Europe
EU Spend Christmas Day with Brexit Deal Briefing
BRUSSELS European Union member state ambassadors spent Christmas Day being briefed on the Brexit deal struck late Thursday with the United Kingdom in what was the first step by Brussels…
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Europe
European Union, U.K. near post-Brexit trade deal as deadline approaches
European Union and British negotiators inched their way to within touching distance of a trade deal early Thursday, raising hopes a chaotic economic break between the two sides on New…
America
EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain, WHO to meet
Meanwhile, in the United States, President Donald Trump rejected a massive Covid economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it "a disgrace" as millions of Americans are suffering fallout from…
Europe
New Covid-19 strain: EU starts to ease UK travel…
France announces reopening cross-border travel with Britain, but a negative Covid-19 test will be required. Europe on Wednesday began lifting travel bans on Britain put in place to…
Europe
Barnier: European Union giving Brexit trade talks ‘final push’
BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) negotiator Michel Barnier (pix) vowed on Tuesday to continue to push for a post-Brexit trade deal in the last 10 days before Britain leaves the single…
News
Pope advances causes for canonization with publication of Decrees
The Church recognizes the martyrdom of Rosario Angelo Livatino, killed “in odium fidei” (in hatred of the faith) by the Mafia in 1990; as well as the heroic virtues of…
Food
Austrians press EU to talk turkey, raise farm standards
WEIBERN, Austria: As Katharina and Reinhard Bauer show off cosseted turkey chicks they highlight standards that they - and the Austrian government - would like the rest of the EU to adopt…
America
EIB and ProCredit unlock €65 million to speed the recovery of small and medium sized companies in the Western Balkans from the COVID-19 crisis
The EU bank to invest €65 million to support SMEs in the Western Balkans to save jobs and prepare to restart The loan is extended to the ProCredit banks in…
Europe
Austrian MEP Names Hungary and Poland as ‘Brexit Suspects’ Inside European Union
An Austrian MEP has accused Hungary and Poland of harbouring political "Brexit suspects" who sow divisions within the European Union (EU). Othmar Karas, a member of the conservative European People's Party…
Books
Hudson man writes about adventures in Key West in new book
Hudson writer Mike Yurk stepped off an airplane 20 years ago in Key West and fell in love with it. Recently he published his 13th book, “Going Back To Key…