Friday
22nd Sep 2017
By EUOBSERVER
The ruling AKP and main opposition CHP parties both claimed victory in Turkey's main cities, Ankara and Istanbul, in local elections Sunday. Exit polls suggest AKP won at nationwide level, with over 40%. AKP PM Erdogan vowed to continue his purge on what he says is an Islamist fifth column.
Angela Merkel, the EU's most powerful leader, is running for a fourth time in Germany's election on Sunday. But what has changed in Europe over the 12 years of her chancellorship?
Health minister Konstanty Radziwill explains why he thinks Warsaw is the best future location for the European Medicines Agency.
Facebook chief Zuckerberg has said he is helping to stop Russia from interfering in the German election, the way it did in the US and France.
Spain's apparent refusal even to allow for a dialogue on the referendum is giving the Catalan government less and less of an incentive to aim for a compromise.
A day before UK PM Theresa May sets out her Brexit strategy in Florence, top EU negotiator Michel Barnier told lawmakers in Rome: there can be no transitional deal for the UK without a withdrawal agreement.
Faced with the growing tension between the Spanish and Catalan governments, the member states and EU institutions would prefer not to get involved.
