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EU KEBAB MEAT MOVE COULD MAKE DONER A GONER
European parliament phosphates ban would sound death knell for nightclubber's favoured snack, industry warns... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WARNS MEPS NOT TO PINCH THEIR STAFF IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT GUIDEBOOK
The official booklet is accompanied by a poster campaign in the parliament to convince handsy MEPs to leave their staff alone... READ MORE›
BAHA'I WOMAN SURVIVED A DECADE IN IRANIAN JAIL BY WRITING POETRY
Her Baha'i beliefs in peace, altruism and humanity were, undoubtedly, instrumental to Mahvash Sabet's perseverance in prison. But she also relied on something else poetry... READ MORE›
EU LIKELY TO REFUSE TO START BREXIT TRADE TALKS IN DECEMBER, WARNS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEADER
The prime minister will travel to Brussels on Nov. 24 to speak to leading MEPs in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock... READ MORE›
PROBLEMS IN PRISONS PREDATE TORY RULE
However, placing the blame so firmly on austerity misses the key point that prisons have always been in crisis... READ MORE›
BEHIND FRANCE'S TWO-YEAR STATE OF EMERGENCY
In numbers Behind France's two-year state of emergency... READ MORE›
TORY MPS LABEL PROSPECT OF GOVERNMENT GIVING SOME PRISONERS VOTING RIGHTS 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE'A
Tory MPs have labelled the prospect of the Government granting some prisoners voting rights totally unacceptable as Theresa May faced a growing rebellion on the issue... READ MORE›
EU'S FULL MENU OF NON-BREXIT OFFERINGS MAY EASE U.K. DEPARTURE
The European Union says it has plenty on its to-do list besides managing Brexit... READ MORE›
EU TOO? LAWMAKERS DENOUNCE HARASSMENT IN BRUSSELS
I have been sexually harassed, just like millions of other women in the European Union, German member Terry Reintke said... READ MORE›
BREXIT CAN BE STOPPED BY UK, EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT DONALD TUSK SAYS
The president of the European Council has suggested the UK could still decide to reverse Brexit... READ MORE›
EU PRESIDENT DONALD TUSK SAYS BREXIT CAN STILL BE REVERSED
European Union President Donald Tusk revived the notion that the U.K... READ MORE›
CAN FRANCE'S MACRON REFORM EU RULES ON 'POSTED WORKERS'?
The European Commission has proposed three years, while some of the Eastern European countries want it postponed for five years, according to French daily Le Figaro... READ MORE›
BRITAIN CAN STILL CANCEL BREXIT BUT 'NO-DEALERS' HAVE NO FRIENDS IN BRUSSELS, SAY EU PRESIDENTS
The British government could still cancel Brexit, Donald Tusk has said, as Jean-Claude Juncker declared that 'no dealers' had no friends in Brussels... READ MORE›
CATALONIA'S BANKS PREPARE TO MOVE AMID FEARS OF CUSTOMER EXODUS
They don't want clients in Madrid to see them as Catalan banks, nor clients in Barcelona to see them as Spanish banks... READ MORE›
'IT'S TIME TO TALK': EU AGAIN URGES DIALOGUE IN SPAIN
It's time to talk, the European Commission's deputy head, Frans Timmermans, told the European Parliament during an emergency debate on the crisis in Spain... READ MORE›
CATALAN PRESIDENT ACCUSES SPANISH KING OF BEING GOVERNMENT MOUTHPIECE
Carles Puigdemont calls for dialogue with Madrid but says he will press on with plans for declaration of independence... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SAYS SUFFICIENT PROGRESS NOT MADE AS IT URGES EU LEADERS TO DELAY NEXT PHASE OF TALKS
MEPs have delivered a blow to Theresa May by demanding talks on a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU are delayed because of Britain's confused stance... READ MORE›
EU SETS NEW TRADE RULES TO LIMIT CHEAP CHINESE IMPORTS
The European Union agreed new rules on Tuesday to guard against excessively cheap Chinese imports, ending 18 months of wrangling over trade ties with Beijing... READ MORE›
EU TO REFORM SALES TAX, END APPEAL OF LOW-RATE STATES IN BLOW TO AMAZON
Some countries, including Luxembourg and Ireland, also charge a super-reduced VAT rate for certain goods... READ MORE›
EU DEMANDS MORE BREXIT CLARITY FROM MAY BEFORE MOVE TO TRADE
We cannot talk about the future without any real clarity, Juncker told EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
LATEST BREXIT TALKS MARK 'CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS' ALTHOUGH IN DRIBS AND DRABS[1]
She also pledged to restrict access to Britain for EU citizens and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in Britain... READ MORE›
PENALTYGATE THREATENS TO HALT PSGS LIGHTNING START
On Sunday, Marseille host Toulouse hoping to build on back-to-back wins over Amiens last weekend and against Konyaspor in the Europa League... READ MORE›
BRUSSELS AIRPORT DEPORTS DANISH WOMAN WEARING NIQAB
A Danish citizen coming from Tunis refused to take off her niqab at our border... READ MORE›
EU CHIEF JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER SAYS BLOC BOUNCING BACK AFTER CRISIS-HIT DECADE
The wind is back in Europe's sail, he said in an upbeat hour-long annual State of the European Union address in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Strasbourg
CHECHEN AUTHORITIES ARRESTING AND KILLING GAY MEN, RUSSIAN PAPER SAYS
The group had not applied for a permit in Chechnya, but in another Muslim region in southern Russia, Kabardino-Balkaria... READ MORE›
GERMAN HIGH COURT COULD OUTLAW NEO-NAZI PARTY
Lawmakers brought case against Germany's far-right National Democratic Party... READ MORE›
I WILL OPEN GATES FOR MIGRANTS TO ENTER EUROPE IF EU BLOCKS MEMBERSHIP TALKS
However, the European Parliament's rapporteur on Turkey, Kati Piri, tweeted that linking the deal on migration with the EU accession talks was wrong from the beginning... READ MORE›
EU OFFICIALS 'BELIEVE BRITAIN WILL GIVE UP ON BREXIT IF THEY MAKE NEGOTIATIONS TOUGH ENOUGH'
He said Britain must not underestimate the determination of the rest of Europe to deprive the UK of its EU financial passporting rights and euro clearing... READ MORE›
CELLPHONE USE SKYROCKETS. BILLS JUMP. TIME TO BE FREED FROM DATA CAPS?
The data thing -- it's insane how much they want to charge for data in Ontario compared to Saskatchewan... READ MORE›
MUSLIM PARENTS MUST SEND CHILDREN TO MIXED SWIMMING LESSONS, EUROPEAN COURT RULESA
Muslims girls in Switzerland must not be exempt from mixed swimming lessons, the European Court of Human Rights ECHR has said, in a potentially groundbreaking ruling... READ MORE›
EU COURT REJECTS MIGRANT QUOTA CHALLENGE
Hungary and Slovakia opposed measures to relocate asylum seekers across Europe, drawn up in 2015... READ MORE›
FAR-RIGHT LEADERS CASH IN ON INSTITUTION THEY MOCK
Independence Party, which has no lawmakers in the British Parliament, has 20 seats in the European Parliament, including the party's former leader, Nigel Farage... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO BLOCK TURKEY'S ATTEMPTS TO JOIN EU
Turkey's European Union Minister Omer Celik was dismissive of Thursday's vote... READ MORE›
COURT RULES HOSPITAL CAN WITHDRAW LIFE SUPPORT FOR SICK BABY
Charlie's parents appealed to the UK Supreme Court to decide the best interests of their child... READ MORE›
THE INDUSTRY OF INEQUALITY: WHY THE WORLD IS OBSESSED WITH PRIVATE SECURITY
In the UK, the Confederation of European Security Services CoESS said there were 232,000 private security guards in 2015... READ MORE›
FAREWELL TO THE ECJ? WE MAY END UP OBEYING LAWS BUT HAVING NO SAY IN THEM
Why exactly is the European court of justice ECJ the subject of such unrelenting vilification by the Brexiters?... READ MORE›
VLADIMIR PUTIN CANCELS PARIS TRIP AS DIPLOMATIC CRISIS OVER SYRIA DEEPENS
French diplomatic sources said the Kremlin pulled out after Mr Hollande refused to discuss anything at a planned bilateral meeting other than the Syrian crisis... READ MORE›
FRENCH TERRORISM SUSPECTS APPEARED ANYTHING BUT
Authorities are wary of an attack, especially after the arrests... READ MORE›
BRIGITTE MACRON: EVER PRESENT BESIDE FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL
Emmanuel macron the french outsider who would be president... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN UNION MAY CREATE NEW CLASS OF 'SUPRANATIONAL' MEPS AFTER BREXIT
A solution has to be found for the seats made vacant in the European Parliament after Brexit... READ MORE›
LAGGING IN POLLS FRENCH PRESIDENT WONT RUN AGAIN
Actually, though, unemployment has not budged significantly during Mr. Hollande's term... READ MORE›
AZERBAIJAN REVELATIONS SPARK 'GREAT CONCERN' AT COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Andres Herkel, an MP from Estonia - through which the Azerbaijani cash was routed - said Pace's credibility had been damaged by the allegations... READ MORE›
PUTIN POSTPONES PARIS VISIT AMID DIPLOMATIC ROW OVER SYRIA
Hollande told France's TMC channel on Monday in reference to the Russian president... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN 'GAY PROPAGANDA' LAW RULED DISCRIMINATORY BY EUROPEAN COURT
Russia joined the Council of Europe in 1996, bringing it under the jurisdiction of the human rights court... READ MORE›
DALAI LAMA AND DONALD TRUMP AGREE SYRIAN REFUGEES SHOULD RETURN HOME
Americans who believe the U.S. should not accept refugees from Syria and the Middle East have an unlikely ally the Dalai Lama... READ MORE›
'NOW WE NEED TO MAKE IT WORK,' PM TELLS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Trudeau has now travelled on to Berlin, where he met with German President Joachim Gauck and then joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel for an informal dinner... READ MORE›
SEX FOR WOMEN AFTER 50 IS IMPORTANT AFTER ALL EUROPEAN COURT RULES
Mrs. Morais, her lawyer said, now plans to go back to the courts in Portugal to reopen the case and seek greater damages... READ MORE›
GARRY KASPAROV WINS HUMAN RIGHTS CASE AGAINST RUSSIA
Kasparov unsuccessfully tried to bring legal action in Russia in 2007 before taking his case to Strasbourg... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO SUSPEND TALKS WITH TURKEY ON E.U. MEMBERSHIP
The vote, in Strasbourg, France, also raised the stakes for European Union governments that are loath to cut off the talks with Turkey... READ MORE›
EU VOTES FOR CITIZENS TO FUND THEIR OWN BRAINWASHING
Working in tandem with this media watchdog is another coterie of seven parliamentarians headed by the rabidly anti-Russian Polish MEP Anna Fotyga... READ MORE›
KREMLIN: OBAMA'S TRUMP CRITICISM ANTI-RUSSIAN, WON'T FOSTER BETTER TIES
Obama on Tuesday strongly criticized Trump for praising Russian President Vladimir Putin and for appearing on a TV channel, RT, funded by the Russian government... READ MORE›
BANGLADESHI FRUIT PICKERS SHOT AT BY GREEK FARMERS WIN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE
Morsed Chowdury, the lead applicant in the European case, and the human rights watchdog Amnesty International welcomed the decision taken by the court in Strasbourg, France... READ MORE›
650 CARS TORCHED IN FRENCH NYE 'TRADITION' (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
650 cars torched in French NYE 'tradition' PHOTOS, VIDEO -- RT News... READ MORE›
SOROS-FUNDED UNIVERSITY IN HUNGARY FACING CLOSURE FOLLOWING PARLIAMENT VOTE
The Central European University CEU, founded by the US billionaire investor in 1991, is the only international college in the country with no overseas affiliate... READ MORE›