Friday
4th Aug 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Espen Barth Eide, the UN special envoy to Cyprus, ended his mediation mission on Thursday, a month after peace talks between Greek and Turkish Cypriots failed in Switzerland. Eide, a former Norwegian defence and foreign minister, will run in his country's election in September. No successor has been chosen yet, but UN secretary general Antonio Guterres is expected to soon present a proposal to relaunch peace talks.
European Council head and former Polish leader Donald Tusk has said the Polish government is preparing to put his native country’s EU membership into question.
Leo Varadkar is meeting Northern Ireland's main political leaders to talk Brexit, as the border issue between Northern Ireland and the Republic might become hostage to wider political struggles.
From strengthening the internal market to completing the energy union, the prime ministers of Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland set out their vision for the EU.
EU firms are betting that a non-binding “consultation” process on new US sanctions will stop their investment in a Russian gas pipeline from turning into a fiasco.
The European Commission welcomed the German carmakers' pledge to update software in diesel cars, but is waiting for details on how emissions will be reduced.
EU leaders were vocal in their criticism of the anti-gay campaign that took place in the Russian republic of Chechnya earlier this year. But only a few countries are willing to offer a refuge to the victims.
