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Johnson & Johnson faces opioid crisis litigation

By NEOnline | IR

Merkel and Macron disagree over choices for EU top jobs

By Irene Kostaki

Merkel or Barnier?

By Basil A. Coronakis

Zelensky restores Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship

By Nicholas Waller

EPP is ready to compromise, while Barnier’s candidacy is rejected by the Greens

By Irene Kostaki

epa07604971 German CDU/CSU top candidate for the upcoming European Parliament Elections, European People's Party (EPP) chairman Manfred Weber delivers a press statement at the CSU headquarters in Munich, Germany, 27 May 2019. The European Parliament election was held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND

Weber’s EU Commission bid in doubt after key meeting called off

By Irene Kostaki

epa07534926 Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon gives a speech at the Scotttish National Party (SNP) party conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 April 2019. EPA-EFE/Robert Perry

Sturgeon reiterates calls for referendums on EU membership and Scottish independence

By NEOnline | IR

epa07605957 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz listens to a speaker during a special session of the parliament at the temporary parliament building at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, 27 May 2019. Kurz faces a no-confidence vote in Parliament after his government's coalition partner, the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) had come under fire over a secretly filmed video which appeared to show FPOe leader and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache promising public contracts in return for election campaign donations from a fake Russian backer. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

Kurz loses no-confidence vote in Austria

By Irene Kostaki

epa07605034 Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks to the media in Westminster following his win in the European Union elections, in London, Britain, 27 May 2019. The Brexit Party scored a resounding win in the European Parliament elections, winning at least 32 percent of the vote. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

Brexit party triumphs in the UK

By NEOnline | IR

Timmermans’ Labour Party rebounds in The Netherlands

By NEOnline | IR

epa07544077 Afghan women listen to a speech by Afghan president Ghani during the closing ceremony of the Afghan government Loya Jerga (lit. Grand Assembly) in Kabul, Afghanistan, 03 May 2019. Afghan president Ghani announced that as a goodwill act for peace with the Taliban movement his government is releasing some 175 Taliban prisoners from jail and called on the Taliban to show their willing to reach a long-term ceasefire. EPA-EFE/JAWAD JALALI

Taliban’s treatment of prisoners worries UN mission in Afghanistan

epa07604462 A First projections of seats at European Parliament based on 11 countries displayed in the hemicycle of European Parliament transformed into a giant TV studio, in Brussels, Belgium, 26 May 2019. The European Parliament election is held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

European Parliament inevitably heads towards EPP-led four-party coalition

By Irene Kostaki

epa07601521 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras exits a polling booth before voting at a polling station during the triple elections, for Local Government, Regional Government and the European Parliament, in Athens, Greece, 26 May 2019. The European Parliament election is held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU

Tsipras calls snap elections in Greece after 9 percentage point EU election defeat

By Irene Kostaki

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First pan-European projections on the new 2019-2024 Hemicycle

By Irene Kostaki

epa07601676 French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) President and member of Parliament Marine Le Pen casts her vote during the European elections in Henin Beaumont, northern France, 26 May 2019. The European Parliament election is held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/THIBAULT VANDERMERSCH

France’s Le Pen comes out ahead of Macron’s party according to EU exit polls

By Irene Kostaki

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EU election participation highest in 20 years

By New Europe Newsroom

epa07603211 First projections of results of Germany, during European Elections are shown in the hemicycle of European Parliament transformed into a giant TV studio in Brussels, Belgium, 26 May 2019. The European Parliament election is held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. A special electoral evening will take place on 26 at Parliament. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

European elections initial estimates for Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Ireland and Malta

By Irene Kostaki

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US sanctions may be too late to stop Nord Stream-2 construction

By Kostis Geropoulos

epa07587059 (FILE) - A part of the Druzhba (Freundschaft) pipeline seen at the PCK oil refinery in Schwedt, Germany, 30 April 2019 (reissued 20 May 2019). According to media reports on 20 May 2019, oli companies ENI and Total have said they will not pay Russian companies that delivered them with oil that was contaminated with organic chloride through the Druzhba pipeline. The oil exports have been disrupted from Russia since the month of April 2019, while Belarus' and Russian authorities are to publish first figures of losses related to the oil contamination on 20 May. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN

Russian oil: There may be gunk

By Kostis Geropoulos

epa07596412 Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on at Downing Street in London in Britain, 24 May 2019. May announced she would resign from office on 07 June 2019. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

UK Prime Minister Theresa May to step down on 7 June

By Irene Kostaki

epa07594594 Britain's Prime Minster Theresa May (L) and her husband Phillip (R) cast their vote at a polling station during the European elections in her Maidenhead constituency in Britain, 23 May 2019. The European Parliament election is held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Pressure mounts on May to resign

By NEOnline | IR

epa000399550 A photograph supplied by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) shows an Israeli Navy 'Dabor' patrol boat as it cruises the waters between Eilat and Aqaba, Jordan as a NATO helicpoter flies overhead on Sunday, 27 March 2005. EPA/ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES (IDF)

NATO and Israel are right to deepen ties

By Michael Sieveking

epa05762792 General view of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in Moscow, Russia, 31 January 2017. Ruslan Stoyanov, head of cyber-investigations at Kaspersky Lab, was arrested by FSB on charges of treason. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY

Report says Human Rights NGO Open Dialogue Foundation “suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence”

By New Europe Newsroom

epaselect epa07586443 President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky attends his inauguration in Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, 20 May 2019. Volodymyr Zelensky with 73,22 percent of the votes beats out the current President Petro Poroshenko, who received 24,45 percent of the votes during the second tour of Presidential elections in Ukraine which was held on 21 April 2019. EPA-EFE/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

The challenge of being an ambassador to Ukraine

By Tetiana Gaiduk

epa07590015 Netherlands Secretary of State of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) Mark Harbers answers questions at the House of Representatives in The Hague, The Netherlands, 21 May 2019. According to reports, the Dutch junior justice minister Mark Harbers has quit after his department came under fire for appearing to minimize statistics about criminality among asylum seekers. Harbers was discredited after his report about criminal asylum seekers, in which he appeared to have classified very serious incidents such as (attempted) murder and manslaughter, assault and sexual offenses under the category 'other'. EPA-EFE/BART MAAT

Dutch junior minister resigns over misleading asylum-seekers crime report

By NEOnline | IR

epa07593566 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) casts his vote for the European elections, in The Hague, The Netherlands, 23 May 2019. The European Parliament election are held by member countries of the European Union (EU) from 23 to 26 May 2019. EPA-EFE/BART MAAT

Rutte tells NE ‘I am absolutely not a candidate for any job in Brussels’

By Irene Kostaki

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