So, Istanbul is a Greek city?
Hurriyet Daily News / BURAK BEKDİL — Some observers have lately been advising foreign governments not to worry too much about Turkey’s (President Recep Tayyip […]
Europe
UK’s Brexit cannot pass without parliament approval
Al Jazeera — The UK’s High Court has ruled that Theresa May’s administration is not allowed to trigger the country’s exit from the European Union, or […]
Ceta: EU-Canada trade deal to be signed on Sunday
BBC — Canada and the European Union are to sign a long-delayed landmark trade deal at a summit in Brussels on Sunday. Canadian Prime Minister […]
Italy and Greece ‘threaten to block EU funds’ to V4 over migrants
.thenews.pl — The Visegrad Group (V4) countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary – have refused to accept refugees from hotspots such as […]
Greek Prime Minister blames Tory cuts for UK’s Brexit vote
Dailly Record — Greek Prime Minister has blamed Tory cuts for Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union. Alexis Tsipras said the Brexit result […]
EU questions budgets of seven eurozone countries
France 24 — The European Commission demanded “clarifications” from seven eurozone countries over their draft budgets, expressing particular concern that Italy, Cyprus and Finland are […]
Ceta and the fate of feta cheese. Protected name in the EU but not in Canada
eKathimerini — European Council President Donald Tusk said it was still possible CETA could be signed as planned and Canada’s trade minister said the deal was “not […]
Wallonia rejects EU ‘ultimatum’ over CETA
euractiv.com — Belgium’s Wallonia region on 23 October dealt a fresh blow to a proposed EU-Canada trade deal, rejecting a 24-hour ultimatum from the bloc […]
Are Europe’s young people fed up with the EU?
BBC — The UK’s Brexit vote and the rise of anti-EU parties across Europe are signs of widespread disillusionment with the EU. Those aged under […]
Brexit Department ‘Staffed by people of very low IQ’ says Yanis Varoufakis on BBC’s QT
Huffington Post — Former Greek finance minister has called the Brexit department “Pythonesque” and staffed with “people of very low IQ”. On BBC’s Question Time […]
EU Socialists call for Greek debt relief, end to harsh austerity
Sputnik News — Socialist politicians in the European Parliament have joined the clamoring call for Greece to be granted debt relief in an effort to […]
Donald Tusk: ‘Hard Brexit’ or ‘no Brexit’ for Britain
BBC — Britain’s only real alternative to a “hard Brexit” is “no Brexit”, European Council President Donald Tusk has said. Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, […]
German top court backs EU-Canada trade deal CETA
BBC — Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected a legal challenge to the EU-Canada free trade deal (Ceta) from campaigners who call it undemocratic. The campaigners object […]
Brexit – The markets have taught Theresa May a hard lesson on sovereignty
FT /Martin Wolf — The two speeches made by Mrs May at the party conference last week make a hard Brexit by far the most […]
ECB executive: Greece cannot return to the markets without ‘clarity on debt’
Bloomberg — Greece won’t regain stable access to international bond markets unless creditors ease repayment terms on the country’s bailout loans, European Central Bank Executive […]