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epa05554609 Demonstrators gather and hold banners to protest for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution in Ireland, Brussels, Belgium, 24 September 2016. Eighth Amendment to the Constitution is the law against abortion in Ireland. Abortion was decriminalized in Belgium in 1990. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

‘Access to free and legal abortion is key to gender equality’

epa05280840 View of the Hemicyle during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 28 April 2016. Legal aspects, democratic control and implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement - Council and Commission statements EPA/LAURENT DUBRULE

European Council refuses to submit requested documents to EU parliament

epa03465494 European Commission official Maarten Verwey leaves the hotel on the way to the Cypriot Finance Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, 10 November 2012. The troika of international lenders began talks with Cyprus to seek a draft agreement on a bailout deal for the Mediterranean island. Cyprus applied for an EU bailout in June after its biggest lenders, Cyprus Popular Bank and Bank of Cyprus, could not meet new capital reserve limits. EPA/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU

Maarten Verwey: EU-Turkey agreement is working, unaccompanied minors a challlenge

epa05020748 Two men stand outside the Bank of Greece in central Athens, Greece, 11 November 2015. The representatives of the institutions arrived in Athens to resume negotiations in order to reach an agreement by the end of the week. Non-performing loans, the protection of first residence from foreclosures, equal measures for the 23 pct VAT on private education, the settlement of 100 debt installments and generic drugs' prices are the pending issues that need to be resolved for the disbursement of the 2 billion tranche. EPA/YANNIS KOLESIDIS

Greek Non-Performing Loans: “Lost in technical translation”

epa04201196 A man shows his Ukrainian passport during a referendum organized by the so-called Donetsk People's Republic members, in Lugansk, Ukraine, 11 May 2014. Residents of eastern Ukraine began voting on an independence referendum that was organized by pro-Russian separatists and rejected by the government in Kiev. Russian-speakers and supporters of Moscow have been rallying in the region since March, when a referendum on independence led to Russia's annexation of Crimea. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO

MEPs want to end visa requirements for Ukrainians

epa05556931 Italy's Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB), takes his seat as he arrives for a hearing by a European Parliament committee on Monetary affairs, in Brussels, Belgium, 26 September 2016. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

ECB’s Draghi on tour to appease EU, Germany

Terrorism deconstructed: EU Parliament discusses today’s major threat

Report

epa05436656 (FILE) A file photograph dated 02 March 2016 showing rain clouds over the the city of London in London, Britain. According to data from Markit's Purchasing Manager's Index, (PMI) the decision by UK to leave the EU has led to a 'dramatic deterioration' in economic activity, the lowest level since April in 2009. Both manufacturing and service sectors saw a decline in output and orders. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Britain’s Brexit economy is “mediocre” compared to other EU countries

epa03894026 A student passes the main gates of King's College University in London, Britain, 03 October 2013. The university was established in 1829. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Brexit could force EU staff at UK universities to leave

epa05549608 Protesters participate in a rally to protest US President Barack Obama's plan to veto the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), in front of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 20 September 2016. Both the Senate and the House have passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, that will create a statutory mechanism for victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. President Obama has stated his intent to veto the bill. EPA/SHAWN THEW

Obama vetoes the prosecution of Saudi officials for 9/11

EU National News

epa05543232 Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi arrives for his closing press conference at the end of the EU's informal summit of the 27 heads of state or governments, in Bratislava, Slovakia, 16 September 2016. European Union leaders met to discuss a new strategy and future of the European Union after the recent Brexit referendum in Britain. EPA/FILIP SINGER

Italy’s referendum set for 4 December, voters polarised

epa05195950 The sun rising over smoke from a chimneys near Bratislava, Slovakia, 05 March 2016. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

Slovakia joins climate change fight

epa05408885 A picture made available on 05 July 2016 shows a policewoman guarding the campsite during the Bravalla Festival in Norrkoping, Sweden, 02 July 2016. Five rapes and a number of sexual assaults were reported at the popular music festival Bravalla over the weekend, according to police reports. EPA/Izabelle Nordfjell/TT SWEDEN OUT

Sweden to table new rape law to increase convictions

Police arrest 2 Moroccans for alleged jihad support

Deutsche Bank shares fall sharply after report

World News

Feature

epa05557674 Republican Donald Trump (L) and Democrat Hillary Clinton (R) debate during the first Presidential Debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, USA, 26 September 2016. The only Vice Presidential debate will be held on 04 October in Virginia, and the second and third Presidential Debates will be held on 09 October in Missouri and 19 October in Nevada. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

US presidential debate: Clinton, Trump battle fiercely over taxes, race, terror

epa05473177 An elephant is seen at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Takeo province, Cambodia, 11 August 2016. Conservation non-governmental organization Wildlife Alliance celebrated the world Elephant Day by showing its achievement of Zero Poaching for the Asian elephant population of the Cardamom Rainforest in the last decade. 37 wild Asian elephants were poached in the Cardamom Rainforest between 2000 and in 2006. EPA/MAK REMISSA

Some elephants learning to avoid dangerous areas: Expert

epa02098315 A photo made available on 30 March 2010 shows Myanmar child labourers working at a construction site in Taunggo city, Myanmar, on 27 March 2010. Many children in Myanmar dropped out of school to work eight hours a day for earning around one US dollar. Myanmar is ruled under military regime since 1962, the junta promised to hold the elections this year which is the first in two decades. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Child slavery investigation launched in Myanmar

epa05555045 A handout picture made available by the Washington State Patrol on 25 September 2016 shows 20-year-old Arcan Cetin, a suspect in the fatal shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, USA, 23 September 2016. Five people were fatally shot at Cascade shopping mall about 65 miles north of Seattle, on the evening of 23 September 2016. EPA/WASHINGTON STATE PATROL / SGT. MARK FRANCIS / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Turkish immigrant arrested for shopping mall shooting spree

The Coming Confrontation with North Korea

epa05318984 Members of volunteer?s battalion ?Azov? and their supporters from various right-wing movements attend a march in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, 20 May 2016. Activists demanded banning any elections on territory controlled by pro-Russian rebels until full observance of the Minsk agreements and protested against a draft law to give special status to the eastern regions locked in a conflict between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

The return of pogroms to Ukraine

Leaders' Perspectives

By: Richard N. Haass

Kicking the Wasps’ Nest

By: Vít Novotný
Kristina Potapova

Europe’s Leadership Crisis

By: Guy Verhofstadt

Rethinking the EU refugee relocation system after Bratislava

By: Solon Ardittis

On the day of the Summit for refugees and migrants – Why the life of Haytham matters

By: Pierre Krähenbühl

A Smarter Union

By: Antonio López-Istúriz

2nd October: the hateful date

By: Tibor Szanyi, MEP

What will a “No” vote mean for Hungary

By: Jávor Benedek,

Ahead of the Hungarian referendum

By: Péter Niedermüller, MEP

A better economic plan for Japan

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz

Brexit and the Pound in your pocket

By: Barry Eichengreen

Saving Refugees to Save Europe

By: George Soros

Kroes’ Uber appointment is the real problem that the European Commission is facing, not (just) her involvement in the Bahamas offshore company, or the potential conflict of interests that could arise from allegedly having the son of a co-director of that company take an internship in the European Commission during her tenure. 18 months. That’s

By Alexandros Koronakis Editor, New Europe

Energy

EU discusses nuclear security issues, stress tests at Ostrovets NPP

SOCAR has to show it still wants DESFA, Greek Ministry sources say

Avoid a European Fukushima, EESC urges the EU

epa05278756 A protester wears eye-lenses with radioactive signs, as she participates in a rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Minsk, Belarus, 26 April 2016. The 30th anniversary of the Ukrainian, Chernobyl nuclear disaster is marked on 26 April 2016. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH

European Commission reassures Minsk’s nuclear plant construction is transparent

After long delays, Kashagan oil to slowly come on stream

Tolstoy’s great-grandson says Russia will buy out the whole of Bulgaria

epa05152583 (FILE) A file photo dated 13 September 2010 showing an exterior view of the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) increased its total oil production by 131,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January even though oversupply has been a major reason for falling oil prices, according to data issued by the cartel on 10 February 2016. The Vienna-based group of mostly Arab, African and Latin American countries said that they pumped 32.3 million bpd last month. This was 1.8 million bpd above the projected average demand for OPEC oil in the first quarter, the group's monthly oil market report showed. Saudi Arabia and other Arab members of OPEC have so far stopped the group from propping up prices by lowering output, in an apparent effort to use the current slump to win market shares from the US, where oil production is costlier than in the Gulf. EPA/HELMUT FOHRINGER AUSTRIA OUT

Libya clashes, signs of OPEC-Russia deal fuel oil prices

epa05540898 British Prime Minister Theresa May attends a meeting with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, (not pictured) the Emir of Qatar, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, 15 September 2016. The British government has approved the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. It is to be built by state-owned energy giants French EDF, who shall get a guaranteed price per megawatt, and China's CGN financed by the French and Chinese governments. EPA/ANDY RAIN

UK government gives green light for new nuclear plant

Kashagan to boost world oil production

epa05368301 An employee takes part in an emergency training at an underground gas storage facility near Poltava, Ukraine, 15 July 2016. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY

Wary of Russian gas, EU pushes TBP, Vertical Corridor

Internet & ICT

epa05331927 Japanese policemen stand on top of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum behind the national flags of the USA (L) and Japan (R) during US President Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, 27 May 2016. Obama visited Hiroshima for the first time as US President after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima City. Obama visited the city after attending the two-day G7 Ise-Shima Summit talk. EPA/KIYOSHI OTA

US shares guidelines on self-driving cars at G7

epa02811658 A monitor shows the microinjection of sperm into an egg cell using a microscope at the in vitro fertilization clinic, Kinderwunschzentrum Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany, 05 July 2011. The center in Leipzig is using a new device (Embryoscope) from Denmark, which unites the incubator, microscope and camera and which can monitor and evaluate the embryo until its transfer into the womb. The newest scientific findings prove that this allows a more exact detection of certain developments in the embryo and therefore can improve the pregnancy rate. EPA/WALTRAUD GRUBITZSCH

Two teams are working on human DNA editing

epa05440187 (FILE) A file picture dated 04 September 2013 shows a person looking at a computer screen with Yahoo!'s homepage in Los Angeles, California, USA. US telecommunications giant Verzion on 25 July 2016 announced the takeover of Internet dinosaur Yahoo 4.8 billion US dollars. EPA/MICHAEL NELSON

Yahoo points to Russia for the largest data-breach in history

epaselect epa05548724 (06/19) Puppeteers control the Donald Trump puppet during the shooting of the 11th season of 'The XYZ Show' satirical puppet show at a studio in Nairobi, Kenya, 30 August 2016. The XYZ Show is Kenya?s popular satirical television program and has been taking pokes at the country?s political elites and international figures ever since it aired its first episode in 2009. With the 2016 US presidential elections, the show is now taking on Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA PLEASE REFER TO ADVISORY NOTICE (epa05548718) FOR FULL FEATURE TEXT

Trump weighs in on plan for US to cede control over the internet

epa05539086 Members of Parliament vote in a non-binding resolution after a debate about the recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 14 September 2016. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

New EU Commission roaming proposal: how the political groups reacted

Leaked: The new EU Commission draft roaming proposal

epa05550351 EU Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Guenther Oettinger (R), European Commissioner for Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip give a press briefing at the end of EU Commission college meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 21 September 2016. Commission presented new plan to end Mobile phone roaming charges in the EU in 2017. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

New EU Commission approach to finally end roaming

epa05424126 EU Commissioner for Competition, Danish, Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on competition case with Google, in Brussels, Belgium, 14 July 2016. The Commission takes further steps in investigations alleging Google's comparison shopping and advertising-related practices breach EU rules. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

EU warns geo-blocking of online TV is against antitrust rules, threatens action

From WikiLeaks to WADALeaks: Russian hackers continue to take on US targets

epa05540890 The rocket carrying the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, part of Chinese space station program, launches at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, 15 September 2016. EPA/BAI TANG CHINA OUT

China launches second experimental space station

From the NE Knowledge Network

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

Centers of Knowledge

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

epa05425876 European flags hang at half mast in front of the European Commission building following the attack in Nice where a truck crashed into the crowd during the Bastille Day celebrations, in Brussels, Belgium, 15 July 2016. According to reports, at least 84 people died and many were injured after a truck drove into the crowd on the famous Promenade des Anglais during celebrations of Bastille Day. Anti-terrorism police took over the investigation in the incident, media added. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

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