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08 August, 2019 2:41 am 
2:41 am VIENNA (Reuters) – Outgoing European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said Saturday that a no-deal Brexit would hurt Britain more than the rest of Europe no matter how much Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government pretends otherwise. Britain has been pressing the European Union to amend the terms of Britain’s withdrawal agreement, saying Brussels would have to … Read More
08 August, 2019 3:23 am 3:23 am BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union sates picked Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva as the bloc’s candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after more than 12 hours of talks on Friday that highlighted the EU’s internal divisions. The 65-year-old chief executive of the World Bank got the backing of a majority of the 28 EU states, … Read More
07 July, 2019 5:20 pm 5:20 pm LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar on Tuesday that Britain will be leaving the European Union “no matter what” on Oct. 31, stressing that the so-called Irish backstop had to be removed from any exit deal. “The prime minister made clear that the UK will be leaving the … Read More
07 July, 2019 9:23 pm 9:23 pm LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on October 31 without an agreement, senior ministers said on Sunday. Boris Johnson, who took over as British prime minister on Wednesday with a promise … Read More
07 July, 2019 5:59 pm 5:59 pm LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union is bracing for either a no-deal Brexit or another delay if Boris Johnson becomes Britain’s prime minister next week with a pledge to renegotiate a deal the bloc says it will not reopen. The three-year Brexit crisis could be about to deepen as Johnson’s pledge to leave the EU … Read More
07 July, 2019 12:19 pm 12:19 pm STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen faces a make-or-break vote on Tuesday in her quest to be the European Commission’s first female leader, and a raft of promises made the previous day may help her win over sceptical European Union socialist and liberal lawmakers. To appease them, von der Leyen pledged more ambitious … Read More
07 July, 2019 4:35 pm 4:35 pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran’s breaches as significant and do not intend for now to trigger the pact’s dispute mechanism, preferring more diplomacy to ease the crisis, the EU foreign policy chief said on Monday. She spoke at the end of an European Union foreign … Read More
05 May, 2019 2:29 pm 2:29 pm LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday said she would quit, triggering a contest that will bring a new leader to power who is likely to push for a more decisive Brexit divorce deal. May set out a timetable for her departure: She will resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7 … Read More
04 April, 2019 10:11 pm 10:11 pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union (EU) lawmakers approved on Tuesday an overhaul of banking rules, addressing some of the loopholes exposed by the global financial crisis. The banking overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, sets the level of cash banks must set aside to absorb losses and introduces new requirements for capital … Read More
04 April, 2019 5:53 pm 5:53 pm KATHMANDU (AFP) – A small aircraft veered off the runway and hit two helicopters while taking off near Mount Everest on Sunday, killing three people and injuring three, officials said. The accident happened at Lukla airport which is the main gateway to the Everest region and is reputed to be one of the most difficult … Read More
04 April, 2019 3:34 pm 3:34 pm BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders gave Britain six more months to leave the bloc, more than Prime Minister Theresa May says she needs but less than many in the bloc wanted, thanks to fierce resistance from France. The summit deal in Brussels in the early hours of Thursday meant Britain will not crash out … Read More
04 April, 2019 11:07 pm 11:07 pm RUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s data protection supervisor said on Monday it is investigating whether products provided by software giant Microsoft to EU institutions comply with its new data protection rules. In November the Dutch government raised concerns in a report about the collection of data done through Microsoft ProPlus, which includes popular software … Read More
03 March, 2019 10:33 pm 10:33 pm RAWALPINDI (92 News) – EU Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini on Monday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the meeting took place at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, both the leaders discussed with him affairs of … Read More
03 March, 2019 3:52 pm 3:52 pm ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Pakistan and the European Union have agreed to be long-term partners in several fields, including bilateral trade, investment and energy. The understanding came at the fourth round of Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the European Union in Islamabad on Monday. The Pakistan delegation was led by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi … Read More
03 March, 2019 9:56 am 9:56 am BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday to give Prime Minister Theresa May an offer to delay Brexit beyond March 29, on condition that she can finally win over her many opponents in parliament next week. Nearly three years after Britons narrowly voted in a referendum to leave the EU, May … Read More
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