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EU suspends slot rules for airlines
The European Council suspends the requirement that airlines use 80% of their slots – takeoff and landing authorizations – or lose them the following year
EU leaders adjourn summit to break jobs stalemate
The 28 EU leaders are trying to agree on who will steer the bloc over the coming years through the looming challenges of Brexit and the rise of populist parties in Europe
EU leaders launch hunt to fill Brussels' top job
The key job to be filled is that of president of the European Commission, the union's powerful chief executive, a five-year post currently held by Jean-Claude Juncker
Talks to end Brexit deadlock collapse
MPs are due to vote for a fourth time in early June on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the EU
EU calls crisis summit, warns of no-deal Brexit
Almost immediately after the House of Commons voted to reject the withdrawal agreement, an EU Council official says Brexit will be postponed until April 12
EU's Tusk: Short Brexit delay possible if MPs back deal
European Council President Donald Tusk says 'a short extension will be possible but it will be conditional on a positive vote on the withdrawal agreement in the House of Commons'
EU's Tusk backs 'long' delay if Britain 'rethinks' Brexit
EU leader Donald Tusk says he 'will appeal to the EU27 to be open to a long extension if the UK finds it necessary to rethink its Brexit strategy and build consensus around it'
May heads back to Brussels but EU not budging on Brexit backstop
(UPDATED) Prime Minister Theresa May suffers a fresh blow to her authority at home when 3 of her MPs resign from her Conservative party in protest at her Brexit strategy
British PM wins business support for draft Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May tells the Confederation of British Industry, the UK's main business lobby group, that she is 'determined to deliver' her Brexit deal
EU is 'best prepared' for Brexit U-turn – Tusk
EU President Donald Tusk says they are prepared for all scenarios, 'but of course we are best prepared for a no Brexit scenario'
UK's Theresa May takes Brexit deal to rebellious MPs
The British Prime Minister begins selling her Brexit deal to parliament, boosted by news that Europe is preparing a rapid summit to sign off on the agreement
The week in photos: October 13-19, 2018
This week's selection of photo highlights here and around the world
EU leaders seal hard-fought migration deal
Italy's new hardline Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has vetoed joint conclusions for the entire agenda of the summit in Brussels until his demands are met
EU stresses ASEAN cooperation in fighting terrorism
'Tensions and radicalization in the Asia-Pacific can destabilize the world well beyond your region,' EU President Donald Tusk tells Southeast Asian leaders
EU Council President Donald Tusk arrives in Philippines
The European Union is attending the East Asia Summit for the first time
EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis for 6 months
The sanctions now apply to 150 persons and 37 entities with the names to be published officially on Tuesday
Obama insists Brexit won't harm transatlantic unity
Obama used the Warsaw summit to issue a clear message to Brussels and London but says fears that Britain s exit could cause wider destabilization to the West were hyperbole
EU, Turkey strike deal to send back migrants
4th UPDATE Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is now set to formally sign off on the accord at a final meeting with EU leaders
EU ministers meet after Balkan migrant route shut
The scheduled two day meeting will tackle various areas including a proposed deal with Turkey and the restoration of the visa free Schengen zone
Balkan nations slam shut migrant route
UPDATED A string of western Balkan nations slam shut their borders exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation on the Macedonian border
EU pushes for 'breakthrough' Turkey migrant deal next week
UPDATED The next summit will now take place on March 17 18 with the pressure on Europe to reach a deal that will stem a crisis that has seen more than a million refugees and migrants flood its shores
EU leaders 'to declare Balkan migrant route closed at summit'
UPDATED The European Union s 28 leaders are pinning much of their hopes for reducing the chaos on new commitments from Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
Britain's Cameron wins deal for 'special status' in EU
UPDATED Prime Minister David Cameron says the deal contained a 7 year emergency brake on welfare payments for EU migrants and meant Britain would be permanently out of ever closer union
EU, Turkey to hold special migration summit in March
UPDATED EU officials say thousands of migrants are still crossing the Aegean daily from Turkey after more than one million made the perilous journey last year in the greatest such movement in the bloc s history
EU looks to clinch deal with Africa to stem migrant flows
The EU leaders aim to sign a 5 point action plan with their African counterparts aimed at providing funds to tackle the root causes of migration such as poverty and conflict
EU states pledge to move faster on migrant crisis
Interior ministers pledge to move faster on those fronts as well as accelerate the building of shelters up through the western Balkans route from Greece
German crisis talks falter as 13 more migrants drown off Greece
Germany s ruling coalition fails to resolve major differences over the country s refugee policy as it grapples with the biggest wave of arrivals since the aftermath of World War II
EU risks 'tectonic changes' as migrant flow swells to over 700,000
European Council president Tusk: I have no doubt that this challenge has the potential to change the European Union we have built
Europe fears Scottish independence contagion
While nationalists from Catalonia to Flanders will watch Scotland s referendum with hope Brussels is nervous about the possibility of a major European Union member like Britain falling apart
Poland's PM Tusk steps down as Brussels calls
Tusk s being tapped by Brussels to succeed Herman Van Rompuy in a key EU job is being seen in Poland as a nod not only to him but also the country s growing political and economic importance within the European fold
US, Europe slap Russia with toughest sanctions yet
UPDATED Announcing the measures US President Barack Obama denied that the West had begun a new Cold War against its former Soviet foe but urged his counterpart Vladimir Putin to reverse course
Juncker named to top EU job in bitter blow for Britain
Juncker s nomination was confirmed on Twitter by Herman Van Rompuy who heads the European Council of leaders
EU, Cameron face summit showdown over top job for Juncker
While leaders can try to appease Cameron by offering London a top job in Brussels the dispute threatens to fuel eurosceptic sentiment in Britain before a 2017 referendum on leaving the EU
Georgia to sign EU association agreement on June 27: Van Rompuy
Georgia hopes the agreement will bring the country closer to its main foreign policy objective full membership in the 28 nation bloc
EU calls Crimea referendum 'illegal', to decide new sanctions
UPDATED The European Council and European Commission said the referendum is illegal and illegitimate and its outcome will not be recognized
Russia faces global outcry over Ukraine
UPDATED US Secretary of State John Kerry leads warnings from around the globe that Moscow risks being stripped of its coveted seat as one of the Group of Eight nations and could face a damaging economic fallout
Ukraine leader agrees to scrap anti-protest laws
Ukrainian opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk also formally turned down the post of prime minister
EU warns on 'urgently reviewing' Egypt ties
Further escalation of violence could have unpredictable consequences for Egypt and its neighbors EU leaders said
Aquino talks OFW, disaster with Euro leaders
Aquino meets with European leaders on the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting in Laos
