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EU agrees 'end' to mobile roaming fees

It’s that dreaded moment of every summer holiday. The long break that you’ve been looking forward all year can be ruined by the eye-watering phone

Hungary

Riot breaks out at Hungarian migrant camp

Hungarian police were called to break up fighting at a migrant camp in the eastern city of Debrecen on Monday. Rubbish had been set on fire and

Economy

Greece to default on IMF loan on Tuesday as banks close and panic buying begins

Greeks stood around outside shuttered banks as a new week began during which Tuesday’s IMF payment of 1.6 billion euros won’t be paid, and by next

Economy

Greece stands close to eurozone exit ahead of austerity referendum

Which way now for Greece? With a 1.6 billion euro repayment to the IMF likely to be missed, Athens could be struggling for options on how it can

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Tunisia

Three European interior ministers visit Tunisia to stand together against terrorism

The interior ministers of Britain, France and Germany stood alongside their Tunisian counterpart on Monday to stand firm and united against

Economy

EU chief Juncker pleads with Greeks to defy their government and vote for EU aid package

EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker urged Greeks on Monday to back a cash-for-reform package rejected by their government, saying a ‘no’ vote in

Economy

Battle brewing in Athens over bailout deal

The Greek Prime Minister is heading back to Athens and an emergency cabinet meeting is on the cards as crisis talks speed towards another potential deadline.

Economy

Tsipras says creditors trying to "blackmail" Athens

Behind the smiles, tensions are mounting between Greek Prime Minister Tsipras and his European partners – just hours before Saturday’s (June 27)

Economy

Europe Weekly: EU Summit agrees on migrants...but still no deal for Greece

World News

Europe's green credentials, how do they measure up?

The EU remains in the top three greenhouse gas emitters along with China and the US, but while the EU is decreasing its output, China's emissions have been skyrocketing since 2000.

My Europe Series

All you need to know about using your driving licence across EU borders

Mutual recognition of driving licenses and validity of insurance across borders in Europe is a long-established principle within the EU. But it

Greece

Eurogroup meeting ends without Greece reforms agreement

The latest Eurogroup meeting wrapped up in Brussels on Wednesday evening without a formal agreement between Greece and its creditors. A spokesperson

Ukraine

War, Russia, Poverty: Europeans' 'negative' view of Ukraine

It was French writer Gustave Flaubert who said there is no truth, only perception. According to the Institute of World Policy in Kyiv, Europeans have

World News

EU launches "intelligence gathering " mission against migrant smuggler gangs

One person was killed and another seriously injured when a rubber dinghy carrying migrants headed for Italy came under fire off the Libyan coast on

Greece

Greece puts forward new proposals to end crisis

With zero hour fast approaching on the Greek debt crisis, Greece has submitted a new set of proposals in an effort to reach an agreement with its

Greece

Greek debt mountain a huge summit to overcome

Greece is in dire need of fresh money or it may well default on an International Monetary Fund repayment by the end of the month. The Greeks a

World News

EU foreign ministers agree new operation against people smugglers

Ending the trade in migrants run by people smugglers. That’s the aim of a fresh operation launched on Monday by the EU. It’s expected the first

Greece

Greek debt summit

Greece

Greek PM faces day of crucial bailout talks in Brussels

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to meet the country’s creditors ahead of today’s emergency eurozone summit in Brussels. On Sunday he made a

Belgium

With the Greeks in Brussels, thousands turn out in solidarity protest

Standing with Greece in Brussels, several thousand people gathered in the Belgian capital and symbolic heart of the EU ahead of crunch talks on