What the EU27 wants from Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May will trigger Article 50 Wednesday. Thereâs no going back â negotiations will soon commence. Across the table from the British delegation, led by May and Brexit...
View ArticleCyprus united … over Erdoğan
If Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan wins a vote later this month to expand his powers, the European Union might get an unexpected windfall: a fortuitous last chance to seal a long-sought deal...
View ArticleSouthern Europe demands the North pay part of migration bill
MADRID â The leaders of seven Southern EU countries demanded on Monday a common, âcomprehensiveâ European policy â and the funds required to implement it â to tackle migration from Africa...
View ArticlePOLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Analog single market — Put a cork in it —...
BULGARIA’S MYSTERIOUS WOULD-BE COMMISSIONER:Â Mariya Gabriel, a second-term MEP from Bulgaria, won the backing of the European Peopleâs Party and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to...
View ArticleEurovision 2017 Live Blog
While the European Union prizes uniformity and technical consensus, the Eurovision Song Contest celebrates difference and emotion â with brutal competition, a colossal volume of glitter and an LED...
View ArticleUN says Cyprus peace talks deadlocked
Cyprus reunification talks were at a standstill on Thursday after U.N.-led discussions with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı failed to make any...
View ArticleCyprus reunification at an impasse as UN fails to find compromise
Long-running negotiations to reunify Cyprus hit a dead-end on Friday, when the United Nations said it was unable to broker a plan for discussing the final and toughest issues on the table. At the...
View ArticleCyprus re-unification talks back on in Geneva
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will get back to the negotiating table in Geneva this month after a U.N.-brokered deal aimed at bridging a dispute related to reunification talks was reached Sunday....
View ArticleBrussels’ secret weapon in Cyprus talks: halloumi cheese
Salty, grillable halloumi cheese from Cyprus is the unlikely star player in the country’s reunification process. The European Commission is weighing whether to award a special legal protection to the...
View ArticleEU pushes back decision on agencies to November
The EU’s decision on where to relocate two prized agencies that will have to leave the U.K. after Brexit has been pushed back a month to November to give leaders time to discuss the fraught issue,...
View ArticleSun setting on chances of Cyprus deal
If they can’t seal a deal to reunify Cyprus in talks starting Wednesday, it could be a long time before they get another chance. After more than two years of intense discussions between Turkish...
View ArticleCypriots look to UN chief to lead them to reunification
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is heading back to Switzerland on Thursday to give Cypriots a final shove toward the reunification of their long-divided island. When Guterres left the Greek...
View ArticleUN chief: Talks to reunify Cyprus collapse
Negotiations between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders to reunify Cyprus have failed, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres announced Friday. “I’m very sorry to tell you that despite...
View ArticleToday at Commission, Cyprus talks and agenda
With the G20 meeting in Hamburg about to get going, reporters in Brussels were more interested in the collapse of talks in Switzerland on the reunification of Cyprus. The European Commission said...
View ArticleEurovision 2017: How it happened
While the European Union prizes uniformity and technical consensus, the Eurovision Song Contest celebrates difference and emotion — with brutal competition, a colossal volume of glitter and an LED...
View ArticleUN says Cyprus peace talks deadlocked
Cyprus reunification talks were at a standstill on Thursday after U.N.-led discussions with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı failed to make any progress,...
View ArticleCyprus reunification at an impasse as UN fails to find compromise
Long-running negotiations to reunify Cyprus hit a dead-end on Friday, when the United Nations said it was unable to broker a plan for discussing the final and toughest issues on the table. At the...
View ArticleCyprus re-unification talks back on in Geneva
Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders will get back to the negotiating table in Geneva this month after a U.N.-brokered deal aimed at bridging a dispute related to reunification talks was reached Sunday....
View ArticleBrussels’ secret weapon in Cyprus talks: halloumi cheese
Salty, grillable halloumi cheese from Cyprus is the unlikely star player in the country’s reunification process. The European Commission is weighing whether to award a special legal protection to the...
View ArticleEU pushes back decision on agencies to November
The EU’s decision on where to relocate two prized agencies that will have to leave the U.K. after Brexit has been pushed back a month to November to give leaders time to discuss the fraught issue,...
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