Irritated EU leaders voice ‘lack of trust’ with US after spying claims
EU leaders say their relations with the US have been undermined by reports of NSA spying on European leaders and ordinary citizens. A partnership with America should be built on respect and trust,...
View ArticleRussia files first WTO complaint against EU
Russia has filed its first complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO), accusing the European Union of violating global free trade measures, an official statement reads. The procedure has been...
View ArticleSwiss people vote for limiting EU immigration
Swiss people have voted in favor of limiting the immigration of European job seekers, prompting the European Commission to announce reassessment of relations with Switzerland. Sunday’s poll results...
View ArticleGermany Americanizes Europe
Many see German policy in the European Union as a forceful advancement of Germany’s interests at the expense of other countries – EU members. There are even suspicions that the crisis in the EU is a...
View ArticleEU to approve new GM crop, ignoring majority members’ opposition
The European Commission is set to authorize the growing of genetically modified maize on European soil, despite 19 member states voting against the move, highlighting the “absurd” rules of weighted...
View ArticleEU challenges US internet governance
The European Commission has said it is determined to “redraw the global map of internet governance” as massive US surveillance has damaged public trust in the web, and said it is ready to negotiate...
View ArticleMalaria returns to Greece as austerity wreaks havoc on healthcare
Tough austerity measures imposed by the Greek government have inflicted major damage to the health of the Greek population, leaving nearly one million of the country’s most vulnerable people without...
View ArticleKuwait pushing for entry in EU borderless Schengen Agreement
Senior officials from Kuwait’s foreign and interior ministries have ended a twoday visit to Brussels after discussions and meetings with EU officials that focused on lifting of Schengen visa for...
View ArticleThousands hold anti-austerity demonstration in Athens
Greek protesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside the parliament in Athens on March 30, 2014. Thousands of people in Greece have held a protest rally outside the parliament in the capital...
View ArticleItaly’s debt rises at 2.1 trillion euros
Italy’s enormous public debt continues to grow at an unrelenting pace. The Bank of Italy announced on Monday that the country’s debt hit a record 2.1072 trillion euros in February, over 17 billion...
View ArticleRussia sues EU over ‘Third Energy Package’
Russia has filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the EU’s so-called ‘Third Energy Package,’ according to media reports. “This procedure is provided for in the rules of the...
View ArticleUK threatens to exit EU over European Commission head
British Prime Minister David Cameron Te British prime minister has threatened that his country will exit the European Union if former Luxembourg premier Jean-Claude Juncker becomes the president of the...
View ArticleAngela Merkel criticizes support for UK exit from EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected as unacceptable, arguments that the UK should leave the European Union if London refuses to sit back in a dispute over the European Commission’s (EC) next...
View ArticleEU pays member states 6000 Euros for every immigrant brought in
The European Commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom is telling European Union countries to bring in more immigrants. The plan is to pay 6000 Euros for each refugee that is brought into Europe. “I am speaking...
View ArticleBrits pessimistic about Cameron’s EU reforms
British people are pessimistic about Prime Minister David Cameron’s ability to achieve reforms to the European Union that he promised earlier, a new poll shows. The newly-released results of a YouGov...
View ArticleMoscow to give ‘appropriate’ response to new EU sanctions
Building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Moscow’s Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square. Moscow will take “appropriate measures” in response to possible new sanctions from the European Union, the...
View ArticleUK refuses to pay £1.7 billion bill demanded by EU
British Prime Minister David Cameron in a press conference in the EU headquarters in Brussels on October 24, 2014. The British prime minister says his country will refuse to pay a £1.7-billion bill...
View ArticleCameron says will fight against EU’s €2.1 billion demand
British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that he will fight against the European Union’s demand for an extra contribution to the bloc’s budget. While addressing the British parliament on Monday,...
View ArticleUK gas prices plunge to record low after Russia-Ukraine deal
UK gas prices plunged to a record low on Friday following a newly signed deal between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission. However, fuel poverty remains rife in Britain, with 2 million...
View ArticleEuropeans don’t know how much tax money gets paid to EU
Most Europeans have no idea how much they pay the EU in taxes and are unable to correctly place Baroness Catherine Ashton within the bureaucratic system, a poll performed by RT in 10 European capitals...
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