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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 28, 2018
European Council President Donald Tusk has praised Macedonia's efforts to reconcile with its neighbors as it accelerates its bid to join the European Union, saying such efforts are needed across the Western Balkans and are "important" for Europe. Speaking at a regional summit in Skopje on April 27, TuskÃâà...
EU News
April 27, 2018
Press statement by Zoran ZAEV, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, following his meeting with Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, on 27 April 2018, in Skopje. Video details. Duration: 00:06:17; Shoot date: 27/04/2018; Reference: 119024-1. Type: Press conference; Location:Ãâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 26, 2018
By Yusuf Hatip. BRUSSELS. The EU on Thursday decided to impose “further restrictive measures” on Myanmar, according to the European Council. “The Council extended the existing embargo on arms and equipment that can be used for internal repression for one year,” it said in a statement.
EU News
April 25, 2018
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European Council on Foreign Relations
April 19, 2018
David Koranyi is a European Council on Foreign Relations council member and a senior fellow for energy diplomacy at the Atlantic Council. He formerly served as under-secretary of state and chief foreign policy and national security adviser to Hungarian prime minister Gordon Bajnai. Chris Maroshegyi isÃâà...
EU News
April 18, 2018
Introductory remarks. Let me brief you on the outcome of the March European Council, where leaders tackled a number of issues, ranging from Russia and Turkey to trade, taxation and, of course, Brexit. The European Council agreed with the UK Government's assessment that it is highly likely that theÃâà...
EU News
April 18, 2018
Closing remarks by Donald TUSK, President of the European Council, at the European Parliament, on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 22 and 23 March 2018. Video details. Duration: 00:01:45; Shoot date: 18/04/2018; Reference: 118818-2. Type: Speech; Location: Strasbourg, France; Ratio: 16:9.
EU News
April 16, 2018
The Council adopted today its position on the regulation modernising the EU's trade defence instruments, following the political agreement reached with the EP in December 2017. This step clears the way for the final adoption of the text by the Parliament in the coming weeks. The regulation amends theÃâà...
FXStreet
April 12, 2018
Bloomberg reports the breaking news, citing that the European Council announced an extension to the sanctions on Iran by one year. The European Council extends the travel ban and asset freezes against eighty-two people. Also, the sanctions for human-rights violations are extended. Information onÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 24, 2018
The Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected the European Council conclusions on Turkey and accused the EU of being biased. On Thursday, the council in a meeting ahead of a Turkey-EU summit in Varna on March 26, condemned Turkey's actions in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas, which separateÃâà...
Voltaire Network
March 23, 2018
The European Council condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent attack in Salisbury, expresses its deepest sympathies to all whose lives have been threatened and lends its support to the ongoing investigation. It agrees with the United Kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely thatÃâà...
EU News
March 23, 2018
European Council conclusions on the Western Balkans and actions by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, 22 March 2018 ... The European Council expressed its grave concern over the continued detention of EU citizens in Turkey, including two Greek soldiers, and calls for the swiftÃâà...
EU News
March 23, 2018
In this context, the European Council strongly condemned Turkey's continued illegal actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea. This issue will be raised in Varna, where we hope to have a wide-ranging discussion on EU-Turkey relations and on the way ahead. I am aware that it will not beÃâà...
BreakingNews.ie
March 23, 2018
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is in Brussels today for the start of a two-day European Council meeting. EU leaders will be focussing on the progress of the Brexit negotiations. Mr Varadkar says he hopes that guidelines on the future relationship between the EU and the UK will be agreed by the council.
Chicago Tribune
March 23, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May, center, speaks with from left,Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, European Council President Donald Tusk, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa during a round table meeting at an EU summit at the Europa building inÃâà...
Clacton and Frinton Gazette
March 23, 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May has said the European Council is “standing together” on the Salisbury nerve agent attack as she warned the threat from Russia “respects no borders”. Mrs May was speaking after winning the backing of EU leaders who accepted the only “plausible explanation” for the poisoningÃâà...
Cyprus Mail
March 23, 2018
The draft reads that “recalling its conclusions of October 2014 and the Declaration of September 21, 2005, the European Council urgently calls on Turkey to cease these actions and respect the sovereign right of Cyprus to explore and exploit its natural resources in accordance with EU and International LawÃâà...
CPJ Press Freedom Online
March 23, 2018
CPJ calls on European Council and European Commission to raise press freedom with Turkey. March 22, 2018 4:11 PM ET. Mr Donald Tusk, President of the European Council Rue de la Loi 175 1048 Brussels Belgium Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1 049 Brussels
EU News
March 23, 2018
While expecting the US decision on exempting the EU from the proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium, I had decided to move the trade discussion to later this evening. We will present the EU's approach in more detail tomorrow, following the leaders' debate. Today, we had a frank discussion on taxation.
EU News
March 23, 2018
The European Council condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent attack in Salisbury, expresses its deepest sympathies to all whose lives have been threatened and lends its support to the ongoing investigation. It agrees with the United Kingdom government's assessment that it is highly likely thatÃâà...
EU News
March 21, 2018
At the upcoming spring European Council we will focus on trade and the planned US tariffs, the economic situation in the EU, digital taxation as well as Turkey and Russia. Additionally, we will discuss Brexit at 27 and the euro area reforms in the Euro Summit formation of 19 Leaders. First we will discussÃâà...
EU News
March 15, 2018
The European Council, meeting in an EU27 format, adopted the guidelines on the framework for a future relationship with the UK after Brexit. The Commission's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, updated the EU27 heads of state or government on the state of play of the Brexit negotiations. The EU wants toÃâà...
Trend News Agency
March 9, 2018
President of the European Council Donald Tusk has offered condolences to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. “I was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in Baku on Friday 2 March, in which unfortunately many lives were lost,” said Tusk in his letter.
Agenda.ge
March 9, 2018
The President of the European Council Donald Tusk has expressed his concern over the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili and the detention of two others in Georgia's Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). Meeting with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili in Brussels,Ãâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
March 9, 2018
Significant progress on funding and co-ordination, but problematic partnerships with local militias and abuses by security services still hamper prospects for EU's Sahel strategy. The Brussels conference that took place at the end of February capped off a year of frantic activity on the part of regional countriesÃâà...
Georgia Today
March 9, 2018
“EU-Georgia relations are strong and we enjoy an excellent partnership,” the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk stated at the joint press-conference with the Georgian President, Giorgi Margvelashvili, who is in Brussels on an official visit. Tusk emphasized that the EU remains fully committedÃâà...
Regulatory Focus
March 9, 2018
The European Council has downplayed the likelihood of the United Kingdom staying in the regional regulatory network after Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May talked up the mutual benefits of the UK becoming an associate member of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) last week, only for theÃâà...
The National
March 8, 2018
SPEAKING in Luxembourg, European Council President Donald Tusk set out the European Union's guidelines for the next phase of Brexit talks. GOOD afternoon. I am very happy to be back in Luxembourg. And very happy to be here with my colleague and good friend, Prime Minister [Xavier] Bettel,Ãâà...
IISD Reporting Services
March 7, 2018
The European Council has adopted a set of conclusions on climate diplomacy, highlighting the need for urgent implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the SDGs. The Council resolves to mainstream the nexus between climate change and security in policy dialogue and conflictÃâà...
European Council on Foreign Relations
March 2, 2018
With elections approaching, the fact that Italy's EU cohesion profile is approaching Britain's is cause for grave concern across Europe. For decades, Italy played a crucial role in building the European Union. For French and German policymakers Europe was a pragmatic means of avoiding conflict throughÃâà...
Business Review
March 2, 2018
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has the support of high-ranking European officials to become the next president of the European Council in 2019, when the mandate of Donald Tusk expires, Hotnews.ro reported citing sources in Brussels. It is not clear if Iohannis, whose mandate expires at the end ofÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 1, 2018
The European Council president said he would ask Theresa May at their meeting in London whether the UK has "a better idea that would be as effective in preventing a hard border" as that set out in Brussels' draft withdrawal agreement - which has been rejected as unacceptable by the Prime Minister.
The Scotsman
March 1, 2018
Theresa May has been given a stark warning that her Brexit red lines will inevitably cause friction in trade between the UK and EU. The Prime Minister is facing a frenetic 48 hours of Brexit diplomacy as she tries to secure a united Cabinet ahead of crunch talks with European Council president Donald TuskÃâà...
Exchange News Direct
March 1, 2018
Thank you, Emma (Marcegaglia), for your reflections, for your determination and dedication, and of course, for inviting me to this 60th anniversary event; and thank you for our excellent cooperation in the framework of the Tripartite Summit, where the social partners will meet again this month. I want to, firstÃâà...
EU News
March 1, 2018
The meeting of the European Council will take place on 22 and 23 March 2018 in the Europa building in Brussels. The press centre remains located in the Justus Lipsius building. Apply for media accreditation. Procedure. Please note that for last-minute accreditation, media representatives applying for theÃâà...
EU News
February 27, 2018
The European Council has emphasised repeatedly the importance of the digital single market strategy and called for the speeding up of the implementation of the strategy, which includes the removal of remaining barriers to the free circulation of goods and services sold online and for tackling unjustifiedÃâà...
EU News
February 23, 2018
On the issue of lead candidates — the so-called Spitzenkandidaten or Spitzenkandidatinnen — there was agreement that the European Council cannot guarantee in advance that it will propose one of the lead candidates for President of the European Commission. There is no automaticity in this process.
EU News
February 13, 2018
The meeting of the European Council will take place on 22 and 23 March 2018 in the Europa building in Brussels. The press centre remains located in the Justus Lipsius building. Apply for media accreditation. Application deadline: 1 March 2018, 12.00 (noon)Ãâà...
