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Eurogroup seals Greek debt relief agreement after marathon session

Airbus threatens to leave UK in case of no-deal Brexit

Greece’s creditors reach deal on debt relief measures

Avramopoulos says EU refuses to consider ‘a Guantanamo for migrants’

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Issue 1256: Avramopoulos shows EU’s migration ethos (Print Edition)

EU Affairs

Airbus threatens to leave UK in case of no-deal Brexit

epa06828023 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) and Slovakian Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini attend the handover of the V4 presidency following the summit of the V4 (Visegrad Group) countries and Austria in Varkert Bazaar in Budapest, Hungary, 21 June 2018. Slovakia will preside the V4 alliance from 01 July 2018 for a one-year term. According to reports, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced that none of Visegrad Group countries Prime Ministers will attend the informal meeting on migration and asylum issues in Brussels on 24 June. EPA-EFE/SZILARD KOSZTICSAK HUNGARY OUT

Visegrad Four to boycott migration summit

epa06805591 Protestors wave flags and shout slogans during an anti-government protest in front of the Parliament building in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 13 June 2018. Demonstrators protested the government's politics as well as against a compromise solution in Macedonia's dispute with Greece over the country's name. EPA-EFE/NAKE BATEV

Name Dispute: Rough sailing for ratification procedures despite quick work in Skopje

epa05396624 British Secretary for Business Innovation and Skills, Sajid Javid speaks at a press conference at the Ministry in London, Britain, 28 June 2016. Javid the same day chaired the first post-EU referendum meeting with business leaders. EPA/SEAN DEMPSEY

3.5 million EU citizens to pay €75 fee to remain in the UK

epa06824254 Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (R) welcomes European Council President Donald Tusk (L) at Palazzo Chigi, Rome, Italy, 20 June 2018. Tusk is on an official visit to Rome. EPA-EFE/Riccardo Antimiani

Italy draws red line on readmissions ahead of migration summit

epa06827440 IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrives for a meeting of the Eurogroup in Luxembourg, 21 June 2018. The Eurogroup will assess the progress achieved by Greece in implementing the prior actions required under the fourth (and the final) review of its programme. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

IMF to lower Eurozone growth projections

epa06827534 (L-R) Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici and The President of the Eurogroup, Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno during a meeting of the Eurogroup in Luxembourg, 21 June 2018. The Eurogroup will assess the progress achieved by Greece in implementing the prior actions required under the fourth (and the final) review of its programme. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

Greece’s creditors reach deal on debt relief measures

Maros Sefcovic (C) Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, talks Leo Botti (L) ABB to during his visit at the INTERSOLAR in Munich, Germany on June 21 2018.

EU-made batteries crucial for integration of renewables in Europe

Margrethe Vestager

EU probes Qatar Petroleum gas flow restrictions in Europe

epa06826552 EU Commissioner for migration and home affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos arrives to give a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, 21 June 2018. Dimitris Avramopoulos spoke to the press ahead to the informal working heads of states meeting on migration and asylum issues in Brussels on 25 June 2018, in order to work with a group of Heads of State or Government of Member States interested in finding European solutions ahead of the upcoming European Council. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

Avramopoulos says EU refuses to consider ‘a Guantanamo for migrants’

EU National News

epa06425007 The signage and survelillance camera at the headquarters of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC in Vienna, Austria, 27 December 2017. EPA-EFE/MAURITZ ANTIN

Russia, Saudi push for OPEC oil supply increase while demand is strong

epa04296483 Electricity pylons of Public Power Corporation (PPC) are seen in an electric power station in central Athens, Greece, 03 July 2014. Workers at Greece's state-controlled power utility PPC are staging a series of strikes as of 02 July, to protest against government plans to privatise the company. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

Greece establishes energy exchange with EU help

epa06739039 Liviu Dragnea (C) the president of the Romanian Parliament's Deputy Chamber and the leader of the main ruling party PSD (Social Democracy Party) prepares to enter his car as he leaves the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania (ICCJ) headquarters, after the last hearing, in Bucharest, Romania, 15 May 2018. DNA (National Anti-graft Directorate) prosecutors have demanded seven and a half years in prison for Dragnea in the file called 'DGASPC', in which the President of Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea, was accused of instigating to abuse of public function and of incitement to intellectual forgery. The verdict for this case was postponed to 29 May. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT

Romania’s most powerful politician condemned to jail

epa06744388 A refugee is seen detained in the Identification Center for Refugees in Fylakio, a village near the Evros River at the Turkish border, northern Greece, 11 May 2018 (issued 17 May 2018). Refugees remain detained in the camp until their identification is completed, approximately 20 days, and then they are going to be transferred to hot spots all over Greece. As opposed to April when migrant inflows were too high (3,627), May shows a decrease of migrants (808) arriving in Greek mainland crossing the river Evros. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

Belgium to start sending migrants back to Greece

BRU22 - 20000616 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM : English soccer fans with their hands cuffed sit on the ground and are guarded by Belgian riot police after being arrested following clashes with Turkish supporters in Brussels on Friday evening, 16 June 2000. (ELECRONIC IMAGE) EPA PHOTO EPA/MICHELE LIMINA/ML/kr

More Britons are are asking for Belgian citizenship before Brexit

World News

epa06502154 Protester with masks of Taner Kilic stand in a line during a protest of Amnesty International for the immediate release of Taner Kilic, the president of the Turkish section of Amnesty International, outside the Turkish embassy in Berlin, Germany, 07 February 2018. A court in Turkey ordered to release Taner Kilic who is charged to be a member of the Guelen movement, but 24h later the court rescinded the decision. EPA-EFE/MARKUS HEINE

HRW denounces start of trial of Turkey Amnesty chair and of ten other activists

epa06076557 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responds to a question at the closing press conference of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, 08 July 2017. The G20 Summit (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for governments from 20 major economies. The summit is taking place in Hamburg 07 to 08 July 2017. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

Erdogan threatens Central Bank independence

epa06739189 Nikki Haley, the United StatesÕ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, speaks during an United Nations Security Council meeting in response to the violence at the border between Gaza and Israel at United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 15 May 2018. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

United States withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

epa05673102 An US pilot taxis one of two F-35 Adir stealth jet fighters as they land at the Nevatim Air Force Base in the Negev desert, south of Beersheba, Israel, 12 December 2016. Two F-35 jets, nicknamed Adir or 'Mighty' are part of Israel's plans to acquire 50 planes by 2022. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

US Senate prohibits sale of F-35s to Turkey

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Israeli former minister arrested for espionage for Iran

Leaders' Perspectives

The Populists’ Euro

By: Barry Eichengreen

The Divine Right of Donald

By: Elizabeth Drew

Can the Euro Be Saved?

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz

North Korea Summit Yields Trump Political Victory But Not Binding Commitments

By: Sandeep Gopalan

EU Should Push to Protect Rights in Diamond Trade

By: Juliane Kippenberg

Europe must be proactive in addressing emerging cyber threats

By: Antonio López-Istúriz White

Qatar remains resilient despite blockade

By: Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al-Khulaifi

Local Solutions for Global Problems

By: Sébastien Turbot

A Trade War that China Would Win

By: Keyu Jin

The Italian Economy’s Moment of Truth

By: Michael Spence

Why Loving Our Animals Is Not Enough

By: Peter Singer and Agata Sagan

Zuckerberg’s Dodge Reveals Facebook’s Inadequacies on Extremist Content

By: David Ibsen

Romania’s most powerful politician condemned to jail

epa06739039 Liviu Dragnea (C) the president of the Romanian Parliament's Deputy Chamber and the leader of the main ruling party PSD (Social Democracy Party) prepares to enter his car as he leaves the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania (ICCJ) headquarters, after the last hearing, in Bucharest, Romania, 15 May 2018. DNA (National Anti-graft Directorate) prosecutors have demanded seven and a half years in prison for Dragnea in the file called 'DGASPC', in which the President of Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea, was accused of instigating to abuse of public function and of incitement to intellectual forgery. The verdict for this case was postponed to 29 May. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT

The head of the Romanian Socialist-Democrat ruling party (PSD) and speaker of the lower house of the parliament, Liviu Dragnea,

By Dan Alexe Contributing Editor, New Europe

Energy

epa06425007 The signage and survelillance camera at the headquarters of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC in Vienna, Austria, 27 December 2017. EPA-EFE/MAURITZ ANTIN

Russia, Saudi push for OPEC oil supply increase while demand is strong

Maros Sefcovic (C) Vice President of the European Commission for Energy Union, talks Leo Botti (L) ABB to during his visit at the INTERSOLAR in Munich, Germany on June 21 2018.

EU-made batteries crucial for integration of renewables in Europe

epa04296483 Electricity pylons of Public Power Corporation (PPC) are seen in an electric power station in central Athens, Greece, 03 July 2014. Workers at Greece's state-controlled power utility PPC are staging a series of strikes as of 02 July, to protest against government plans to privatise the company. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

Greece establishes energy exchange with EU help

Margrethe Vestager

EU probes Qatar Petroleum gas flow restrictions in Europe

Xie Zhenhua, Miguel Arias Canete, Catherine McKenna, Laurent Fabius

EU, Canada and China join forces against climate change

epa06756602 Wind turbines during sunny evening on a field near Neubrandenburg, Northern Germany, 23 May 2018. Meteorologist predict the cloudy weather with temperatures around 24 degrees Celsius in the next days in Northern Germany. EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER

EU agrees on new rules for improving Energy Union governance

epa05949199 People participate in the Flower Parade Festival in Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal, 07 May 2017. Thousands of people, including tourists and locals participated in the great Flower parade festival on the main streets of Funchal. EPA/HOMEM DE GOUVEIA

EU invests in greener and more secure electricity in Madeira

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EU approves the acquisition of Uniper by Fortum

epa06598147 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a joint press conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini (not pictured) in Kiev, Ukraine, 12 March 2018. Federica Mogherini arrived to Kiev for meeting with top Ukrainian officials. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

Ukraine creating EU-based consortium to stop Nord Stream-2

epa04182130 View of the General Electric and Alstom sites in Belfort, France, 27 April 2014. German group Siemens said it was available to discuss an alliance with French rival Alstom, upping the ante for US multinational General Electric, which is reportedly in talks on buying the French train and power plant builder. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

France to fine General Electric for failure to create jobs

Internet & ICT

Airbus threatens to leave UK in case of no-deal Brexit

epa05673102 An US pilot taxis one of two F-35 Adir stealth jet fighters as they land at the Nevatim Air Force Base in the Negev desert, south of Beersheba, Israel, 12 December 2016. Two F-35 jets, nicknamed Adir or 'Mighty' are part of Israel's plans to acquire 50 planes by 2022. EPA/JIM HOLLANDER

US Senate prohibits sale of F-35s to Turkey

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European Commission cancels first WiFi4EU call, carries budget forward

epa06744893 FCC Chairman Ajit Pai prepares to testify before a Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on the proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2019 for the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA 17 May 2018. On 16 May Senate Democrats won a vote to repeal changes to Obama-era net neutrality rules. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

Are claims that the FCC killed net neutrality true?

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Desire for change drives Eastern European business toward success

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Facebook: 99 percent attitude, 1 percent show

epa01246837 An illustration picture of the plenary session of the European committee of the Regions in Brussels, Belgium, 06 February 2008. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union. Established in 1994, the CoR was set up to address two main issues. Firstly, about three quarters of EU legislation is implemented at local or regional level, so it makes sense for local and regional representatives to have a say in the development of new EU laws. Secondly, there were concerns that the public was being left behind as the EU steamed ahead. Involving the elected level of government closest to the citizens was one way of closing the gap. EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET

Local and regional conservative politicians call for structured post-Brexit cooperation

epa06777267 China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy hold a joint press conference at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, 01 June 2018. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

Trade and Iran nuclear deal highlight EU-China strategic dialogue

NATO briefing

NATO, EU to tackle cyber threats

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Blue-Green Summit Profile with the Tea Party’s Debbie Dooley

From the NE Knowledge Network

The Knowledge Network

epa02150995 (FILE) A file picture dated 11 March 2010 shows a euro coin and notes in Frankfurt Main, Germany. On 10 May 2010, German Chancellor Merkel defended the 'unprecedented' 750-billion-euro (960-billion-US dollar) safety net for eurozone members agreed upon overnight in Brussels. Merkel said the 'unique' measures served to 'strengthen and protect' the euro currency against 'broad attacks' on the markets. Merkel also stressed that any such bail-out would be attached to stringent demands for any ailing economy to enact budget reforms. EPA/TOBIAS KLEINSCHMIDT

The Economy is back!

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

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By Francisco Jaime Quesado

The Knowledge Network

epa02150995 (FILE) A file picture dated 11 March 2010 shows a euro coin and notes in Frankfurt Main, Germany. On 10 May 2010, German Chancellor Merkel defended the 'unprecedented' 750-billion-euro (960-billion-US dollar) safety net for eurozone members agreed upon overnight in Brussels. Merkel said the 'unique' measures served to 'strengthen and protect' the euro currency against 'broad attacks' on the markets. Merkel also stressed that any such bail-out would be attached to stringent demands for any ailing economy to enact budget reforms. EPA/TOBIAS KLEINSCHMIDT

Opportunity for a New Agenda

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

The Knowledge Network

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Hubs of Competence

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

Clock ticking for Eurogroup’s Greek debt sustainability measures

Arrival and doorstep by Mario CENTENO, Chair of the ESM Board of Governors and Eurogroup President, and Klaus REGLING, Managing Director of the ESM, at the annual ESM Board of Governors meeting, taking place on 21 June 2018, in Luxembourg.

With the 19 Eurozone members’ finance ministers meeting in Luxembourg to discuss the group’s debt relief package for Greece and

By Irene Kostaki Journalist, New Europe

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