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EU demands Britain pay 2.7 bn euros over China customs fraud
AFP, Published on 08/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The European Union launched legal action against Britain on Thursday to recover 2.7 billion euros ($3.3 billion) in lost customs duties after London allegedly ignored a scam by Chinese importers.
EU's Tusk says 'we don't want to build a wall' with UK
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LUXEMBOURG - The European Union does not want to "build a wall" with Britain as it leaves the bloc, EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday as he laid out draft guidelines for negotiations on post-Brexit ties.
EU's Tusk to lay down Brexit trade red lines
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BRUSSELS: European Union President Donald Tusk will on Wednesday unveil draft guidelines for future ties with Britain, which are expected to warn London it cannot have completely free trade after Brexit.
N.Ireland party rejects 'unacceptable' EU Brexit plan
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Tuesday rejected "unacceptable" EU plans for the Irish border after talks with the bloc's Brexit negotiator.
Italian left mulls Five Star deal to end deadlock
AFP, Published on 06/03/2018
» ROME: Senior members of Italy's vanquished Democratic Party on Tuesday were defying outgoing leader Matteo Renzi and eyeing a possible deal with the triumphant Five Star Movement after an election that ended in deadlock.
Italy vote 'mess' could deal blow to EU reform push
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BRUSSELS - The EU struggled Monday to absorb the shock of a populist breakthrough in Italy amid fears that the anti-migrant blowback would threaten a post-Brexit reform drive led by France and Germany.
Europe's bruised 'Queen' Merkel lives another day
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» BERLIN - Long dubbed the "Queen of Europe", Germany's veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel emerges as the bruised survivor of her deepest crisis to govern for what many expect will be her final term.
Italy votes in uncertain election stalked by populism
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» ROME: Italians vote on Sunday in one of the country's most uncertain elections ever, with far-right and populist parties expected to make major gains and Silvio Berlusconi set to play a leading role.
Populists, far-right eye gains in Italian election
AFP, Published on 03/03/2018
» ROME - Italian populist and far-right parties have their eye on making major gains in this weekend's election, spooking investors and European capitals after a campaign dominated by fears about immigration and the economy.
Shivering Europe hopes for weekend respite as deep freeze persists
AFP, Published on 02/03/2018
» PARIS - Europe's deep freeze, which has cost some 60 lives over the past week, showed little sign of ending Friday as a shivering continent awaited a sliver of weekend respite from the chaos wrought by a brutal Siberian weather system.