Tuesday
17th Oct 2017
By EUOBSERVER
The number of unaccompanied migrant minors in Greek prisons, instead of protective shelters, has jumped from two last November to 117 today, the US-based NGO Human Rights Watch has warned. "Dozens of vulnerable children are locked in dirty, crowded police cells ... in some cases with unrelated adults," the NGO said, calling on Athens to "end this abusive practice" in a letter to migration policy minister Yiannis Mouzalas.
Car bomb killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia called a "black day for freedom of expression" by Maltese prime minister.
In an exchange of letters, Mariano Rajoy and Carles Puigdemont called on each other to make the first step to defuse the crisis over Catalonia's independence.
EU expected to make "turning point" gesture toward May, who will plead in Brussels on Monday night for movement to trade talks.
EU diplomacy chief Mogherini to fly to Washington next month, after foreign ministers unite in support of Iran nuclear deal at Luxembourg meeting.
Because of Brexit, the EMA has to leave London. Some health ministers lobbying to host it have made an emotional appeal, warning that patient safety could be at risk.
The EU is requesting a status of observer at the Arctic Council, a regional forum in which Asian countries are already active.
