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EU warns eastern neighbours of long road to closer ties

EU leaders say they want to continue building ties with their eastern neighbours, despite pressure from Russia. However, officials say that process

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Juncker to Hungarian PM Orban: "Hello, Dictator!"

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United Kingdom

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Latvia

EU Eastern Partnership talks set for compromise declaration

European leaders are due to continue talks with former Soviet nations in Latvia on Friday hoping to forge closer ties. But Moscow claims the

Italy

Italian navy carries 900 illegal migrants to Sicily

An Italian navy ship carried a dead body among the 900 illegal migrants brought to shore on Thursday in the Sicilian port of Augusta. The men, women

Israel

Netanyahu supports call for a two-state solution with Palestinians

Israel and the European Union have renewed calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It came during EU foreign policy chief

World News

EU refusal to accept migrant quotas 'unacceptable'

The debate over European Union migrant quotas has become more heated with the Commission deputy chief saying it is ‘unacceptable’ for EU states to

Europe News

European Parliament backs 'conflict minerals' law

EU lawmakers have narrowly backed tougher rules aimed at limiting the import of conflict minerals. The European Parliament voted in favour of the

World News

EU migrant quota plans hit rough water

European Union plans to cope with the vast numbers of migrants risking their lives crossing the Mediterranean to get to Europe appear close to

Hungary

Hungary's Orban: EU nations should have power over death penalty

Just more than three weeks after his controversial comments on restoring the death penalty, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been defending

Europe News

EU unwraps plan to cut back on red tape

EU officials have unveiled a plan to slim down what critics say is bloated bureaucracy made in Brussels. The European Commission says a new leaner

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Migrant speaks of hopes, as EU leaders set sights on tackling people smugglers

Migrants are calling for more support for Italy, as Brussels sets its sights on targeting gangs smuggling people into Europe. Abu Daouda, 20, from

Europe News

NGOs, left-wing MEPs seek tougher rules on 'conflict minerals'

Campaigners are calling on MEPs to toughen up European rules on ‘conflict minerals’. The European Parliament is set to vote on European Commission

World

EU membership remains Serbia's priority, says PM Aleksandar Vucic

Though the past is difficult to forget at times, Serbia has its sights on the future. In this edition of The Global Conversation Isabelle Kumar meets Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to talk Kosovo, EU membership and press freedom.

World News

EU agrees to people smuggling crackdown in Libya

The EU has agreed a mission to fight against people smugglers operating in Libya. A naval operation will start next month with its headquarters based

Europe News

EU set to OK plan to destroy smugglers' boats

EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels on Monday to approve a mission aimed at destroying boats used by people smugglers in Libya. It forms

Afghanistan

Briton among at least 3 dead in Taliban attack on EU vehicle in Afghanistan

One Briton is among at least three killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack on a EUPOL vehicle in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

World News

Germany helps rescue 300 migrants, as row grows over EU plan

A newborn baby is among nearly 300 migrants taken ashore at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo

World

African migrants suffer even if they manage to reach Europe

Border police in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, at the northern tip of Morocco, discovered an Ivorian boy hidden in a suitcase. By just a few euros

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