The Brief from Brussels: UN's Ban chides Austria over asylum policy

By Euronews

Published on 28/04/2016 - 17:45•Updated 09/12/2019 - 10:08

This is the Brief from Brussels: Euronews’ daily round-up of the biggest news stories that are making headlines in Europe’s capital and beyond. In

This is the Brief from Brussels: Euronews’ daily round-up of the biggest news stories that are making headlines in Europe’s capital and beyond.

In this episode: UN chief Ban-ki Moon chides Austria over its new asylum policy; Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is angry over Vienna’s plans to build a fence along the border between the two countries; Turkey urges the EU to come good on its promise for visa-free travel for its citizens, and two Turkish journalists are jailed for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoons mocking Islam.

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