognise the Roma Holocaust and to mark August 2 as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. August 2 2019 is the 75th […]
The International Monetary Fund said in its July 2019 update of its World Economic Outlook that it was raising its projection for growth in the euro zone to 1.6 per […]
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has won the vote to become the next president of the European Commission, and will be the first woman to hold the post. She […]
In 2018, 471 000 non-EU citizens were refused entry into the European Union, while about 602 000 non-EU citizens were found to be illegally present in one of the EU […]
Six foreign tourists died and about 60 people were injured after a violent storm hit the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece, reports on July 11 said. Authorities in Halkidiki declared […]
With more than 92 per cent of votes counted in the early hours of Monday morning, the conservative New Democracy party was on course to win 39.8 per cent of […]
Many young Jewish Europeans face antisemitic harassment in Europe, but are also very resilient as they clearly express their Jewish identity, finds a report published on July 4 2019 by […]
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, with Bulgarian MEP Sergei Stanishev, whose nomination had been informally […]
The European Council proposed German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to become European Commission President, European Council President Donald Tusk said on July 2. Von der Leyen, a member […]
The highest-level “Code Red” warning of very dangerous weather has been issued for four districts in southern Serbia for July 3, while the rest of the country faces the “Code […]
