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[Ticker] Yazidi activists scoop EU rights prize
Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Ali Bashar, two women from the Yazidi minority in Syria, who were made into sex slaves by the jihadist group Islamic State, and who now campaign for Yazidi rights, have won this year’s European Parliament Sakharov prize for freedom of thought. Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader-in-exile of Crimea’s Tatar...
Romanian lawmakers cancel public broadcaster fees
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) slammed the Romanian parliament on Wednesday for abolishing a license fee for public radio and television and making it rely on state funds. The alliance of public broadcasters around the Continent said the move threatens the independence of Romanian public TV and radio. Making broadcaster TVR and Radio...
Barack Obama to visit Germany, Greece
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Europe next month, making stops in Germany and Greece. He will arrive in Greece on November 15 and meet with the prime minister and president “and reaffirm our support for ongoing efforts to place the Greek economy on a path to sustainability and renewed prosperity,” the White House said in a statement....
NATO and EU close ranks in bid to halt migrants, counter Russia
NATO and the EU will step up cooperation in response to recent aggressive military activity by Russia, and the alliance will act this week to accept a formal role in support of Operation Sophia, the EU’s effort to stop the flow of migrants through the central Mediterranean, senior NATO officials said Tuesday. The NATO effort in the...
Get ready for Merkexit
Brexit might be the biggest challenge European leaders may be facing in the coming year. But it’s not the only one. The turmoil in the United Kingdom has overshadowed the possibility of another dramatic exit from the European scene — if German Chancellor Angela Merkel decides not to run for a fourth term. Although Merkel is still likely to...
Russia’s plan for Europe: Punish Germany, divide the EU, pressure Ukraine
Richard Herzinger, a columnist at German daily Die Welt, argues that Vladimir Putin is making tentative steps to extend Russian power into Europe. The fall of Angela Merkel is at the top of the Russian president’s wish-list. The Kremlin’s willingness to meddle in foreign affairs has only grown since the Ukraine crisis. Herzinger...
Russia accuses UK of ‘shrinking’ its London embassy
Russian ambassador to the U.K. Alexander Yakovenko lashed at the British government, blaming it for reduced number of staff at the embassy in London. He said British authorities are failing to issue visas for Russians to take up posts at the embassy and replace outgoing staff. “The embassy is shrinking and if it continues the embassy will be...
EU set for ‘dirty Brexit’
Forget hard Brexit or soft Brexit, European officials have been instructed to prepare for a “dirty Brexit.” Theresa May had hoped to use her first European Council meeting to prepare for smooth divorce negotiations early next year. But EU leaders were not in a cooperative mood. The U.K. prime minister’s confrontational Conservative Party...
Italy shields Russia from EU sanctions threat
Italy has shielded Russia and Syria from a threat of sanctions, amid warnings by some leaders that Moscow was trying to “weaken” the EU. …read more Source:...
Italy shields Russia from EU sanctions threat
Italy has shielded Russia and Syria from a threat of sanctions, amid warnings by some leaders that Moscow was trying to “weaken” the EU. …read more Source:...
