British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will meet the European Union’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, in Brussels on Thursday, as he seeks to exploit Conservative divisions over Brexit and present Labor as a better negotiating team, The Guardian reports. Besides meeting with Barnier, Corbyn will hold bilateral meetings with three EU prime ministers, as Britain’s negotiating partners try to gauge the balance of power over Brexit. Corbyn will be accompanied by the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, and the shadow international trade secretary, Barry Gardiner.“As the government’s splits and Brexit bungling become ever more damaging, Labor stands ready to take up responsibility for the...

UK prime minister will address EU leaders over dinner at the European Council summit in Brussels Thursday.

THE European Council’s ‘Space Egg’ building will not be used for the summit of EU leaders tomorrow due to toxic fumes leaking from the drains.

EMMANUEL Macron demanded the European Union takes a tougher stance in its approach to trade talks amid fears a pending deal could bring a surge of beef and agricultural imports in France.

Work is underway to turn a part-listed, trophy property that has stood vacant for ten years into the Corinthia Grand Hotel Astoria, injecting true five-star glamour back into the city.

October 18, 2017 8:13 PM
BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - Toxic fumes from kitchen drains forced the European Union to switch the venue of an EU summit in Brussels less than 24 hours before leaders were due to begin a two-day meeting on Thursday (Oct 19), an EU official said.  

Toxic fumes from kitchen drains forced the European Union to switch the venue of an EU summit in Brussels less than 24 hours before leaders were due to begin a two-day meeting.

The Catalan separatist government will "not back down" even if the Spanish government triggers Article 155 of the constitution to take over the region's powers. "The answer is definitively no. We have no options, we have no alternatives," the Catalan minister in charge of foreign affairs Raul Romeva told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday. He said that an independent republic was their "proposal" to open talks with Madrid.

EU meeting in Brussels comes amid deteriorating relations and calls to freeze Ankara's EU membership bid.