EUROPE DIPLOMATIC

Michel invites to EU Council

*Following the meetings held at Sherpa level, I have decided to call a special meeting of the European Council that will begin on 20 February 2020″ reads letter of the EU president Charles Michel, inviting the EU leaders to the Council. https://twitter.com/eucopresident/status/1221101581971730434?s=21 *The time has come to reach an agreement at our level on the…

Aeroflot destroyed cats in luggage

The recent case of animal cruelty exposed Aeroflot inhumaine practices of transportation of animals with luggage, leaving a passenger devastated when receiving two cats crushed in cages, and one frozen to death. Brutal destruction of all tree cats, belonging to the same passenger, caused public outrage in Russia and beyond. (Image above: illustration). На борту…

EU Ambassador to London

Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announces the appointment of Mr. João Vale de Almeida, 62, as the first Head of the future EU Delegation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This has been duly notified to the United Kingdom. Mr. Vale de…

BRAFA 2020 SPECTACULAR

January is Brafa month! With the regularity of a fine watch-making mechanism, the doyenne of generalist fairs returns mid-winter with the aim of combining the best of the art on offer in Brussels. The 133 Belgian and international galleries gathered on the site of Tour & Taxis from 26 January to 2 February compete with…

EU signs Brexit bill

“Charles Michel and I have just signed the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU, opening the way for its ratification by the European Parliament” the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen informed via her Twitter micro blog. .@eucopresident Charles Michel and I have just signed the Agreement on…

Queen signs Brexit Bill

Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal has become law after it received royal assent from the Queen Elizabeth II (image archive), having cleared all its stages in Westminster. The Brexit Bill has been given Royal Assent. Watch the moment Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans announced it in the Commons ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/K9UQZIW8f1 — Department for Exiting the EU (@DExEUgov)…

Europol: Migrant smugglers arrests

The French Border Guard together with the French National Police (Police nationale) and the Dutch Royal Marechaussee (Koninklijke Marechaussee), supported by Europol and Eurojust, dismantled a large criminal network involved in migrant smuggling. The price of a dangerous journey: Around 10 000 migrants paid €7 000 for a spot in a refrigerated lorry bound for…

MPs approved Brexit bill

Westminster approved the latest Brexit bill, but rejected five amendments. They included provisions to reunite child refugees with families already in the UK, and guaranteed residence for millions of EU citizens. MPs also rejected an amendment to register the 3.6 million EU citizens living in the UK.https://t.co/OZlfzvax3K — DW News (@dwnews) January 22, 2020 Members…

Italy 5-Star leader quits

Luigi Di Maio stepped down as leader of Italy’s co-governing 5-Star movement, as it seeks to stem a wave of defections that threatens the government’s parliamentary majority. Foreign Minister #DiMaio expected to quit as the leader of #Italy's 5-Star Movement #M5S.https://t.co/XYutm4J3nc — Ansa English News (@ansa_english) January 22, 2020 Luigi Di Maio stepped down on…

Norway government turmoil over jihad

Norway Progress Party announced it was leaving the right-wing coalition government over the repatriation of an alleged Islamic State member and her two children last week. “We don’t compromise with people who have voluntarily joined terror organisations,” party leader Siv Jensen told reporters in Oslo. “We don’t get enough of the Progress Party’s policies through,”…