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Paris apartment fire kills seven; 30 injured

Paris apartment fire kills seven; 30 injured

-- 2019-02-05 12:27:14

A fire in a Paris apartment building killed at least seven people and injured around 30 in the early hours of Tuesday, authorities said. The blaze at an eight-storey building in the city’s fash...

Germany's Merkel drops hint of a 'creative' Brexit compromise

Germany's Merkel drops hint of a 'creative' Brexit compromise

-- 2019-02-05 11:20:12

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday offered a way to break the deadlock over the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, calling for a “creative” compromise to allay con...

Sweden sees Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

Sweden sees Guaido as Venezuela's interim president

Reuters 2019-02-04 16:53:22

The European Union sees Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said on Monday. “In the current situation, we support and...

Turkey has maintained contacts with Syrian govt: Erdogan

Turkey has maintained contacts with Syrian govt: Erdogan

-- 2019-02-04 11:16:07

Turkey has maintained low-level contact with the Syrian government, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, even though Ankara has supported rebels who fought for years to topple President Bashar al-...

Britain’s royal family to be relocated in case of Brexit unrest

Britain’s royal family to be relocated in case of Brexit unrest

-- 2019-02-03 17:35:01

British officials have revived Cold War emergency plans to relocate the royal family should there be riots in London if Britain suffers a disruptive departure from the European Union next month, two S...

Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway

Snow traps thousands of cars on Italy motorway

-- 2019-02-03 14:45:47

Thousands of vehicles were stuck in long queues caused by heavy snow on Italy’s A22 motorway on Saturday, and firefighters rescued 200 people who had been trapped for hours in cars and buses. Q...

Brexit: Theresa May 'determined' to leave EU on time

Brexit: Theresa May 'determined' to leave EU on time

BBC 2019-02-03 12:10:47

Theresa May has said she is "determined" to deliver Brexit on time ahead of talks on the Irish backstop. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said she would return to Brussels with a "...

Belgium to host ex- Ivory Coast president after ICC acquittal

Belgium to host ex- Ivory Coast president after ICC acquittal

-- 2019-02-02 18:38:59

Belgium has agreed to host Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Under his conditional release, Mr Gbagbo will not be...

Russia suspends Cold War-era nuclear pact with US: Putin

Russia suspends Cold War-era nuclear pact with US: Putin

-- 2019-02-02 15:42:37

Russian President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with foreign and defence ministers on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty following a similar d...

EU states move to recognise Venezuela's Guaido: diplomats

EU states move to recognise Venezuela's Guaido: diplomats

-- 2019-02-02 10:24:41

European Union governments will move to recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president from next week, but using cautious language for fear of setting a precedent for political crises, t...

EU parliament recognises Guaido as Venezuelan interim president

EU parliament recognises Guaido as Venezuelan interim president

-- 2019-02-02 09:55:01

The European Parliament recognised Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state on Thursday, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s so...

Hundreds of schools get shut in UK due to weather

Hundreds of schools get shut in UK due to weather

-- 2019-02-01 19:12:40

Hundreds of schools across Wales and southern parts of England are closed due to snow and icy conditions. More than 500 schools are shut in Wales, with about 200 in Berkshire, 250 in Wiltshire and 30...

EU allows visa-free travel to UK citizens

EU allows visa-free travel to UK citizens

-- 2019-02-01 17:59:52

The European Union (EU) has agreed to give British citizens visa-free travel to member states, even if there is a no-deal Brexit, reports The Independent UK. A proposed new regulation, which sparked...

Swedish govt raises benefits for its poorest pensioners

Swedish govt raises benefits for its poorest pensioners

-- 2019-02-01 14:26:24

The Swedish government has announced that it would invest an extra 2.1 billion SEK (232 million US dollars) annually to increase security for pensioners who "have it the toughest". "We want to give a...

France to ban masks at protests amid unrest

France to ban masks at protests amid unrest

-- 2019-01-31 19:46:43

France's National Assembly has approved a law banning the wearing of masks at protests, and another to ban specific people from taking part in rallies. Wearing a mask could now result in a one-year p...

Russia, US talks to break nuclear treaty deadlock fail: Agencies

Russia, US talks to break nuclear treaty deadlock fail: Agencies

-- 2019-01-31 15:36:28

Russia and the United States failed to bridge their differences over a landmark Cold War-era arms treaty at last-ditch talks in Beijing, Russia’s deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying by...

UK MPs instruct May to renegotiate Brexit; EU says ‘No’

UK MPs instruct May to renegotiate Brexit; EU says ‘No’

-- 2019-01-30 11:52:50

British lawmakers have instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen a Brexit treaty with the European Union to replace a controversial Irish border arrangement - and promptly received a flat reject...

Russia describes US sanctions on Venezuela oil company as illegal

Russia describes US sanctions on Venezuela oil company as illegal

-- 2019-01-29 17:09:22

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described US sanctions, imposed on Venezuela’s state oil company, as illegal. The Russian foreign minister said the sanctions amounted to an attempt b...

Azov Sea standoff: Danish FM calls for EU sanctions on Russia

Azov Sea standoff: Danish FM calls for EU sanctions on Russia

-- 2019-01-29 13:38:20

Denmark’s foreign minister called on Tuesday for European Union-wide sanctions on Russia over a standoff with Ukraine in the Azov Sea. Anders Samuelsen will meet Ukraine’s foreign ministe...

Greek PM to announce minimum wage increase

Greek PM to announce minimum wage increase

-- 2019-01-28 19:44:55

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is expected to announce an increase in the minimum wage during a cabinet meeting on Monday, the first such wage hike in the country in almost a decade. Greece emer...

Brexit: Boris Johnson tells May to ditch Irish backstop

Brexit: Boris Johnson tells May to ditch Irish backstop

-- 2019-01-28 14:18:40

The most prominent Brexit campaigner in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative party said on Monday that she would get widespread support if she got the European Union to ditch the Irish back...

Prince Philip apologises to woman injured in car crash

Prince Philip apologises to woman injured in car crash

-- 2019-01-27 14:04:50

The Duke of Edinburgh has written to a woman injured in a car crash he was involved in near Sandringham at Norfolk in England to say that he is "deeply sorry". Prince Philip wished Emma Fairweather a...

Brexit date could be pushed back by a 'couple of extra weeks'

Brexit date could be pushed back by a 'couple of extra weeks'

-- 2019-01-26 17:29:23

The Brexit date could be pushed back by a couple of weeks to give time for legislation to be approved by members of parliament, the leader of Britain’s lower house of parliament Andrea Leadsom s...

Russia warns against setting deadlines for Libya elections

Russia warns against setting deadlines for Libya elections

-- 2019-01-26 11:21:04

Setting deadlines for elections in Libya is counterproductive as the political players need to agree first on a political solution to end the country’s conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

95,000 data breach complaints after adoption of EU privacy law

95,000 data breach complaints after adoption of EU privacy law

-- 2019-01-25 17:56:25

Europe’s data protection regulators have received more than 95,000 complaints about possible data breaches, eight months after the adoption of a landmark EU privacy law, the European Commission...

NATO-Russia meeting fails to break deadlock over Russian missile

NATO-Russia meeting fails to break deadlock over Russian missile

-- 2019-01-25 17:47:47

A meeting between NATO and Russian envoys on Friday failed to resolve a dispute over a new Russian cruise missile that Western allies say is a threat to Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg...

EU wants to seal trade deal with New Zealand this year

EU wants to seal trade deal with New Zealand this year

-- 2019-01-25 17:04:52

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Friday that he was aiming to clinch a trade deal with New Zealand this year. Informal talks for a trade deal between the 28-nation EU and the...

Police fire tear gas at Greek protesters

Police fire tear gas at Greek protesters

-- 2019-01-25 14:37:22

Greek police have used teargas to disperse crowds gathered outside parliament protesting a deal over the name of Macedonia. Several thousand people had assembled outside the Greek legislature chantin...

Turkey's Erdogan offers support for Venezuela's Maduro

Turkey's Erdogan offers support for Venezuela's Maduro

-- 2019-01-24 12:19:57

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and offered his support after a Venezuelan opposition leader declared himself interim president, a spokesman for the Turkish...

UK’s Labour party likely to support bid to stop no-deal Brexit

UK’s Labour party likely to support bid to stop no-deal Brexit

-- 2019-01-23 13:37:38

Britain’s opposition Labour Party is highly likely to back an amendment by lawmaker Yvette Cooper that could prevent a no-deal Brexit, the second most powerful man in the party said. The Cooper...