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Brussels Hosts Conference on Future of EU Finances

by Abdullah Mustafa | Sep 26, 2017 | Business

Brussels -The European Commission in Brussels said members of the union’s executive panel partook in the Conference on the Future of EU Finances on Monday. The conference will bring together high-level members of European institutions, representatives of EU...

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EU Ambassador Christina Lassen visits the 9th Brigade of the Lebanese Armed Forces in Arsal. Photo provided by EU delegation

EU Committed to Supporting Lebanese Army in Fight against Terror

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 15, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, Ambassador Christina Lassen, has visited the Lebanese army’s 9th brigade deployed around the northeastern border town of Arsal. Lassen also held meetings with the head of Arsal Municipality, Bassel...

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NATO eFP battlegroup German army soldiers attend a sniper shooting competition in Rukla, Lithuania September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

Russian War Games on NATO’s Eastern Flank

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 14, 2017 | World

Russia on Thursday began major joint military exercises with Belarus along the European Union’s eastern flank, the biggest Russian war games since 2013. Named Zapad-2017 (West-2017), the maneuvers, scheduled to last until September 20, are taking place on the...

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A woman holds her child outside the Kokkinotrimithia refugee camp outside Nicosia, Cyprus September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

More Than 300 Syrian Refugees Rescued, Arrive in Cyprus

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2017 | Middle East

Nicosia – Two boats crowded with 305 Syrian refugees arrived in Cyprus overnight, police said on Sunday, one of the largest group landings of migrants to the island since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011. The vessels were tracked sailing to the north-west...

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) for the upcoming general elections, gestures during an election rally in Ludwigshafen, Germany, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Merkel Pushes EU to Halt Turkish Accession Talks 

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 9, 2017 | World

Ankara- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she would discuss with European leaders the “suspension” of Turkey’s membership talks and push them to agree on a “joint stance” from the country. She told the German Bundestag lower house of parliament on Friday that...