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Greece will extend its fence on the border with Turkey, a government source said Sunday (8 March), amid continuing efforts by migrants to break through in a surge enabled by Ankara.

Royal informers Patrick Dewael (Open VLD) and Sabine Laruelle (MR) are set to report to the King today, once again without much progress in finding a solution to the Belgian federal government formation. In the past two weeks, the two...

The EU is considering accepting up to 1,500 migrant children currently in Greek camps, the German government said Monday. “A humanitarian solution is being negotiated at the European level for a ‘coalition of the willing’ to take in these children,”...

The United Kingdom will leave the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) at the end of 2020, according to Britain’s transport minister. Shifting responsibility back to its own regulator could cost the UK £400m over the course of a decade though.

The Romanian government has decided to suspend flights from and towards Italy until 23 March. Also, people coming from Italy, China, Iran and South Korea, regardless of the means of transport, will either go into quarantine or self-isolate at home....

Spain’s transport ministry is evaluating the possibility of launching extra prevention measures this week, in a coordinated effort with the health ministry to contain the increasing number of coronavirus cases across the country, EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported. “We have already...

Several Irish health service unions have taken a stand against measures by the Health Service Executive to clamp down on the spread of COVID-19 by enacting a number of measures, including banning industrial action. A document circulated among health service...

While the European Commission readies its new industrial strategy for Tuesday (10 March), it is also working on plans to promote wind farms at sea – an area where Berlin is keen to make quick progress. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a TV interview that he expects additional measures to be necessary to counter the coronavirus, emphasising that timing was essential when it comes to closing schools or limiting public events, as it could harm public...

Migration crisis talks were set to be held between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and senior EU officials in Brussels on Monday (9 March), as Germany said the bloc was considering taking in 1,500 child refugees.

The EU Industrial Strategy, to be presented by the European Commission this week, will be a litmus test on the willingness of the EU executive to land the European Green Deal in the real world, writes Sophie Rigaudie.

As associated countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova ask for a more ambitious Eastern Partnership (EaP) policy, the debate continues about the next steps and available financial support for what is lauded as one of the EU's most successful foreign policies.

Several delegations, including from Finland, Israel, and Sweden are to skip a meeting in Rotterdam, a Dutch city, Monday to prepare for the Eurovision song contest to be held there in May due to coronavirus contagion fears, the organisers said. The show's own chief, Jon Ola Sand from the Swiss-based European Broadcasting Union, is also to skip the event and the contest itself may need to be postponed.

The price of crude oil has plunged by almost 27 percent after Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, said it would step up production from next month, the Guardian writes. The shock decision by state oil company Aramco over the weekend came in response to Russia's refusal to join an Opec plan to cut supplies. Aramco will boost its crude output significantly above 10m barrels per day.

Three Russians and a man from eastern Ukraine go on trial in absentia in The Netherlands Monday accused by Dutch prosecutors of downing flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 mostly Dutch people. "The start of the criminal trial ... marks an important milestone towards establishing the truth, and achieving justice," the EU foreign service said on Saturday. It also urged Russia "to cooperate fully" with an ongoing investigation.

A coalition of EU states has offered to relocate up to 1,500 migrant children from Greek islands on a "voluntary" basis, Germany said Sunday without naming the members of the group. "At the European level, negotiations are taking place these days on a humanitarian solution with the aim of organising the care of these children," the German government said. The move comes after Turkey recently let refugees come to Europe.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is coming to Brussels on Monday amid an ongoing emergency on the Greek border.

Rule of law in Poland could be gravely harmed on 20 March unless the EU takes action, a Polish judge who faces prison for his verdicts has told EUobserver.

EU health ministers voiced concerns about the possible shortage of protective equipment and medicines in some member states, after Germany, France, and the Czech Republic blocked the export of anti-virus gear.

EU health ministers voiced concerns about the possible shortage of protective equipment and medicines in some member states, after Germany, France, and the Czech Republic blocked the export of anti-virus gear.