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Debate: Brussels and London preparing for no-deal Brexit

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 12:29
Both the EU Commission and the British government are preparing for a scenario in which Britain leaves the bloc without an agreement. The EU's plans deal among other things with air traffic and the movement of goods and person. London is mobilising soldiers to monitor the flow of imports and exports in an emergency situation. How dangerous is a no-deal Brexit?
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Debate: Spiegel reporter admits faking stories

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 12:29
The prize-winning German journalist Claas Relotius has admitted that he committed systematic fraud in his reportages. Many of the scenes, persons and conversations in his pieces were simply invented, he has confessed. The news magazine Der Spiegel, where Relotius worked as an editor, has made the case public. Europe's journalists voice concern about the news industry's reputation in these times when accusations of fake news are rife.
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Debate: Putin's press conference: nothing new?

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 12:29
In his annual press conference Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the US for withdrawing from the INF arms control treaty and Ukraine's President Poroshenko for the incident in the Kerch Strait. Commentators concur that the four-hour event was a crashing bore - with the exception of one or two of Putin's remarks.
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Debate: Yellow vest protests exported to Portugal?

Eurotopics.net - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 12:29
Portuguese protesters have called for nationwide road blockades emulating the French yellow vest protests for today, Friday. Without the support of parties or trade unions they are using the social networks to mobilise the population with widely diverging demands. Commentators are alarmed.
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Local organisations are fighting youth unemployment in Europe: this is how

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 10:39
More than three million young people are unemployed in the EU and although Europe does not have competences over the labour market, it helps fighting unemployment including through the use of the Cohesion Fund. We have travelled across Europe to find out how.
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Putin accuses US of raising risk of nuclear war

Euractiv.com - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 10:06
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (20 December) accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.
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US allies in dismay at Trump's Syria pull-out

Euobserver.com - Fri, 12/21/2018 - 09:29
EU allies have voiced dismay on Trump's sudden idea to pull out of Syria, amid fears of a resurgence in Islamist terrorism, Kurdish massacres, and fresh surges of refugees.
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