Twelve dead in an attack on satirical weekly newspaper in France
Twelve people - ten journalists and two policemen - were killed in an attack on the editorial office of the French satirical weekly “Charlie Hebdo” this morning in Paris.
Three heavily armed masked men broke into the editorial office of the newspaper and began shooting,...
EU to fight “against Putin’s propaganda” with a television channel
EU considers the possibility of European TV channel "against Putin’s propaganda”, revealed the popular website “Bazfeed” in an interview with Latvian Foreign Minister just before Riga to take over the EU presidency at the beginning of 2015. EU member states are seriously considering the...
Digital products more expensive in the EU from 1st of January
On 1st of January, the new tax rules in the European Union, which harmonize VAT throughout the community and which will make products more expensive for the consumer, came into force.
As of this year, VAT of digital products - such as legal downloading music...
Italian authorities rescue immigrants from the ship “Ezadeen”
Italian Air Force implemented action to rescue hundreds of immigrants from the crewless merchant ship which was abandoned in the Mediterranean by traffickers. One of the immigrants from the ship “Ezadeen”, which travels under the flag of Sierra Leone, sent a message saying that...
Ukraine considers power cuts
Ukraine will be forced to implement additional power cuts if the temperature falls drastically, announced Prime Minister Arsenij Jacenjuk.
Until recently, Ukraine had enough electricity for its needs, but several months of fighting with pro-Russian separatists disrupted the supply of coal of the thermal power...
Macedonian journalists will be able to report intimidation in Strasbourg
The new online platform which the Council of Europe prepared along with the European Federation of Journalists (EFN), Reporters without Borders and other international news organizations and through which European journalists can report any type of intimidation or assault, will be available to the...
Soros and Strauss-Kahn main candidates for Director of the National Bank of Ukraine
Famous US billionaire George Soros could become head of the National Bank of Ukraine, reports Ukrainian TV “Channel 112”, citing sources close to the {resident Petro Poroshenko and the sources of the Verkhovna Rada.
Former Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is also...
EU surprised by the statements of Erdogan
Federica Mogherini, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the European Union, at today’s press conference announced that she was very surprised by the statements of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. She said that when she was in Turkey last week, she had a very constructive...
Belgium paralyzed by strike against government austerity measures
The national strike organized by the joint front of all unions today completely paralyzed Belgium.
State institutions are not working, and the entrances of the private companies are blocked by the union boards from four o’clock this morning. The largest shopping center in Brussels is...
Emigration to Belgium to cost 225 euros
Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, nationalist Theo Francken, clarified the plans of his Government to charge the right of residence of immigrants on Belgian territory, and, according to him, it will cost 225 euros.
If the immigrant refuses or is unable to...
Hahn hints unblocking name dispute resolution
European Commissioner for Regional Policy to the European Union, Johannes Hahn, today, after the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Fatmir Besimi, in Brussels, when asked by the reporters, commented on the process of resolving the name dispute with Greece.
- We are...
Putin: West wants to conduct a “Yugoslav scenario” in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Russians that hard times are at hand and asked for a bigger support from the people.
Addressing both houses of the Kremlin, Putin accused the West of trying to set up a new Iron Curtain around Russia.
Russia suffered a...
Brok: EU enlargement shouldn’t stop
Today in the European Parliament in Brussels, a debate of the Foreign Affairs Committee on progress reports for the Western Balkans countries was held. Foreign ministers from the region, including the Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki, attended the debate.
President of the Foreign...
Brussels to check legality of Macedonian airline subsidies
In a statement for META, European Commission Spokeswoman Maja Kocijanchik doesn’t confirm the position of the Ministry of Transport on state subsidies for cheap flights to Europe by domestic and foreign airlines.
“The Commission is aware of the financial assistance of the Former Yugoslav Republic...
UK must remain in the EU
UK must remain in the EU because it is “an important gateway to the world for European nations”, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Sydney, after her participation on the G-20 Summit in Brisbane.
- Whatever the British would do, is something they have to...
Retired soldier threatens with a gun in front of the Government of Serbia
A retired lieutenant colonel of the army of Serbia was waving a gun between the main and side entrance of the government building and threatened to kill himself. After negotiations with police, he surrendered the gun and the officers collected the weapon and brought...
Brussels: Demands for resignation of the new President of EC
The pressure on the newly appointed President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, is growing after the discovery of the secret tax deals which Luxemburg Government regularly makes with major international private companies in order to minimize taxing by the International Consortium of Investigative...
