Damon Embling

Europe News

Thousands turn out for funeral of migrant girl shot by Belgian police

Two-year-old Mawda Shawri was reportedly shot in a van carrying illegal immigrants, as it was chased by police

30 May 2018

Europe News

EU migration - 'failure no longer an option'

EU Parliament piles pressure for reform of broken asylum system

30 May 2018

Europe News

Italy crisis: EU commissioner 'should have shut up'

"You don't expect a Commissioner to confirm by his expression the worst suspicions of Eurosceptics"

30 May 2018

Europe News

Cuts in the east, hikes in the south - EU funding plans revealed

Hungary and Poland are among eastern EU states facing reductions in cohesion cash

29 May 2018

Economy

EU-Italy: there may be trouble ahead

As political uncertainty continues in Italy, eyes turn to possible impact on EU and eurozone

29 May 2018

Europe News

Gaza and Iran deal top EU foreign ministers meeting

Campaigners place thousands of pairs of shoes outside EU Council, to reflect lives lost in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

28 May 2018

Europe News

'The plastic is a disaster' - rescuing Belgium's rivers

As the EU sets its sights on banning single-use plastics, volunteers battle to keep rivers clean of waste

28 May 2018

World

EU data protection: "We are the first ones to set a real standard"

'The Global Conversation' met Jan Philipp Albrecht, the German MEP leading the charge behind the groundbreaking, new data protection regulations which will apply from 25 May 2018

18 May 2018

World News

Italy - the EU's next big headache?

Emerging coalition represents biggest challenge for bloc since Brexit

17 May 2018

Europe News

Facebook's Zuckerberg bound for Brussels

Social media boss to face data protection grilling, but closed-doors meeting is slammed

17 May 2018

Europe News

Iran deal: Belgian businesses fear future

Donald Trump's pullout from the Iran nuclear deal is causing trade ripples on other side of Atlantic

16 May 2018

Europe News

Nazi memorabilia for sale in EU summit city

Sofia market features Nazi items, banned by several EU countries

16 May 2018

Europe News

Mideast and Iran overshadow EU-West Balkans summit

There's a changing menu in Sofia, where EU enlargement had due to be focus of meeting

16 May 2018

Europe News

Catalan crisis hits Western Balkans summit

Spanish PM won't be at Thursday's meeting in Sofia because Kosovo's president is attending

16 May 2018

Europe News

Mideast: should the EU step in?

Official says Europe could play role of 'honest mediator' between Israelis and Palestinians.

15 May 2018

Europe News

Serbia: a 'transit' shelter for migrants

Migrants hoping to reach the EU are stuck in Serbia because of tough Hungarian and Croatian border controls

15 May 2018

Europe News

US embassy against 'just solution' for Mideast, says Lebanon

"We are going to resist, refuse and fight if we are attacked," foreign minister tells Euronews

14 May 2018

Europe News

Brexit: fishing industry faces choppy waters

Dutch fishing companies fear EU divorce will force them out of lucrative English waters

14 May 2018

Europe News

Eurovision: more than words?

It's kitsch, but the Eurovision song contest — culminating in Lisbon this weekend — also confronts Brussels politics.

11 May 2018

Europe News

Europe's future in focus ahead of elections

As Europe Day is marked, how much interest is there in EU politics ahead of next year's parliament elections?

9 May 2018