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Only for private use. webmaster@euobserver.com Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:00:03 +0100 Italy steps in with €20bn to save failing bank https://euobserver.com/economic/136403 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:25:57 +0100 https://euobserver.com/economic/136403 Top court strikes down EU Western Sahara policy https://euobserver.com/foreign/136401 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 09:21:47 +0100 https://euobserver.com/foreign/136401 VW 'partially' delivers on EU-wide plan https://euobserver.com/environment/136404 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:55:49 +0100 https://euobserver.com/environment/136404 [Opinion] Hungary's pro-Kremlin far right is a regional security threat https://euobserver.com/opinion/136354 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:48:49 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/136354 [Opinion] The EU-China show will go on https://euobserver.com/opinion/136399 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:47:25 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/136399 [Magazine] Europe in Review 2016 https://euobserver.com/europe-in-review/136125 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:46:02 +0100 https://euobserver.com/europe-in-review/136125 [Ticker] More fighting in eastern Ukraine, says watchdog https://euobserver.com/tickers/136406 told the Deutsche Welle news service. Alexander Hug said that OSCE's monitors recorded "2,900 explosions between the evenings of the 18th and 19th of December", and a 300 percent increase in use of weapons banned under the Minsk peace agreements.]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:38:05 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136406 [Ticker] France's National Front in search of money https://euobserver.com/tickers/136405 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:35:01 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136405 [Ticker] US relaunches hormone-beef trade fight with EU https://euobserver.com/tickers/136402 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:30:55 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136402 [Analysis] Plan to 'revitalise' complex financial products lacks clear target https://euobserver.com/economic/136393 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 07:54:36 +0100 https://euobserver.com/economic/136393 [Ticker] Wallonia sues Volkswagen over Dieselgate scandal https://euobserver.com/tickers/136400 said in a statement that an attempt to negotiate with the German carmaker to convince it to pay for the environmental damage failed. VW has agreed to a €13 billion settlement in the US, but refuses to compensate Europeans.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:49:59 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136400 [Investigation] EU legal guide on emissions still not ready https://euobserver.com/dieselgate/136397 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:48:06 +0100 https://euobserver.com/dieselgate/136397 EU and Switzerland agree on free movement https://euobserver.com/justice/136398 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:42:16 +0100 https://euobserver.com/justice/136398 [Ticker] Report: EU commissioners want to cut Poland's funding https://euobserver.com/tickers/136388 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:41:06 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136388 EU looks to trade treaty for better Turkey relations https://euobserver.com/foreign/136395 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:29:52 +0100 https://euobserver.com/foreign/136395 EU tightens money laundering rules https://euobserver.com/justice/136396 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:29:52 +0100 https://euobserver.com/justice/136396 Copyright file moves to pro-digital commissioner https://euobserver.com/digital/136384 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:21:13 +0100 https://euobserver.com/digital/136384 [Ticker] Italy's Monte dei Paschi bank faces state bailout https://euobserver.com/tickers/136392 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:19:00 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136392 [Focus] EU presidency strengthened Slovakia's government https://euobserver.com/eu-presidency/136389 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:16:12 +0100 https://euobserver.com/eu-presidency/136389 [Ticker] Muslim woman set to become Romania PM https://euobserver.com/tickers/136390 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:09:08 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136390 EU vows to mend terrorist data share failures https://euobserver.com/justice/136386 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:58:52 +0100 https://euobserver.com/justice/136386 EU hopes Trump will back down on visa war https://euobserver.com/foreign/136387 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:54:11 +0100 https://euobserver.com/foreign/136387 Former EU commissioner gets slap on the wrist https://euobserver.com/institutional/136385 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:47:02 +0100 https://euobserver.com/institutional/136385 Blanket data retention is illegal under EU law, court says https://euobserver.com/justice/136379 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:35:18 +0100 https://euobserver.com/justice/136379 EU gives Poland more time to respect values https://euobserver.com/institutional/136383 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:44:22 +0100 https://euobserver.com/institutional/136383 [Column / Rem@rk@ble] Make Twiplomacy boring again https://euobserver.com/opinion/136377 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:30:11 +0100 https://euobserver.com/opinion/136377 [Ticker] EU dodges decision in US visa row https://euobserver.com/tickers/136381 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:22:00 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136381 Singapore deal needs national approval, EU lawyer says https://euobserver.com/economic/136378 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 14:16:21 +0100 https://euobserver.com/economic/136378 [Ticker] States must ratify EU-Singapore deal, ECJ lawyer says https://euobserver.com/tickers/136376 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:35:35 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136376 [Ticker] EU court: Morocco deals don't apply to Western Sahara https://euobserver.com/tickers/136373 has ruled. The judges dismissed the case brought by Polisario, the Western Sahara independence movement, which wanted the EU-Morocco deals to be invalidated. Instead, judges said Western Sahara must be regarded as a third party to any deal, and could only be included with the people's expressed consent.]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:34:27 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136373 [Ticker] UK mass surveillence is illegal, EU court says https://euobserver.com/tickers/136375 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 12:03:53 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136375 [Ticker] MPs must respect the law, says Poland's Kaczynski https://euobserver.com/tickers/136374 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:04:53 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136374 [Ticker] Two Macedonia polling stations face election re-run https://euobserver.com/tickers/136369 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:32:04 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136369 [Ticker] Spain joins quest for post-Brexit financial business https://euobserver.com/tickers/136364 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:30:05 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136364 [Ticker] Report: Most Dutch senators back Ukraine deal https://euobserver.com/tickers/136363 the deal on the EU-Ukraine treaty that PM Rutte brought home last week from an EU summit, Dutch state broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday. Rutte needs a majority in both houses of parliament to ratify the treaty after a referendum in April. The centrist-liberal D66 party and Greens have announced they will support him, securing a majority in the lower house.]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:29:10 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136363 [Ticker] Tunnel linking Europe and Asia opens in Istanbul https://euobserver.com/tickers/136367 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:28:38 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136367 [Ticker] Ukraine adopts budget without IMF-requested reforms https://euobserver.com/tickers/136368 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:27:47 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136368 British PM rebukes Scottish single market plans https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/136370 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:25:16 +0100 https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/136370 [Feature] Refugee children lost in 'black hole' on EU doorstep https://euobserver.com/migration/136372 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:17:40 +0100 https://euobserver.com/migration/136372 Poland faces 'nuclear option' of EU sanctions https://euobserver.com/institutional/136365 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:12:08 +0100 https://euobserver.com/institutional/136365 EU reaches deal on contested gun laws https://euobserver.com/justice/136362 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:53:49 +0100 https://euobserver.com/justice/136362 [Ticker] Green NGO positive on new emissions test rules https://euobserver.com/tickers/136361 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:26:26 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136361 [Ticker] Norway gets new EU minister https://euobserver.com/tickers/136360 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:25:46 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136360 EU wants to know if Facebook lied about Whatsapp https://euobserver.com/digital/136359 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:59:08 +0100 https://euobserver.com/digital/136359 [Ticker] EU employment at record high https://euobserver.com/tickers/136357 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:53:26 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136357 [Investigation] How the EU cosied up to the defence lobby https://euobserver.com/investigations/136310 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 16:06:07 +0100 https://euobserver.com/investigations/136310 Austria's far-right seals pact with Russia https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/136356 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:59:26 +0100 https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/136356 Merkel faces backlash over Berlin attack https://euobserver.com/political/136355 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:44:47 +0100 https://euobserver.com/political/136355 [Ticker] EU states approve another man as EU auditor https://euobserver.com/tickers/136352 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:59:41 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136352 [Ticker] Berlin lorry crash was terrorist attack, Merkel confirms https://euobserver.com/tickers/136353 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:49:03 +0100 https://euobserver.com/tickers/136353