European Union

Germany aims to achieve full employment by 2025; targets debt reduction

Merkel said the government would use its 2019 budget - due to be debated in parliament next week - to invest in helping the long-term unemployed get back to work with a view to achieving full employment by 2025.

Sep 8, 2018

Hundreds of anti-brexit protesters march on Labour party conference

UK trade minister Fox says EU is pushing Britain to no-deal Brexit

British trade minister Liam Fox said "intransigence" from the European Union was pushing Britain towards a no-deal Brexit, in an interview published on Saturday by the Sunday Times.

Aug 5, 2018

An election worker hangs a banner outside a classroom at a school in Phnom Penh

Cambodia prepares for election marred by criticism

The sixth election in the history of Cambodia is set to begin on Sunday and preparations are on in full swing despite the UN and US threatening sanctions over the unfair elections after the main opposition party was dissolved last year.

Jul 28, 2018

New deal sees an end to the US and EU trade war

EC head Jean-Claude Juncker and US President Trump announce an end to the US-EU trade war with a new deal that will see Brussels import soybeans and liquefied natural gas.

Jul 26, 2018

After EU fine on Google, mobile industry might face a huge shake-up

The European Union has fined Google for illegally forcing its applications on hardware manufacturers. The ruling could allow makers such as Microsoft and Amazon to launch its own software, without affecting sales in the EU.

Jul 19, 2018

European Union's approach to Trump's trade war – quotas and tariffs

The EU will launch tariffs on steel imports from the US along with introducing a quota system in response to Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the US from the bloc.

Jul 18, 2018

launch of the Leave.EU campaigning organisation

Pro-Brexit Vote Leave campaign fined for flouting spending rules

Britain's electoral commission said on Tuesday it had fined the officially designated pro-Brexit campaign group for breaching spending rules in the 2016 referendum and referred it to the police.

Jul 17, 2018

As May's plan faces backlash, no-deal Brexit seems more likely

German business groups have asked their members to be ready for a hard Brexit, fearing Britain may not strike a deal in time. Prime Minister Theresa May has also warned of a no-deal Brexit if the government doesn't back her plan.

Jul 15, 2018

Loss of cabin pressure forces Ryanair to land in Frankfurt; 33 passengers hospitalised

Thirty-three Ryanair passengers were treated in hospital, some bleeding from their ears, after their Croatia-bound plane lost cabin pressure and made an emergency landing in Frankfurt on Friday, German police said on Saturday.

Jul 14, 2018

UK police find source of Novichok nerve agent in small bottle

British counter-terrorism police said on Friday they believed they had found the source of the Novichok nerve agent that killed a woman in southwest England and left her partner critically ill in hospital.

Jul 14, 2018

Trump says Theresa May's Brexit plan kills hope of a US trade deal

Trump criticised UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy by saying that she had failed to take his advice on how to negotiate with the European Union.

Jul 14, 2018

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May commences a meeting with her cabinet

Theresa May's Brexit plan to face Parliament test next week

Several Brexit supporters in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party will seek to harden the government's plan on leaving the European Union by changing her customs legislation in parliament next week. However, the bill is unlikely to pass since it requires the support of the Labour Party.

Jul 12, 2018

Netizens rejoice while artists lament as EU Parliament rejects controversial copyright law

318 members of European Parliament voted against implementing the Copyright Directive. While it would have protected the right of artists and musicians with original content, the law would also have stifled the sharing of articles and memes on social networking platforms.

Jul 6, 2018