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European Parliament to award Sakharov prize

Exiled Turkish journalist Can Dundar, Crimean Tatar activist Mustafa Dzhemilev and two Yazidi victims of the Islamic State group have been shortlisted for the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize to be announced Thursday.

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European Parliament argues for increased diplomatic relations with Iran

​The European Parliament, gathered for its plenary session in Strasbourg, argued on Monday for increased diplomatic relations with Iran as part of an ongoing strategy following the Iran Nuclear Agreement of 2015, in which the European Union (EU) was a major party to negotiations.

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GLOBSEC Tatra Summit to focus on energy union, finance, investment

Energy union, finance, investments, the eurozone's future, the digital agenda as well as migration and terrorism will be the main topics of the fifth GLOBSEC Tatra Summit, an international conference scheduled to take place here on October 27-30.

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Italy resists EU push for Russia sanctions over Aleppo bombings

​European Union leaders condemned Russia on Friday for its bombing of civilians in Syria's besieged city of Aleppo but faced resistance from Italy to impose new sanctions against Moscow over the atrocities.

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Joint EU finance ministry is matter of distant future

​The eurozone still has a long way to go before it can create a joint EU finance ministry, Slovak parliamentary official Ladislav Kamenicky said on Tuesday.

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Big winner from London’s Brexit exodus isn’t even in europe

The ultimate winner if Brexit forces banks to flee London may lie 3,500 miles away, far beyond the borders of Europe.

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EU launches tough border force to curb migrant crisis

European Union officials were due to inaugurate the new task force at the Kapitan-Andreevo checkpoint on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, the main land frontier via which migrants try to enter the bloc to avoid the dangerous Mediterranean sea crossing.

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EU plans to give teenagers free Inter-rail tickets for 18th birthday

​The European Union (EU) is considering giving free continental railway tickets to European teenagers for their 18th birthday to impress the youth with their neighbors' charm and make them love the bloc better.

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Italy marks first National Remembrance Day for victims of immigration

Italy marked its first National Remembrance Day for the victims of immigration on Monday, with authorities and hundreds of youths gathering in the southern island of Lampedusa for a major event.

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Merkel calls for better cooperation in digitization in Europe

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called for a closer cooperation between the European Commission, the European Union (EU) member states as well as companies in digitization.

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Boosting European defense doesn't mean creating EU army: EU official

​Strengthening the European defense system doesn't mean creating a European army, but rather strengthening cooperation between EU member states in order to be more effective, including cooperation with NATO, a top EU official said Tuesday.

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European firms offer Britain scant support in divorce talks

More than 20 European business associations and companies interviewed by Reuters say they back their governments' position that Britain's banking sector can only enjoy EU market access post-Brexit if the country still follows the bloc's rules.

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9,000 protesters march against EU trade deals with U.S., Canada in Brussels

​A total of 9,000 protesters paraded in the heart of Brussels around the European Union (EU) institutions to demonstrate against the bloc's trade deals with the United States and Canada late Tuesday, fearing those agreements would harm Europe's industries and social benefits.

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EU finds Volkswagen broke consumer laws in 20 countries: Die Welt

The European Commission has found that Volkswagen broke consumer laws in 20 European Union countries by cheating on emissions tests, German daily Die Welt reported, citing Commission sources.

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Apple faces huge Irish tax payout in EU case

The European Union is expected to order Apple on Tuesday to pay billions of euros in back taxes in Ireland in one of its largest such cases after ruling that sweetheart tax deals for the US tech giant were illegal.

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82 pct of Europeans want EU to do more against terrorism: survey

Eighty-two percent of European citizens want the European Union to do more in the fight against terrorism, it was revealed Tuesday according to the latest Eurobarometer poll commissioned by the European Parliament.