2017-03-29

Sport

Federation set to cover NHL costs at 2018 Winter Games

The International Ice Hockey Federation has agreed to pay NHL players’ travel and insurance costs to try to lure them to the 2018 Winter Olympics but team owners have set more commercial demands, acco

29/03/2017

Denmark

Uber to shut down its cab-booking service in Denmark

A strict new taxi law is coming into force, requiring the likes of seat occupancy sensors and fare meters

29/03/2017

Germany

Berlin rejects parallel trade talks with Britain during Brexit negotiations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has appeared to harden her stance on Brexit, ruling out Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for trade talks alongside the UK’s negotiations to exit the…

29/03/2017

Romania

Romanian court rejects appeal against jailing of labour camp commander

Ion Ficior was sentenced to 20 years' prison over the deaths of more than 100 political prisoners

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Economy

Sterling battles back as Brexit is born

Markets show restraint as Brexit comes into being

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United Kingdom

Article 50's Shades of Grey

After 40 years Britain and the EU have become perhaps inextricably intertwined, with three million EU citizens in and one point three Britons in the EU.

29/03/2017

Sport

Video technology helps Spain down France

Spain’s Gerard Deulofeu scored one and created another but had to share the limelight with the video assistant referee in a 2-0 friendly win over France in Paris on…

29/03/2017

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: UK officially files for EU divorce

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the daily news stories from Europe’s de-facto political capital.

29/03/2017

France

France's former PM Valls backs Macron for president

After weeks of speculation, former Socialist Prime Minister Manual Valls has said he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in France’s forthcoming presidential election.

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

The Brexit headlines we'll remember in years to come

Newspapers have been reacting on this momentous day in the history of the European Union

29/03/2017

Libya

16-year-old migrant survives sinking in which 146 are feared drowned

The Italian Coastguard says more than 1,100 migrants have been picked up at sea in the last two days. One body has been recovered.

29/03/2017

Portugal

Bizarre bust of Ronaldo unveiled

Both the Portuguese President and Prime minister were present with Cristiano Ronaldo at a ceremony in the football star’s hometown, but it was the bizarre bronze bust unveiled of the footballer that h

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Jordan

Israeli-Palestinian conflict top of agenda at Arab leader's summit

The 21 kings, presidents and top officials gathered on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea, with a clear view of the Israeli-occupied West Bank on the opposite shore.

29/03/2017

Portugal

Madeira renames its airport after Ronaldo

You know you have made it when they name an airport after you

29/03/2017

USA

Dylan gets his Nobel Prize

The 75-year-old singer-songwriter will receive his Nobel Literature Prize in Stockholm in the next few days.

29/03/2017

Business Line

French presidential candidates duel on the economy

French presidential candidates set out economic plans

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

The changing faces of Northern Ireland's murals

In Northern Ireland, politics and art have long made for natural bedfellows.

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit starting gun fired as Brussels receives official notification

UK envoy in Brussels hands over official notification letter to EU Council President Tusk

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Europe News

UK kicks off divorce from EU

It is official – Britain has kicked off divorce proceedings, to leave the European Union.

29/03/2017

France

French Socialist and former PM Valls defects to Macron's centrist camp

Former Socialist prime minister Manuel Valls is the latest to turn his back on his own party and lend his support to centrist Emmanuel Macron, the favourite presidential candidate.

29/03/2017

Economy

Brexit fuels price hikes with more down the line

Spending spooked as Brexit worries Brits

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit: regrets and pledges from Remainers

The Brexit process has been triggered and all those against the UK leaving the EU can do is ensure a good deal from the upcoming negotiations.

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit: The letter from Theresa to Donald

Here is the full transcript of the letter that British Prime Minister Theresa May sent to European Council president Donald Tusk to kick start Brexit…

29/03/2017

Economy

London to defend financial preeminence post-Brexit

London wary of want away business post- Brexit

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit officially begins: Brussels receives formal notification letter

UK envoy in Brussels hands over official notification letter to EU Council President Tusk

29/03/2017

Europe News

Brexit talks set to be 'complex and messy'

With the UK firing the starting gun for Brexit talks, one analyst is warning the negotiations will be “complex and messy.

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Farage: "The EU will not survive"

Nigel Farage has vowed to leave the UK and live abroad if the country's Brexit - the break with Brussels - is a "disaster".

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit dawn: the newspapers' take

A look at how papers around the UK and Europe reacted to the triggering of Article 50 on Wednesday

29/03/2017

United Kingdom

Brexit - mixed reactions on the streets of London

While the majority of Londoners voted to remain, there were mixed reactions from many people heading to work in London on Wednesday.

29/03/2017

Cinema

Geneva Film Festival celebrates human rights

As the awards season comes to an end, a film festival in Geneva has turned the spotlight on human rights abuses.

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