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EU ready to engage with Turkey to enhance cooperation

EU ready to engage with Turkey to enhance cooperation

The EU is ready to engage with Turkey in a "phased, proportionate, reversible manner," to enhance cooperation in areas of common interest, according to a European Council conclusion adopted by EU leaders on Thursday. They met …

EU leaders invited to discuss vaccines at virtual summit

EU leaders invited to discuss vaccines at virtual summit

European Council President Charles Michel invited EU heads of state and government to a virtual summit on March 25-26, to discuss coronavirus vaccines as well as economic and digital policy, and to briefly touch on relations with Russia and …

Charles Michel mounts fierce defense of EU vaccine plan

Charles Michel mounts fierce defense of EU vaccine plan

European Council President Charles Michel rejected charges of "vaccine nationalism" levelled against the EU, saying that while Britain and the United States have outright bans on exports of COVID-19 shots, the EU had not stopped …

Protests in Georgia increase Saakashvili’s Influence

Protests in Georgia increase Saakashvili’s Influence

On March 1, European Council President Charles Michel met in Tbilisi with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Reportedly, the two sides were predominantly going to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic as …

EU to assess progress in Georgia mediation talks in 2 weeks

EU to assess progress in Georgia mediation talks in 2 weeks

After his visit to Tbilisi to mediate the deepening political crisis in Georgia, European Council President Charles Michel said progress in talks between the ruling party and the opposition will be assessed in two weeks. Michel’s …

EU supports Moldovan president's reform agenda

EU supports Moldovan president's reform agenda

President of the European Council Charles Michel reiterated the European Union's support for Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her reform agenda. "I am sending a clear message of support from the European Union for further …

EU formally signs post-Brexit trade deal with UK

EU formally signs post-Brexit trade deal with UK

The European Union’s top officials formally signed the long fought-over post-Brexit trade deal with the United Kingdom on Wednesday. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles …

European Council President postpones EU summit

European Council President postpones EU summit

European Council President Charles Michel postponed a summit of European Union leaders on September 24-25 until October 1-2 after going into coronavirus quarantine due to contact with an infected security guard, his spokesman said. …

EU expresses condolences to Erdogan over death of servicemen

EU expresses condolences to Erdogan over death of servicemen

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel expressed his condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the death of the Turkish servicemen in Syrian Idlib. "During a telephone conversation with President …

Charles Michel becomes EU Council President

Charles Michel becomes EU Council President

Former Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel replaced Donald Tusk as head of the European Council. The outgoing leader exchanged a handshake and a hug with the new Council …

 Belgium's PM: EU should deepen cooperation with Turkey

Belgium's PM: EU should deepen cooperation with Turkey

Belgium and Turkey have decided to revive the relatively slowed-down relations, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said. In an interview with the Le Soir newspaper, Michel termed his yesterday meeting with …

Pashinyan's anti-Russian visit to NATO (PHOTO)

Pashinyan's anti-Russian visit to NATO (PHOTO)

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is on a working visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, talked with US president Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister UK Theresa May during the NATO …