EU leaders disagree on migrant quotas
EU leaders are divided over a quota scheme for housing migrants, as they gather for a summit in Brussels. Summit chairman and European Council President...
France, Portugal and Spain to attend energy summit
Portugal will organise a summit early next year dedicated to energy interconnectors, as lawmakers work to end the Iberian Peninsula’s energy market isolation. Portuguese Prime...
Tusk labels next phase of Brexit talks ‘real test of EU unity’
EU Council President Donald Tusk said the next phase of talks on Brexit will be the real test of unity and success can only...
A state of Mind
Chief Executive of Mind, Paul Farmer CBE, discusses the current state of mental health within the UK, and the role Mind plays in driving...
Vatican to launch news site
Before Christmas, the Vatican plans to launch its new multimedia communications website, although the Vatican Radio and Vatican Television Centre sites will still be...
Sweden to re-establish military unit on Gotland
Sweden says it is re-establishing the nation’s first new military regiment since World War II, a unit of 350 soldiers that will be based...
May heads to Brussels after EU vote loss
UK PM Theresa May is due at a summit in Brussels, Belgium, just hours after Conservative rebels defeated the government in a key Brexit...
Muslim nations urge recognition of East Jerusalem as Palestinian capital
The leaders of 57 Muslim nations have called on the world to recognise East Jerusalem as “the occupied capital of a Palestinian State”. The Organisation...
Barnier: Full trade deal impossible by Brexit date
By the time the UK leaves the EU it will only be possible to draw up a “political declaration” on the framework for trade,...
Poland’s new PM promises continuation
Poland’s new prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has promised “continuation” rather than change in his first major parliamentary address. Morawiecki has chosen his predecessor, Beata...
