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Not enough progress on Brexit to open trade talks: EU
Sep 28, 2017 17:16The European Union and Britain have not made enough progress to move to the next phase of Brexit discussions about a transition period or a future trade deal, according to EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
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EU plans to accept 50,000 refugees from Africa, Mideast
Sep 27, 2017 14:22The EU unveiled plans Wednesday to take at least 50,000 refugees directly from Africa, the Middle East and Turkey to discourage refugee boats from making the risky Mediterranean crossing.
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Certain Western states still back terror groups in Syria: Assad
Sep 17, 2017 13:43Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says “certain Western countries” still support, directly or indirectly, terrorist organizations and groups in Syria despite the fact that this wrong policy has already backfired on their governments and people.
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Lithuania proposes creation of ‘military Schengen’
Sep 09, 2017 03:52Lithuania has proposed the creation of a “military Schengen” zone within the European Union (EU), where defense cooperation among member states would be increased.
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Newly leaked document reveals UK plans to block low-skilled EU workers
Sep 07, 2017 00:29Britain will end the free movement of labor immediately after Brexit and introduce restrictions to block the entry of low-skilled workers from the European Union and strip EU citizens of rights to bring family members to Britain, a leaked government paper suggests.
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UK home to up to 25,000 Takfiri extremists: EU official
Sep 02, 2017 03:07The European Union’s top terror official has warned that Britain is home to up to 25,000 Takfiri extremists who could pose a terrorist threat to the country as well as other EU countries.
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UK's Brexit demands 'simply impossible': EU
Sep 01, 2017 00:35Michel Barnier, the European Union’s Chief Negotiator for Britain’s exit from the EU commonly referred to as Brexit, has scolded his British counterpart, describing London’s exit demands as “simply impossible.”
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EU condemns Israel’s demolition of Palestinian schools on eve of school season
Aug 25, 2017 02:38The European Union has condemned the demolition of three Palestinian schools in the occupied West Bank just a day before the start of the school year following summer break.
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Armed Libyan militia halting refugee boat departures to Europe
Aug 22, 2017 08:19A local armed group in a Libyan coastal city west of the capital Tripoli has reportedly been halting refugee boats from setting out across the Mediterranean, leading to a rapid drop in the risky sea voyage over the past month.
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Portugal asks for help from Europe to fight forest fires
Aug 13, 2017 12:14More than 3,000 firemen struggled to put out forest fires across Portugal on Sunday, after the country requested assistance from Europe to fight blazes that threaten to spread with more hot weather in the coming days.