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Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, arriving Wednesday to brief EU ambassadors and MEPs on the EU-UK negotiation.
November 6, 2020
On October 15, the leaders of the 27 member states of the European Union, meeting as the European Council, took stock of the stalled negotiation between the EU and the UK...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announcing the UK’s new lockdown Saturday evening.
November 4, 2020
Europe is in the midst of a second wave of Covid-19 infections—one that is much worse, in terms of numbers, than the first wave that began in late February and early March...
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, after arriving by train in London today.
October 22, 2020
Last Thursday, after the European Council took stock of the stalled negotiation between the EU and the UK to conclude an agreement in regard to their future relationship, the...
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, speaking about the EU-UK negotiation after yesterday’s European Council meeting.
October 16, 2020
Yesterday, the leaders of the 27 member states of the EU, meeting as the European Council, took stock of the stalled negotiation between the EU and the UK in regard to their...
Alexei Navalny with Yulia and their son Zakhar as he recovers in Berlin from the poisoning.
October 15, 2020
On August 20, Alexei Navalny became violently ill on a flight to Moscow from Tomsk, where he had been campaigning in advance of Russia’s local and regional elections. After...
Alexei Navalny with Yulia and their son Zakhar as he recovers in Berlin from the poisoning.
October 9, 2020
On August 20, Alexei Navalny, the foremost democratic opposition activist in Russia, became violently ill on a flight to Moscow from Tomsk, where he had been campaigning in...
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate in Belarus presidential election, with European Parliament President David Sassoli at the EU, Sept. 21, 2020.
October 5, 2020
When they gathered in Brussels last Thursday for the two-day meeting of the European Council, the 27 leaders of the EU member states faced a full agenda—the dramatic increase...