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Romania’s pro-European Union President Klaus Iohannis has taken a lead in the presidential elections Sunday, but will likely have to contest a runoff vote later this month. According to two […]
Globally, October 2019 was 0.69 degrees Celsius warmer than the average October from 1981-2010, making it by a narrow margin the warmest October in this data record, according to a […]
A new risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority has found that there is a “very high risk” of African Swine Fever to spreading to nine countries in South […]
Wildfires destroyed nearly 178 000 hectares (ha) of forests and land in the EU in 2018, according to a European Commission report published on October 31. While this is less […]
The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey, the Commission said on October 31. Six hundred […]
The request by the United Kingdom for a “Brexit flextension” until January 31 2020 has been granted by the EU27, the leaders of the other EU member states, according to […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is waiting on the word from the other 27 EU heads of state and government on whether the October 31 Brexit date can be delayed. […]
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly on October 24 to label the failure to start EU accession negotiations with the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania a mistake. In a resolution, […]
In a resolution adopted on October 24, members of the European Parliament expressed concern over the 600 000 people left stranded, thousands of job losses, difficulties for SMEs and damage […]
The governing body of the European Parliament has recommended to European Council President Donald Tusk acceptance of a further extension of Brexit to January 31 2020, the European Parliament said […]
