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Players union says freedom of movement not negotiable

Players union says freedom of movement not negotiable

May 25th, 2018 Footballers will not accept any restrictions to their freedom of movement rights in the European Union, their global union said on Friday in reply to comments by UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin the day before. Ceferin said he wanted the EU to consider whether football should be given an exemption to laws allowing the free movement...

Inundated with messages asking you ‘stay in touch’? Here’s why

Inundated with messages asking you ‘stay in touch’? Here’s why

May 24th, 2018 By Andria Kades A new EU regulation, the reason members of the public have been receiving a slew of emails and text messages recently, comes into effect on Friday. It has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web. The pan-EU law aims to give EU citizens more rights to control over their...

Booming economy, anti-migrant stance help Orban

Booming economy, anti-migrant stance help Orban

May 23rd, 2018 Doctor Rozalia Gorbe is not a fan of Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban but she understands why voters have turned in large numbers to his right-wing, anti-immigrant Fidesz party even in the multicultural district of Budapest where she works. Gorbe, a general practitioner, has more than 1,000 patients in Budapest's 8th District,...

Economists oppose 'high risk' Macron eurozone reform plan

Economists oppose 'high risk' Macron eurozone reform plan

May 22nd, 2018 Prominent German economists opposed French President Emmanuel Macron's euro zone reform proposals on Tuesday, dismissing them as risky and saying that the single currency bloc must not become a union in which liabilities were shared out. Macron wants to create a separate euro zone budget, appoint a finance minister and convert the...

Rival Bosnian police forces in standoff over migrant transfer

Rival Bosnian police forces in standoff over migrant transfer

May 18th, 2018 A convoy of buses carrying 270 migrants in Bosnia to a refugee centre was held up for hours on Friday in a standoff that exposed frictions between regional and national authorities in the multi-ethnic Balkan state. Armed police in a southern, Croat-dominated canton had turned back the convoy without explanation, surprising state...

Cyprus disagrees with any EU suspension of turtle-dove hunting

Cyprus disagrees with any EU suspension of turtle-dove hunting

May 18th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The game service said on Friday that it disagreed with the possible suspension of turtle-dove hunting on the instructions of EU agencies over what Brussels describes as alarmingly decreasing populations throughout Europe. The government however, the game service said, was against the possible suspension, citing a...

Estonian district adopts cannabis flag after online poll

Estonian district adopts cannabis flag after online poll

May 18th, 2018 A local government in Estonia has narrowly approved using a flag with an image of a cannabis leaf as its symbol after a online poll overwhelmingly voted for it. The name of the region, Kanepi, in southeastern Estonia, is derived from "kanep", the Estonian word for marijuana and the hemp that their ancestors grew and processed into...

EU ready to discuss cars with Trump to avert trade war

EU ready to discuss cars with Trump to avert trade war

May 17th, 2018 The European Union is ready to negotiate opening its markets wider to U.S. imports including cars, in a bid to avert a potential trade war with Washington, EU leaders said on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed import duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminium on grounds of national security but has...

Russia-Germany gas pipeline raises intelligence concerns

Russia-Germany gas pipeline raises intelligence concerns

May 17th, 2018 The planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany raises U.S. intelligence and military concerns since it would allow Moscow to place new listening and monitoring technology in the Baltic Sea, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. Sandra Oudkirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy, said in Berlin...

Tusk asks: 'With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?'

Tusk asks: 'With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?'

May 16th, 2018 US President Donald Trump has "rid Europe of all illusions" by quitting the Iran nuclear deal and driving trade disputes, the European Union chairman said on Wednesday, underlining the depth of trans-Atlantic discord. The 28 worried EU leaders are gathering in the Bulgarian capital for discussions over dinner on Wednesday on how to...

Europe not using good economic growth to reform, IMF says

Europe not using good economic growth to reform, IMF says

May 15th, 2018 European economic growth is strong, mainly thanks to domestic demand, but governments are not taking sufficient advantage of the good times to reduce their debt and implement reforms, the International Monetary Fund said in a forecast on Tuesday. The IMF forecast that growth in advanced European economies, mainly the euro zone, would...

Drop budget surplus 'fetish', Macron tells Berlin

Drop budget surplus 'fetish', Macron tells Berlin

May 10th, 2018 Germany must wean itself off the "fetish" of fiscal conservatism if it has ambitions to become a leading force for European renewal, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. The European Union needed to integrate more closely in the face of outside threats and resurgent nationalism within its borders. That included...

Cyprus misses EU targets on cutting flight delays

Cyprus misses EU targets on cutting flight delays

May 10th, 2018 Air traffic controllers received €2.84m in overtime pay and benefits for 2016, while Cyprus missed an EU-set target on flight delay timings, a report by the auditor general’s office on Thursday said. The pay for 2016 was an increase from the previous year which paid €2.79m to air traffic controllers, corresponding to an 8.3 per...

Orban: EU must give up 'nightmares' of United States of Europe

Orban: EU must give up 'nightmares' of United States of Europe

May 10th, 2018 The European Union should give up the "delusional nightmares" of a United States of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday in pledging to defend his nation's Christian values and fight EU migrant settlement quotas. Orban, a maverick anti-immigration nationalist, won re-election for a third straight four-year...

Europe's new data protection law: what will change?

Europe's new data protection law: what will change?

May 8th, 2018 The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the biggest overhaul of data privacy laws in over 20 years. The law will come into force on May 25, giving EU citizens new rights over how their personal data are used. Companies doing business in the EU will face new rules on how they handle people's data and stiff...

Commission, finance ministry expect strong growth, see risks

Commission, finance ministry expect strong growth, see risks

May 3rd, 2018 By Stelios Orphanides The European Commission said on Thursday it was expecting the Cypriot economy to grow 3.6 per cent this year and 3.3 per cent in 2019, slightly below the finance ministry’s forecasts also published today. “Economic growth is expected to be strong, fuelled by foreign-funded investment and solid private...

Hungary rejects 'blackmail' over EU funds

Hungary rejects 'blackmail' over EU funds

May 3rd, 2018 Hungary responded angrily on Thursday after the European Commission proposed cutting development funds to countries deemed to have undermined the rule of law, saying it would not yield to "blackmail". The EU's executive announced the plans in proposing a joint budget for 2021-27 on Wednesday, a move that could cost Hungary and Poland,...

Germany calls for 'clear mandate' in EU-US trade talks

Germany calls for 'clear mandate' in EU-US trade talks

May 2nd, 2018 European Union member states must give the EU trade commissioner a clear mandate for negotiations with the United States over a long-term exemption from U.S. metal tariffs, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. A top German minister earlier acknowledged differences on trade with France, only days after U.S. President...

EU Commission proposes €55bn for euro zone

EU Commission proposes €55bn for euro zone

May 2nd, 2018 The European Commission proposed on Wednesday 55 billion euros in the next long-term European Union budget for supporting investment in the euro zone during economic shocks, structural reforms and help join the euro. The money earmarked for the euro zone, or for those who plan to join it, is a response to calls from French President...

EU to act against countries flouting values, rule of law

EU to act against countries flouting values, rule of law

May 2nd, 2018 The European Union will cut funds for member states undermining the rule of law and risking to compromise spending of EU taxpayers' money, the bloc's executive said on Wednesday in its joint budget proposal for 2021-27. The plan comes in response to the eurosceptic, populist rulers in Poland and Hungary where governments have put...

Egypt preparing for a gas-rich future

Egypt preparing for a gas-rich future

April 29th, 2018 By Charles Ellinas Egypt is determined to drive and manage its rapidly expanding energy sector and ensure that the new liberalised industry and systems are run on international standards, Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Tareq El Molla has said. Speaking at the International Gas Union (IGU) Workshop in Cairo on April 19, El Molla said...

Madrid removes Franco-era place names of streets

Madrid removes Franco-era place names of streets

April 27th, 2018 Workmen in Madrid removed street signs bearing names connected to the rule of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on Friday despite opposition from some in Spain who believe his legacy should be preserved. Madrid's city council said some 49 streets would be renamed over the coming days. The process has been fraught with legal disputes...

Skopje expects to get date to start EU membership talks soon

Skopje expects to get date to start EU membership talks soon

April 27th, 2018 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) expects to secure a date soon to start membership talks with the European Union and will step up its efforts to implement the reforms needed to join, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Friday. FYROM won its candidacy status in 2005, but the accession talks remain blocked by Greece due to a...

EU nations back ban on insecticides to protect honey bees

EU nations back ban on insecticides to protect honey bees

April 27th, 2018 European Union countries backed a proposal on Friday to ban all use outdoors of insecticides known as neonicotinoids that studies have shown can harm bees. The ban, championed by environmental activists, covers the use of three active substances - imidacloprid developed by Bayer CropScience, clothianidin developed by Takeda Chemical...

Cavusoglu: Greek Cypriots cannot grasp the notion of a common future

Cavusoglu: Greek Cypriots cannot grasp the notion of a common future

April 27th, 2018 Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots will shortly define a roadmap for the way forward in Cyprus, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying on Friday. In an interview with the Dogan news agency, Cavusoglu said a solution would be found that would “guarantee the welfare and security of the Turkish...

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