Urgent hospitalisation prevents Jean-Claude Juncker (64), the incumbent president of the European Commission from attending the G7 summit in Biarritz (France) on August 24-26, a spokesperson said. (Image: archive) ⌛D-5#G7Biarritz will start on Saturday in a renewed format and with the unprecedented participation of leaders from 8 invited countries and several heads of international organizations. It is by…
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Juncker urgently hospitalised
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has interrupted his summer holiday in Austria to be urgently submitted to hospital to remove his gallbladder. According to the press-release of the European Commission services, “had to shorten his holiday in Austria for medical reasons. He was taken back to Luxembourg where he will undergo an urgent cholecystectomy [surgical…
No military solution to Yemen conflict
On 25 June 2018 in Luxembourg EU foreign ministers discussed the latest developments in Yemen together with UN Special Envoy (UNSE) Martin Griffiths, who briefed them on his peace plan. Ministers exchanged views on ongoing EU efforts, including political outreach, and in particular the regional dialogue with Iran on Yemen, as well as humanitarian and development…
ECJ: humanitarian visa is a national competence
The EU’s top court based in Luxembourg ruled Tuesday that states can deny short-term humanitarian visas to people trying to enter to claim asylum, in a case of a Syrian family trying to come to Belgium. Top court in #Luxembourg says states can deny #visas to #refugees https://t.co/5qjPfPQMGj – #ECJ pic.twitter.com/tFp8bSo0lM — Luxembourg Times (@LuxTimes)…
Luxembourg opens embassy in Brazil
Luxembourg declared its intention to open its own embassy in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, this autumn. The first head of mission will be the director for consular and international cultural relations in Luxembourg’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, Carlo Krieger. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean Asselborn confirmed the posting on request. Krieger, who has served as ambassador in Moscow…
'New London' in Dublin refused
“There is not going to be any new London in the EU 27. History happened in a certain way. You can’t just lift institutions and drop then somewhere else,” Philip Lane, the head of the Irish central bank at an event in London. “You may well have this fragmented but integrated financial system so location…
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