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March 14, 2020

Spain set to announce lockdown as coronavirus cases spike; planes turned around midair

Spain is set to announce an Italian-style countrywide lockdown Saturday after a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases.

March 11, 2020

Turkey's Erdogan compares Greece's actions at border to 'what the Nazis did'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday compared Greece’s alleged mistreatment of migrants at its borders to “what the Nazis did.”

March 11, 2020

What is the European Union and who wants in? Everything you should know

The European Union is a unique economic and political coalition between 27 sovereign states that focuses on the integration of its members through free trade, free movement of people, and the promotion and encouragement of social and economic issues.

March 9, 2020

Turkey's Erdogan presses European leaders in Brussels amid renewed refugee crisis at Greek border

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to Brussels Monday to meet with European Union leaders amid a mounting migrant crisis at Turkey’s land border with Greece.

March 4, 2020

Clashes breaking out at Greece-Turkey border as migrants continue push attempt into Europe

Clashes broke out along the Greece-Turkey land border Wednesday morning as Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades in an attempt to push back the hundreds of migrants trying to illegally cross.

March 2, 2020

Putin could make move to absorb Belarus, Europe’s ‘last dictatorship,’ experts say

It has been bestowed by critics as the "last dictatorship" in Europe and for decades has been one of the world's most closed countries. The former Soviet stronghold of Belarus was almost slapped onto the U.S. travel ban earlier this year and continues to be blacklisted by the European Union with a protracted arms embargo. So what's going on inside the small Eastern European enclave of just nine million?

March 2, 2020

Turkey's Erdogan warns Europe to expect 'millions' of migrants after easing border restrictions

Turkey’s president warned Monday that Europe could expect “millions” of migrants and refugees after easing his country’s border-crossing restrictions.

February 27, 2020

Britain says it is prepared to walk away from post-Brexit EU talks: ‘We will not trade away our sovereignty'

The British government on Thursday set out its stance for post-Brexit trade talks with the European Union with a pledge to walk away from the talks if E.U. negotiators refuse to play ball this year — with government ministers saying the U.K. is not prepared to “trade away" its sovereignty to secure a deal.

February 6, 2020

Northern Ireland militants planted Brexit bomb, investigators say

Authorities in Northern Ireland Thursday said militants with the Irish Republican Army planted a bomb on a truck that was intended to explode around the time Britain left the European Union on Friday.

February 3, 2020

Boris Johnson slams 'America bashers' after Brexit, previews new terrorist policy after London stabbings

Some three days after Brexit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson scolded “America bashers” and claimed there was “no need” for the United Kingdom to agree to European Union sanctions in order to deliver a free trade deal with the bloc.