World Nov 19 Brexit trade negotiations suspended because of COVID-19 case The Brexit trade negotiations have been suspended at a crucial stage because an EU negotiator has tested positive for the coronavirus.
World Aug 20 Belgian police official steps aside over brutality video A top Belgian police official has stepped aside a day after the emergence of a 2018 video showing an officer sitting on top of a Slovak man in custody at a local airport and another officer apparently making a Hitler…
World Jul 21 EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget.
World Jul 19 EU summit drags into 3rd day amid splits on virus fund European Union leaders remained fundamentally divided for a third day Sunday over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that they might not reach a deal despite the urgency…
World Jul 18 No deal in sight; EU leaders haggle over budget, virus fund European Union leaders are hunting for compromises as a summit to reach a deal on an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro ($2.1 trillion) EU budget and coronavirus recovery fund enters its second day. Tensions are running high, and a full day…
World Jun 06 The loneliest of D-Day remembrances is hit by pandemic Saturday's D-Day remembrance in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest remembrances ever.
World Jun 05 On 76th anniversary, pandemic prevents many from mourning D-Day dead in Normandy This year's anniversary observances for the June 6, 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever. The coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away.
Arts Jun 01 Sistine Chapel, other famed museums reopen across Europe As Europe slowly emerges from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed well over 150,000 of its people and crippled some of the world's biggest economies, Monday let a brilliant ray shine through as some of the top museums globally reopened…
Economy Apr 23 EU agrees budget, recovery plan needed to beat virus impact European Union leaders have agreed to revamp the EU's long-term budget and set up a massive recovery fund to tackle the impact of the coronavirus and help rebuild the bloc's ravaged economies.
World Jan 31 Britain leaves the European Union and leaps into the unknown With little fuss and not much fanfare, Britain left the European Union on Friday after 47 years of membership.