Category: EU Policy

Nord Stream 2: It’s the Ukraine gas transit, stupid

By Kostis Geropoulos

Abdeslam fingerprints found in Forest apartment

By NEOnline | IR

EU leaders agree on final deal, prepare now the signing with Turkey

Tusk presents compromise proposals to EU leaders after 3 bilateral meetings with Davutoğlu

By Irene Kostaki

The Republican chess game with the Supreme Court

By NEOnline | IR

epa04664815 Efraim Zuroff, a US-born Israeli historian and director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Jerusalem, talks to media during events within the 'Latvian Legion Day', in Riga, Latvia, 16 March 2015. The Latvian Legion was a formation within the Nazi-era 'Waffen SS' consisting mainly of ethnic Latvian members. The Latvian Legion Day commemorates a World War II battle from 16 to 18 March 1944 in which Latvian Waffen-SS division fought against Soviet Red Army troops and forced them to withdraw from an embattled hillside. EPA/VALDA KALNINA

Latvian Antisemitism: a recurring theme every March

By NEOnline | IR

epa04507123 Chicken loock through the bars of their locked coop in Flintbek, northern Germany, 28 November 2014. The German Research Institute is recommending a pen requirement for areas with high numbers of wild birds after the outbreak of avian flu. Poultry farmers in parts of Germany have been ordered to lock up their flocks, following the discovery of flu pathogen H5N8 in a wild bird in Europe on 22 November. The bird flu virus has been found in recent months at poultry farms in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain. EPA/CARSTEN REHDER

Jail time for Romanian MP trading votes for chicken

By NEOnline | IR

epa04684270 A combo photograph showing (top) Saint Peter's Basilica is seen lit before lights were turned off and (bottom) Saint Peter's Basilica stands in darkness after lights were turned out for one hour to mark Earth Hour, Vatican City, 28 March 2015. 170 countries and 1200 monuments' lights are to be switched off at exactly 8.30pm local hours, taking part in the operation Earth Hour for its 2015 edition. Launched by the World Wide Foundation, the event is meant to highlight the importance to fight global warming. EPA/CLAUDIO PERI

European Parliament to go dark for Earth Hour

epa05217279 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaves at the end of the first day of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, early 18 March 2016. Others are not identified. EU leaders on 17 and 18 March are discussing a deal with Turkey that is aimed at tackling the migration crisis and curb migration into the bloc. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

EU reaches common position on proposals for Turkey, but deal far from sure

28 EU leaders show ‘understanding’ while issues over Turkey and Cyprus remain open

By Irene Kostaki

epa05215910 European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at a press conference on the side of a two-days European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2016. EU leaders on 17 and 18 March are to discuss a deal with Turkey that is aimed to tackle the migration crisis and curb migration into the bloc. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

EU leaders are nearing an agreement on Turkey, refugees

epa04965312 Austrian Max Schrems waits for the verdict of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, 06 October 2015. Max Schrems filed a data privacy infringement lawsuits against Facebook, the online social networking service . EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

Privacy Shield: a transatlantic partnership with many opponents

By NEOnline | IR

epa05216559 (L-R) President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, French President Francois Hollande, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and European Council President Donald Tusk during the first day of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2016. EU leaders on 17 and 18 March are to discuss a deal with Turkey that is aimed to tackle the migration crisis and curb migration into the bloc. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND

European Commission presents plan on human capital and technical assistance to Greece

By Irene Kostaki

epa05216166 French President Francois Hollande (L) with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2-R) and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (R) on the side of an European Summit in Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2016. EPA/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / POOL

Greece asks for more time and technical support to implement new asylum services

By Irene Kostaki

epa05091610 French Minister of the Interior Bernard Cazeneuve arrives near a shooting scene after a man reportedly carrying a knife attempted to enter a Paris police station in the Goutte d'Or area, northern Paris, France, 07 January 2016. A man was shot dead outside a Paris police station after apparently attacking the facility, amid fears that the incident might be an act of terrorism. Luc Poignant of the police union said the man allegedly shouted 'Allah is great' as he approached the facility. The incident comes on the one-year anniversary of an Islamist attack on the offices of satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that prompted three days of terror and shootings in the city, ultimately resulting in 17 civilian deaths and the deaths of three Islamists as police closed in on them. EPA/IAN LANGSDON

Four arrests amidst fear of another Paris attack

By NEOnline | IR

epa04502417 Plastic bottles and other debris float on the banks of the Anacostia River in Washington DC, USA, 24 November 2014. Environmental groups routinely list the river as one of the most polluted waterways in America. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

Multinationals react to Montreal’s total ban on plastic bottles

By NEOnline | IR

epa05215901 President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz (L) and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) give a press conference on the side of a two-days European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2016. EU leaders on 17 and 18 March are to discuss a deal with Turkey that is aimed to tackle the migration crisis and curb migration into the bloc. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

Juncker and Schulz appear “reasonably confident” of reaching a deal prior to EU Council

By Irene Kostaki

epa04793144 A participant points to his laptop screen before the start of the Potsdam Conference for National Cyber Security at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, 11 June 2015. Representatives form politics, administration, economics, and science are convening to discuss courses of action in cyber security at the conference, which is taking place for the third time. EPA/RALF HIRSCHBERGER

Swedish publishers organize collective campaign against ad blockers

epaselect epa05214578 US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with his nominee to the United States Supreme Court; Merrick Garland (C), Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit; beside US Vice President Joe Biden (L), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 16 March 2016. Obama is nominating Judge Garland to fill the vacancy created by the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Republican leadership in the Senate has stated they will not consider any person nominated by Obama. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Obama nominates judge Garland for the Supreme Court

By NEOnline | IR

epa05212294 People left carnations near to the scene of an explosion, in the aftermath in Ankara, Turkey, 15 March 2016. An explosion near a bus station on 13 March, killed 34 people injuring 125 more, according to latest media reports. EPA/SEDAT SUNA

PKK offshoot claims responsibility for Ankara attack

By NEOnline | IR

epa05215555 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C) is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker (L) and EU Council President Donald Tusk (R) at the EU Council in Brussels, Belgium, 17 March 2016. Poroshenko is on a working visit in Brussels to hold talks with EU leaders that include the topics Minsk agreement and visa. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ/POOL

Tusk: EU doesn’t accept Russia’s “illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol”

epa05200965 Demonstrators wear masks depicting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during a protest against the cloning of farm animals, in The Hague, The Netherlands, 08 March 2016. The activists offered a petition to the international animal welfare organization Compassion in World Farming with more than 10,000 signatures for a ban on cloning. The banner they carry reads, 'Cloning? Nobody wants that.' EPA/REMKO DE WAAL

New Eurobarometer asks about animal welfare

epa05214266 European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans speaks during a press briefing in Brussels, Belgium, 16 January 2016. Timmermans outlined the Commission's proposals for an EU-Turkey deal, to be discussed by EU leaders during a summit on 17 and 18 March, to curb migration into the bloc with Turkey's help. EPA/LAURENT DUBRULE

Six EU Commission principles to create legal migration incentives, resettlement scheme

By Irene Kostaki

epa05202235 Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament Manfred Weber reacts during the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 09 March 2016. The session dealt with the outcome of the 07 March EU-Turkey Summit. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

EPP Chairman tells tech giants that Europe should act smart

epa04513231 A specialist puts together the housing of a MAN turbine at the plant in Hamburg,†Germany, 03 December 2014. Mayor of Hamburg Scholz visits the steam turbine plant of the MAN†Group in Hamburg and learned about energy efficiency and alternative engines. EPA/CHRISTIAN†CHARISIUS

MEPs address energy poverty, high costs

By New Europe Online/KG

What does Google mean by “fair tax”

By NEOnline | IR

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