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Italy: 220 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

As EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, more than 200 migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard on Thursday.

Belgium

EU to boost migrant patrols

European leaders have agreed to treble the budget of the EU’s Triton search and rescue operation in a bid to save the lives of migrants attempting to

World News

EU agrees to triple rescue funding for Mediterranean migrants

EU leaders are to triple funding for the search and rescue of migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. European Commission President

Europe News

EU Cuba "achieve progress"

On the second leg of a European tour, Cuba’s foreign minister was in Brussels Wednesday to meet with his EU counterpart Federica Mogherini. At a

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World News

Hundreds more migrants land in Italy as protests put pressure on politicians

As European leaders wrestle with the human exodus of African migrants in the Mediterranean and the traffickers putting their lives in danger, yet

Libya

Libya detains 600 migrants as Europe struggles with tragedies

Libya says it has stopped several boats packed with migrants since this weekend's shipwreck disaster, and that it is detaining more than 600 Africans who were hoping to reach Europe.

Libya

Migrant ship captain accused of multiple homicide over shipwreck

The captain of the migrant ship involved in Sunday’s disaster off Libya has been detained in Sicily, alongside a crew member – both suspected of

Italy

Fears that 30,000 migrants could die crossing Mediterranean in 2015

A dire warning has been issued as survivors of Sunday’s shipwreck arrived in Sicily, after a disaster that left up to 900 people dead. It is feared

World News

Refugee NGOs take apart EU's 10-point plan on migrants crisis

Europe News

EU set to charge Gazprom in antitrust case

European regulators will formally charge Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom with anti-competitive practices, say sources in Brussels.

Europe News

EU sets up migrant task force

European ministers have put forward a 10-point plan in response to the ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean. It includes boosting EU search

World

Migrant crisis: What options does Europe have?

Another hulk vessel in which hundreds drowned lies on the Mediterranean Sea bed. The latest loss of migrants’ lives is the worst since October 2013

World News

Migrants accept death risk, enrich Mediterranean traffickers

Hundreds of immigrant survivors of desperate Mediterranean crossings fill the Lampedusa reception centre. They are among the rising thousands who

Italy

EU under pressure to prevent Mediterranean Sea deaths

As news broke of another migrant ship sinking off the Greek island of Rhodes an Italian patrol ship docked in Malta. The corpses of 24 people

Europe News

EU in crisis meeting over migrant deaths

European ministers are holding a crisis meeting after more than 700 migrants drowned this weekend while attempting to reach the Italian shore.

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Google back in spotlight over 'abuse' of market dominance

In this edition of Europe Weekly, Google is under pressure as EU anti-trust officials look to charge the US firm with abuse of market dominance; NGOs

Belgium

King Felipe VI of Spain receives box set of 'Game of Thrones' on a visit to Brussels

King Felipe VI has visited European Institutions in Brussels. He was greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in what was the

Italy

6,000 migrants plucked to safety from Mediterranean in last 5 days

Nearly 6,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past five days, including a newborn baby. On Wednesday (April 15) 400

USA

Google defends its success

Google’s mission statement is both simple and vastly ambitious: “organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible”. So far so good

World News

John Kerry reassures G7 powers on Iran nuclear deal

The G7 powers discuss the looming Iran nuclear deal amid fears the US Congress may throw a spanner in the works.