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UK raises terror threat level from Irish dissidents to ‘substantial’
British security services have raised the terror threat level in Britain from Irish republican dissidents for the first time in five years, according to The Guardian. The threat of an attack is now...
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David Cameron pledges UK money laundering rules overhaul
The U.K. will get tough on executives who fail to prevent fraud or money laundering in their companies, Prime Minister David Cameron will announce at an anti-corruption summit in London Thursday....
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Turkey’s EU minister doubts visa deal: report
Turkey is losing hope it will reach an agreement for visa-free travel to Europe, the country’s minister for European Union affairs told the BBC on Wednesday. The main obstacle is the EU’s insistence on...
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Mechelen police chief personally intervened to stop Salah Abdeslam tip:...
Yves Bogaerts, the Mechelen chief of police, personally intervened to stop information being entered into a national terrorism database that could have led to the capture of Paris terror suspect Salah...
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Donald Trump: Sadiq Khan is ‘ignorant’ and should take IQ test
The war of words between U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and British politicians escalated Monday. The Republican presidential front-runner appeared on TV show Good Morning Britain and said...
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Former British spy chief slams visa-free travel for Turkey
Offering visa-free access to Turkish citizens in exchange for the country’s help on the migrant crisis “seems perverse” and “like storing gasoline next to the fire one is trying to extinguish,” Sir...
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Spain and Portugal could face EU sanctions over national budgets
The European Commission will decide Wednesday whether to issue fines to Spain and Portugal for exceeding the EU’s budget deficit limit of 3 percent of GDP. The college of commissioners may impose...
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Economy top concern for Britons in EU referendum, Remain still leads: poll
The economy is now the top concern for Britons deciding how to vote in the U.K.’s June 23 referendum on EU membership, with the Remain campaign still ahead of Leave, according to the latest ComRes poll...
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Hundreds of British celebrities back Remain
Close to 300 British celebrities including Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Nighy and Patrick Stewart have signed a letter calling on the U.K. to stay in the EU, British media reports. The...
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Brexit could add two years to UK austerity: think tank
Leaving the EU is likely to hit Britain’s public finances and add two years of austerity according to a report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), released Wednesday. While a vote in favor of...
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Russia bombing Syria to tilt ‘balance in favor of Brexit:’ Labour MP
Russia is bombing Syrian civilians to worsen the refugee crisis in Europe,”tilt the balance in favor of Brexit,” and fragment the European stance on Ukraine, U.K. Labour MP Geraint Davies said in a...
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Gordon Brown: EU won’t treat UK harshly after Brexit vote
The promise of extra jobs from completing the single market, cooperation on climate change, getting rid of tax havens and more intelligence sharing should convince British Labour supporters to vote to...
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Donald Tusk urges world leaders to help Europe with refugees
European Council President Donald Tusk has on Thursday called on countries around the world to do more to help Europe deal with the largest refugee crisis on the Continent since the Second World War....
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Commission president invites Boris Johnson to Brussels for reality check
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday he’d like Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson to visit Brussels for some fact-checking ahead of Britain’s EU referendum. Juncker said the...
View ArticleVladimir Putin: Russia and EU are at a ‘crossroads’
Relations between Russia and the EU are at a “crossroads,” but “do not face any problems that we cannot solve” with “true respect for each other’s opinions and interests,” Russian President Vladimir...
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G7 leaders: Brexit a ‘serious risk to growth’
The G7 warned Friday of risks to global trade and economic growth if Britain left the EU. “A U.K. exit from the EU would reverse the trend towards greater global trade and investment, and the jobs they...
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Michael Gove blames EU for letting terror suspects into UK
British Justice Secretary Michael Gove, a leading campaigner for Brexit, claimed in an essay that the U.K. has been forced to allow people suspected of having terrorist links to enter the country...
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Russia’s top enemies: US, Ukraine, Turkey and Poland
Russians believe their main enemies in the world are the U.S., Ukraine and Turkey, and 62 percent have a poor opinion of the EU, according to a Levada Center poll that measures sentiments towards other...
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At least three dead, nine injured in Belgian train crash
A passenger train crashed into the back of a freight train at 11 p.m. Sunday in the Belgian municipality of Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse, killing at least three and injuring nine, the AFP news agency...
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Switzerland’s voters reject plan to provide base income for all
The Swiss rejected a proposal Sunday to provide the entire population with a basic income of 2,500 Swiss francs (around €2,300) a month per adult and 625 francs (around €565) per child, with 76.9...
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