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Only for private use. webmaster@euobserver.com Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:45:02 +0100 [Ticker] Finland: EU should have anti-money laundering agency https://euobserver.com/tickers/146420?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Russia affair.]]> Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:42:41 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146420 [Ticker] Russian forces build up in north Syria https://euobserver.com/tickers/146423?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:41:29 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146423 [Ticker] Second French EU nominee also under fire from MEPs https://euobserver.com/tickers/146422?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:40:47 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146422 [Agenda] Brexit delay rolls into This WEEK https://euobserver.com/agenda/146418?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:29:31 +0200 https://euobserver.com/agenda/146418 [Ticker] France approves budget for medical cannabis research https://euobserver.com/tickers/146424?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:44:25 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146424 [Ticker] Police make arrests in migrant lorry deaths https://euobserver.com/tickers/146421?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:38:52 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146421 [Ticker] EU states want to reduce emissions from shipping sector https://euobserver.com/tickers/146414?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:40:14 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146414 [Ticker] Von der Leyen to meet French and Hungarian candidates Monday https://euobserver.com/tickers/146413?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:48:30 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146413 [Ticker] EU ambassadors delay decision on Brexit extension https://euobserver.com/tickers/146410?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:46:45 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146410 [Ticker] MEPs demand U-turn on Egypt relations https://euobserver.com/tickers/146406?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:27:18 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146406 [Ticker] Belgium to half amount of soldiers on streets https://euobserver.com/tickers/146405?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:26:54 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146405 Brexit impasse, as UK and EU refuse to move first https://euobserver.com/brexit/146403?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:24:33 +0200 https://euobserver.com/brexit/146403 [Ticker] Turkey deporting refugees to Syria, says NGO https://euobserver.com/tickers/146404?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:16:37 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146404 Far right to double support in east German election https://euobserver.com/political/146402?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:15:18 +0200 https://euobserver.com/political/146402 US pours cold water on German plan for Syria https://euobserver.com/foreign/146407?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Oct 2019 09:11:28 +0200 https://euobserver.com/foreign/146407 [Ticker] MEPs reject migrant rescue resolution https://euobserver.com/tickers/146401?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss resolution demanding EU states do more on search and rescue at sea. Oxfam, an international NGO, has described the rejection as shameful. "Europe needs more and better search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save people's lives," said Oxfam's EU migration policy advisor advisor Raphael Shilhav, in a statement.]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:50:28 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146401 [Ticker] MEPs want multinationals to be tax transparent https://euobserver.com/tickers/146400?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:49:50 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146400 [Ticker] Italy: 'no significant deviation' from EU rules in draft budget https://euobserver.com/tickers/146398?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:54:05 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146398 [Ticker] Spain exhumes dictator Franco, following court ruling https://euobserver.com/tickers/146397?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:26:07 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146397 [Ticker] France names tech CEO for EU post https://euobserver.com/tickers/146395?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:23:59 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146395 [Ticker] Uyghur rights defender awarded EU prize https://euobserver.com/tickers/146396?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:23:21 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146396 [Ticker] EU states lead global 'tax haven' list https://euobserver.com/tickers/146392?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:21:04 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146392 [Ticker] UK must nominate EU commissioner if Brexit delayed https://euobserver.com/tickers/146394?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:01:08 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146394 [Ticker] EU agency starts to hire new border force https://euobserver.com/tickers/146393?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:56:19 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146393 EU enlargement freeze prompts Serbia rethink https://euobserver.com/foreign/146389?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:11:20 +0200 https://euobserver.com/foreign/146389 [Ticker] Enquiry into UK migrant deaths widens in Europe https://euobserver.com/tickers/146388?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:07:13 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146388 [Ticker] Report: Most EU coal plants unprofitable https://euobserver.com/tickers/146390?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:06:52 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146390 [Ticker] Investors hedged huge sums on no-deal Brexit fears https://euobserver.com/tickers/146391?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 09:04:27 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146391 [Ticker] Five names in race for EU Ombudsman https://euobserver.com/tickers/146387?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:54:42 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146387 [Opinion] Time to end EU golden visas for corrupt elites https://euobserver.com/opinion/146385?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:44:42 +0200 https://euobserver.com/opinion/146385 [Ticker] Greek PM to boost real estate market https://euobserver.com/tickers/146384?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:43:42 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146384 [Ticker] Russian in hunger strike against Latvia language exam https://euobserver.com/tickers/146383?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:43:11 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146383 [Ticker] Virgin's Branson backs second Brexit referendum https://euobserver.com/tickers/146386?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:42:20 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146386 Gas and oil spent €250m lobbying EU https://euobserver.com/environment/146378?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Oct 2019 08:40:58 +0200 https://euobserver.com/environment/146378 [Opinion] Europe quietly becoming a spy superpower https://euobserver.com/opinion/146376?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:35:03 +0200 https://euobserver.com/opinion/146376 [Ticker] MEPs urge economic sanctions on Turkey https://euobserver.com/tickers/146382?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:34:25 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146382 [Ticker] Extra Brexit summit needed if no consensus, Irish PM warns https://euobserver.com/tickers/146381?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:33:50 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146381 [Ticker] MEPs want to end sponsorships of EU presidencies https://euobserver.com/tickers/146380?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss corporate sponsorships to cover costs of the rotating presidency of the EU Council. "Member states are expected to finance their own presidencies," says the text, warning that this practice may have a "possible reputational damage and the risk of loss of trust" in the EU. The current Finnish presidency has only one sponsor, carmaker BMW, a spokesperson told EUobserver.]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:33:17 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146380 [Ticker] Putin opens first summit with African leaders https://euobserver.com/tickers/146379?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:42:30 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146379 MEPs demand harder EU rules on bee protection https://euobserver.com/environment/146377?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 16:40:17 +0200 https://euobserver.com/environment/146377 [Ticker] Commission clears EU-US privacy agreement for third year https://euobserver.com/tickers/146375?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:45:05 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146375 [Column] Why the EU can't do security and defence https://euobserver.com/opinion/146369?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:28:06 +0200 https://euobserver.com/opinion/146369 Macron ponders options for EU commissioner https://euobserver.com/institutional/146361?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:26:22 +0200 https://euobserver.com/institutional/146361 [Ticker] EU warns six member states on draft budgets https://euobserver.com/tickers/146374?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:17:48 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146374 [Ticker] EU starts negotiations on sustainable industry https://euobserver.com/tickers/146373?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:16:55 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146373 [Ticker] Russia and Turkey reach deal on northern Syria https://euobserver.com/tickers/146372?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:15:44 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146372 [Ticker] EU worried on Romanian corruption, Bulgaria doing better https://euobserver.com/tickers/146370?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss report, published on Tuesday. If Bucharest did not improve, punitive measures may have to be taken, it warned. The monitoring mechanism was launched when Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union in 2007. Bulgaria had made sufficient progress, another report said, and may now leave the monitoring program.]]> Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:15:12 +0200 https://euobserver.com/tickers/146370 Brexit vote prompts Tusk to seek further extension https://euobserver.com/brexit/146371?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:13:58 +0200 https://euobserver.com/brexit/146371 EU commission backs Croatia's Schengen bid https://euobserver.com/political/146368?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Oct 2019 08:01:02 +0200 https://euobserver.com/political/146368 EU open to imminent Brexit extension, Tusk indicates https://euobserver.com/brexit/146366?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Oct 2019 16:45:50 +0200 https://euobserver.com/brexit/146366