Tag: Frans Timmermans

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Top EU official writes a “love letter” to Britain, stressing “you will always be welcome to come back”

  

  A top Brussels official has written a “love letter” to Britain expressing his grief at its decision to leave the European Union - and stressing it was always welcome back.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Divided EU leaders unable to agree on new EC posts; third consecutive day meeting

  

  The divided European Union's 28 national leaders were to spend a third consecutive day on Tuesday arm-wrestling over who should hold the bloc's most prominent jobs until nearly 2025.

• Thursday, September 11th 2014 - 15:53 UTC

  Key economic responsibilities to France and UK in EU new executive team

  

  The incoming head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, unveiled an EU executive team on Wednesday that handed key economic responsibilities to French and British commissioners but overseen by others in a new-look hierarchy.

• Monday, July 28th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  Dutch government releases former Venezuelan general retained on DEA request

  

  The Dutch government released a former Venezuelan general who was detained on US drug charges when he arrived in Aruba to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:29 UTC

  EU puts Hezbollah in terrorism blacklist; Lebanon fears impact in local politics

  

  The European Union agreed on Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on its terrorism blacklist, a move driven by concerns over the Lebanese militant group's roles in a bus bombing in Bulgaria and the Syrian war.