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Norway

Norway's Labour party holds coalition talks in bid to form government

The leaders of the Labour, Centre and Socialist Left parties have met in Oslo for coalition talks for the first time since this month's election.

Spain

Sanchez meets Catalan separatists and says solving impasse needs time

Spain’s prime minister and Catalonia's leader met on Wednesday to restart negotiations hoping to find a solution to the ongoing political crisis over separatist demands.

Mexico

Venezuela's government and opposition hold talks in Mexico City

Venezuela's government and opposition discuss ending sanctions and holding elections in a bid to end a crippling political and economic crisis.

Bulgaria

Bulgaria's President pushes for government talks to avoid 3rd election

Bulgaria's President Ruman Radev had urged parties to hold coalition talks to avoid a third parliamentary election.

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Qatar

Taliban continue talks whilst making big gains on the battlefield

Government forces are struggling to hold onto Afghanistan's major towns and cities whilst the Taliban continue to take large rural districts.

Sweden

Sweden's conservative party fails to form majority government

The failure means that the ousted Social Democrat prime minister Stefan Löfven has been tasked again with forming an executive.

Iran

Iran cautiously optimistic about nuclear deal talks in Vienna

The talks in Austria's capital are aimed at bringing the United States back into the world powers' 2015 deal with Tehran on its nuclear programme.

Turkey

Greek and Turkish foreign ministers clash at press conference

The talks were arranged to improve relations between the NATO allies but descended into accusations.

World News

Post-Brexit deal: How exactly do the EU-UK positions differ?

Euronews explains the differing EU and UK positions over fishing rights, competition rules and how a deal should be enforced.

World News

Brexit talks: 'Narrow path' exists to a deal, von der Leyen tells MEPs

The European Commission president says some progress has been made in trade talks but she cannot say whether a deal with the UK will be struck or not.

Europe News

Barnier hints at Brexit progress as French minister slams UK 'madness'

The EU's chief negotiator implies key sticking points have been reduced to fishing rights and competition rules as talks resume in Brussels.

World News

Can the post-Brexit transition period be extended? If not, why not?

If the UK and EU fail to strike a trade deal, pressure is likely to grow for some mechanism to offset the worst effects of a 'no-deal scenario'.

World News

'Firm decision' to be made on UK-EU trade talks by Sunday, leaders say

Leaders say 'very large gaps remain' amid fears of no post-Brexit deal, following talks between UK PM Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels

World News

Brexit deal looking 'very tricky', UK PM says ahead of Brussels talks

The British leader told reporters on Tuesday he remains "optimistic" a deal can be secured but warned that "it's looking very, very difficult at the moment."

World News

Barnier 'gloomy' on progress amid final drive for Brexit trade deal

EU and UK negotiators try again to bridge gaps but whether or not a deal can be done may depend on political leaders as time runs out.

World News

What does a no-deal Brexit mean? Key players' views in their own words

For Boris Johnson it would be a 'good outcome'; for many in industry, farming and other walks of life, a disaster. Here's what they say failure to strike a post-Brexit deal would mean.

My Europe Series

Brexit talks endgame: Does the political will exist to strike a deal?

Brexit trade talks went into a near-blackout 'tunnel' several weeks ago. Whether there is light at the end of it, or a dead end, remains unclear. One EU source has even identified Thursday as decision day: "Either an accord is reached, or it will be the end".

United Kingdom

Brexit talks: Cummings goes but does it make a trade deal more likely?

Boris Johnson's office says his special adviser's abrupt departure does not change the government's insistence that an EU deal must respect UK sovereignty.

United Kingdom

UK: Cummings to quit as Downing Street in-fighting clouds Brexit talks

A power struggle among Boris Johnson's top advisers has cast doubt on the government's focus on securing a Brexit trade deal and tackling the coronavirus pandemic.

World News

MEPs set to win extra €16 billion for EU budget in compromise deal

The compromise on the EU budget settles an internal spending row which threatened to hold up funding to fight the coronavirus pandemic.