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EU leaders meet in Brussels for 'Brexit' summit

British PM David Cameron is in Brussels for the crucial summit on a deal over reforms including welfare curbs or Britain could be voting to leave in a referendum.

18/02/2016

Greece

Greece says it can now register all migrants.

Just hours before EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss migration, Athens announced the opening on Wednesday of four migrant reception centres on

17/02/2016

Europe News

Brexit deal: Crunch time for Britain at EU summit

A Brexit or no Brexit. That is the issue at the heart of a crunch summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday. EU leaders will try to strike a deal

17/02/2016

World News

EC President Juncker dismisses plan to exclude Greece from Schengen

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, has dismissed proposals to exclude Greece from the open-border Schengen zone. This, he said, would

16/02/2016

United Kingdom

Brexit: the cost for Britain

RH commercial vehicles is a British firm whose business is inextricably bound with Europe as its a dealer for Swedish owned Renault Trucks. So it is

16/02/2016

Europe News

No 'guarantee' of full parliament backing for Britain's EU reform deal

British Prime Minister David Cameron has been in Brussels to drum up last-minute support for his EU reform demands. He has met the European

16/02/2016

Hungary

Balancing act: Hungary treads a delicate line between Russia and the EU

Keeping a foot in both camps can be tricky. No-one knows that better than Viktor Orban, prime minister of EU-member Hungary, who visits Moscow on

16/02/2016

Belgium

The Brussels Brexit summit - what you need to know

Why is the focus on Brussels this week? European Council, 18-19/02/2016 Brussels Chaired by European Council President, Donald Tusk Heads of

16/02/2016

World News

EU reform draft to avoid Brexit

With the sound of eurosceptics banging on the door of 10 Downing Street getting louder and louder, David Cameron’s decision to deal with Britain’s

15/02/2016

Europe News

EU lift majority of sanctions against Belarus

EU foreign ministers lift asset freezes and visa bans against Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenko and 169 others including three companies.

15/02/2016

World News

Australia's billion-dollar drug bust: liquid meth hidden in bras, art supplies

Australian authorities seize one billion dollars worth of liquid amphetamine hidden inside gel bra inserts and art supplies.

15/02/2016

Europe News

Bosnia formally applies for European Union membership

Although talks have been ongoing since 2003, former Yugoslav Republic of Bosnia formally applied for EU membership this Monday.

15/02/2016

World News

Refugee crisis: European divisions deepen over moves to tighten borders

The asylum seekers keep coming and Europe keeps arguing over what to do. Seeking to stem the flow across the continent, central and eastern European

15/02/2016

World

Medvedev: Syria, Ukraine and the economic crisis - an exclusive interview

Russia is increasingly feared by many in the West as a growing security threat, yet paradoxically it’s one of the key players in finding a solution

14/02/2016

United Kingdom

Cameron meets Merkel in last pre-summit referendum talks

British Prime Minister David Cameron has visited Germany for talks with Angela Merkel, among the last he’ll have before an EU summit next week when

13/02/2016

Economy

Eurozone GDP growth still weak, Greece in recession again

Eurozone economic growth continues to be weak. GDP expanded 0.3 percent in Q4 of 2015 and rose 1.5 percent year-on-year. Greece slipped back into recession.

12/02/2016

Germany

Syria 'cessation of hostilities' deal offers glimmer of hope

Implementation is the key to the new deal struck on Syria, with world powers aiming to bring an end to hostilities in a week. As US Secretary of

12/02/2016

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: EU turns up heat over migrant crisis

In this edition of Europe Weekly, the migrant crisis dominates. The EU is calling for more effort and solidarity within the bloc to reduce the flow

12/02/2016

Germany

Positive reactions to Syria ceasefire deal, but challenges lie ahead

Delegates in Munich have welcomed the agreement to cease hostilities in Syria. But challenges still lie ahead, as European Union Foreign Policy Chief

12/02/2016

Economy

Focus on the sharing economy

This week on UTalk, a question from James in London: What are the benefits of the so-called sharing economy for consumers? Guillermo Beltrà, Head of

12/02/2016