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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – agendaEurope – The Week Ahead – 17th till 21st June

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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EU leaders in Malta, support Cyprus over ownership of offshore natural gas deposits

Heads of European Union Mediterranean states offered full support on Friday for fellow EU member Cyprus in a dispute with Turkey over the ownership of offshore natural gas deposits. The…

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Mediterranean European leaders seek common ground for EU priorities for the next 5 years

Key European Union leadership jobs, migration issues and climate change were at the top of the agenda in Valletta, where the meeting included the leaders of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal,…

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EU warns that a new Prime Minister will not be able to change negotiated Brexit deal

The appointment of a new prime minister in the UK will not be able to change the Brexit deal negotiated by Theresa May, the EU Commission has confirmed. A spokesperson…

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Romania’s former anti-corruption chief adamant about winning the bid to become first EU prosecutor, despite Brussels politicking

As a prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi has gone after top politicians, powerful businessmen and corrupt judges. She's not going to be fazed by a bit of Brussels politicking. POLITICO reports that Kövesi,…

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Moldova’s would-be prime Minister wants EU to save democracy in her country

Moldova's would-be prime minister has told Euronews she wants the European Union to help save democracy in her country, in the grip of a constitutional crisis as two rival governments…

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EU Council adopts new visa regulations

The Council adopted amendments to the visa code regulation which will improve conditions for travellers and increase the tools available to tackle illegal migration. The new rules will provide faster…

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Corporate Dispatch End-of-Day Roundup

The British and Americans have been historic partners, they have shared values, and those values will endure for the next 75 years and beyond. That is why she was so…

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Ukraine’s new President says country aspires to be EU and NATO members

During his visit to Brussels on Tuesday, newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his country still aspires to being a member of both the European Union and the NATO…

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Six European leaders set to meet on Friday to discuss the future of European leadership roles

Six EU leaders charged by their political party families with leading the search for a new Commission president will meet in Brussels on Friday evening to discuss candidates over dinner,…

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Italy’s governor of the Central Bank warns political class against making EU its enemy

The governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco warned Italy's political class not to make the European Commission its enemy. "We would be poorer if we made the European…

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Cartoon: Weber, No Thank You. – Macron

First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, May 25, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas via Politico

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Europe’s top posts and future, take centre stage in EU summit

Europe's future leaders were the main subject of the talks held during an informal dinner organised as part of the EU summit in Brussels following the weekends electoral results. During…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning The aftermath of the elections, the court procedures related to the racist murder of Lassane Cisse are among the main headlines from Malta's newspapers. European Council President Donald Tusk…

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Discussions, lobbying and negotiations on who should lead the EU next

European Union leaders are converging on Brussels to haggle over who should lead the 28-nation bloc’s key institutions for the next five years after weekend elections shook up Europe’s political…

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Europe Votes: European turnout highest since 1979

Preliminary figures suggest that in aggregate, Europe is seeing the highest turnout in EU election participation in the last 20 years, and the first significant increase since the first EU…

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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – The Week Ahead

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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Frans Timmermans lays ground for left coalition against EPP

Frans Timmermans, the Socialist nominee for Commission president, used the last major candidates' debate Wednesday to push for a left-wing alliance that could break the center right's monopoly control of…

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US President declares imported vehicles and parts a ‘threat’ to national security

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday declared that some imported vehicles and parts pose a national security threat but delayed a decision for as long as six months on whether…

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USA warns against greater military EU cooperation

The US has warned that greater military co-operation between EU countries would be a “dramatic reversal” of three decades of transatlantic defence integration, in the latest sign of the fraying relationship…

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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – The Week Ahead

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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Il-Mument Headlines – Sunday 12th May 2019

These are the stories on today's Il-Mument. The newspaper quotes PN Leader Adrian Delia who said that the party is building a vision for the country’s and the EU’s future…

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Paradoxically Brexit started a pro-EU movement in UK – Donald Tusk

European Council Donald Tusk said in an interview on Friday with Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza that he believes there may still be a "20-30%" chance that Britain remains in the…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing, May 9th 2019

Good morning, Your morning briefing for today, reviews the main news from Malta, Europe and the World. Start your day informed. Cover Story On Europe Day, European Union leaders meet…

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Europe Day – The Schumann Declaration

The Schuman Declaration was presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May 1950. It proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community, whose members would pool…

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No Brexit Agreement in sight as UK government confirms that European elections will go ahead on May 23rd

The European elections will go ahead on 23 May, the government has confirmed, finally admitting it has failed to strike a Brexit deal in order to stop them. The Independent…

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Global uncertainties weigh on European economy growth prospects

The recent slowdown in global growth and world trade, together with high uncertainty about trade policies, is weighing on prospects for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2019 and 2020.…

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EU set to revise down Eurozone growth forecasts

The Financial Times reports that economic forecasts from Brussels will are expected to highlight some of the difficulties EU countries face in terms of economic prospects. The European Commission is poised to…

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Summit between Serbia and Kosovo highlights EU ‘diplomatic’ weakness

Macron visited the German capital this week to co-host a summit of Western Balkan leaders alongside Angela Merkel aimed at jumpstarting talks between Serbia and Kosovo. Frustrated by the EU’s…

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Cartoon – European Libido

First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, May 4, 2019 | By Rytis Daukantas

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European leaders to discuss future of Europe in “Together for Europe” summit in Warsaw on 15th anniversary of largest EU enlargement

"Europe must be a force of openness both internally and within the global context," Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said during his address to the Together for Europe summit held in Warsaw on…

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Warnings about money laundering by Danske Bank in Estonia were ignored

Russia's Central Bank sent warnings in 2007 and 2013 to Estonian and Danish financial supervisors over suspect transactions worth billion of dollars at the Estonian branch of Danske Bank but…

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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – The Agenda

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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Brexit extension should not be wasted – Barnier

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has urged British political leaders to break the deadlock over the country’s departure from the bloc and said the week ahead would…

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Libya’s conflict is no good news for Malta, Europe or the world in general

Libya has witnessed eight years of chaos and disaster since the arrival of the Arab Spring and the assassination of its longest serving ruler Muammar Gaddafi on October 20, 2011,…

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Analysis – Europe’s new ally is Japan

If he hadn't been speaking Japanese, Prime Minister Shinzō Abe could easily have been mistaken for an EU leader. Visiting Brussels on Thursday to meet Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Friday April 26th, 2019

Good morning, A clear morning, after days characterised by the presence of sand from the Sahara Desert in the atmosphere. Your morning briefing brings you a quick over-view of the…

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Trade talks dominate as EU and Japan hold annual summit

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday at the 26th annual EU-Japan summit. DW reports that the leaders…

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All clear – The Sahara desert sand leaving the Maltese islands as seen from space

The Copernicus Satellite shows the Sahara desert sand, which characterised the weather in Malta in the past days, leaving Malta. Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and…

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Italy requests EU plan of action for new migrant wave from Libya

Italy's government has written to the European Union asking it to prepare a plan of action to address the risk of a new wave of migrants escaping from the armed…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning The latest on the Notre Dame cathedral fire, Libya and the front page stories in Malta's newspapers in your Wednesday's morning briefing. Notre Dame - France’s president Emmanuel Macron…

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Forget Brexit. Let’s talk about the threats of climate change

The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has chided EU leaders for holding three emergency summits on Brexit and none on the threat posed by climate change. In a clarion call…

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UK cannot be treated as second category member if it takes part in EU elections- Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk said the UK cannot be treated as a "second category" member of the EU if it ends up taking part in the elections. "One of…

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EU countries back copyright reform

EU member states have given the final approval for copyright reforms in a bid to overhaul its two-decade old copyright rules. The clearing of this final hurdle ensures artists…

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Russia reportedly trying to interfere with European elections

Russia is reportedly trying to give euroskeptic parties a boost ahead of the EU parliamentary vote in May. The EU's eastern neighbor has a track record of interfering in foreign…

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Tusk offers Britain a conditional Brexit deadline extension till end of year

The chairman of European Union leaders Donald Tusk proposed on Tuesday to offer Britain an extension of the Brexit deadline by up to one year, with the option of leaving…

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No-Deal Brexit will not be an EU decision – Barnier

A no-deal Brexit will "never be the decision of the EU," the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said Tuesday. POLITICO says that his statement, made after briefing EU ministers attending the…

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EU calls on rebel leader Khalifa Haftar to halt offensive on Tripoli to avoid civil war – France under pressure to condemn Haftar

The EU called on rebel leader Khalifa Haftar to halt offensive on Tripoli to avoid civil war, France 24 reports. The Libyan Report said that while EU Foreign Ministers discussed…

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