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by Alex Pigman Agence France-Presse TALLINN, Estonia (AFP) — European Union leaders will meet over dinner in Estonia on Thursday for a frank debate on the future of Europe, featuring first impressions of French President Emmanuel Macron’s new vision for the bloc.Most of the EU 28’s leaders are coming to Tallinn, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, although Brexit negotiations are not expected to be on the menu. The discussion on the EU’s future will take place over […]
by Ljubomir Milasin / Sabine Wibaux Agence France-Presse Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni criticized fellow European Union nations on Wednesday for leaving his country to grapple with the migrant crisis, despite pledges made by France and Germany. Gentiloni met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trieste before an annual Western Balkans summit. Italy took in more than 3,500 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya in just the past few […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — English rockers Coldplay have released a new song written with ambient legend Brian Eno, with proceeds to support migrants who make the dangerous journey to Europe across the Mediterranean. “Aliens,” released late Thursday alongside an animated video, is the latest single from Coldplay’s upcoming EP “Kaleidoscope.” Coldplay said that proceeds from “Aliens” would support the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, a charity in Malta that sends search and rescue teams to […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday (October 12) that she would travel to an EU summit in Brussels later in the week and ask her fellow leaders to work together in tackling the migrant crisis. Speaking at an event of her Christian Democrat Union part in the northern city of Stade, Merkel said that Germany cannot handle the problem alone. “When on Thursday this week I travel to the European Council in Brussels, then […]
World leaders agreed on Wednesday (September 30) that the global community must help shoulder the burden of the migrant crisis in Europe, but they don’t seem to be any further in being able to forge a clear path forward on exactly how it ought to be done. At a special U.N. meeting held on the sidelines of the General Assembly in New York, U.N. Chief Ban Ki-Moon recalled the image that swept across social media […]
(Reuters) — The German navy on Tuesday (June 23) rescued 627 migrants whose wooden boat ran into difficulty in the Mediterranean Sea. The German ship, Tender Werra, was informed by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) in Rome of a maritime emergency some 55 kilometers north-west of the Libyan capital Tripoli and was asked to bring the people to safety. Footage supplied by the Bundeswehr, or German military, shows navy officials pulling people from a […]
