Search For Keyword.

Europe

EU to discuss Brexit ‘preparedness and contingency’

The European Union will discuss its Brexit “preparedness and contingency” during a meeting on Jan. 30, a senior spokesman of the bloc said on Monday.  EU Commission's chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters that President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker will...

Britain faces accidental 'no deal' Brexit: EU

Britain risks crashing out of the European Union without a Brexit deal "by accident" because London cannot decide what it wants, a senior EU negotiator warned Monday. In some of her toughest remarks to date, Sabine Weyand, deputy to EU Brexit pointman Michel Barnier, criticised Prime...

Armed gang snatches jailed criminal outside French courthouse

Three heavily armed men attacked a van carrying a jailed criminal on his way to court Monday, firing shots outside the courthouse and striking a guard before making their getaway in the southern French town of Tarascon, officials said. The spectacular escape took place at around 8:30...