BBC Europe – Italian police in Venice arrest three Jihadists. Three adults and a girl have been detained in the centre of Venice as suspects in an alleged jihadist cell. Police had been monitoring the group from Kosovo for months amid concerns they were planning to join Islamist militants in Syria, reports said. But police moved in at dawn on Thursday amid fears of a potential attack in the wake of the last week’s murder of four people in London, reports said.
FRANCE
National Front scandal : the documents that accuse Marine Le Pen
A letter and several notes addressed to the presidential candidate as well as the testimony of a former high-ranking party member show that Ms Le Pen knew about the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds used to hire MEPs’ assistants.
GERMANY
May: We are leaving the EU, but not Europe
European Council President Tusk regrets exit of Great Britain / Merkel: We should stay close partners.
ITALY
Stop to EU super-stock market: monopoly over state bonds
The European Competition Directorate-General has officially said no to the planned merger between London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Boerse. The European Commission said that the merger would have led to a “de facto monopoly” in the “crucial” area of state bonds. The decision came on the same day as Britain formally told the EU that it has triggered Article 50.
SPAIN
Brexit starts with hard shock between London and EU.
British Prime Minister Theresa May used tough words in front of the British parliament to announce the beginning of the divorce proceedings with EU.
BELGIUM
The Brussels inhabitants say they feel safer
In 2016, 44% of the Brussels inhabitants feared taking the metro. There are only 38% left.
CYPRUS
Brexit begins: UK triggers Article 50
The ‘United Kingdom is leaving the EU’
GREECE
H Naytemiiopikih
In unchartered waters
British Prime Minister May spoke of a historical moment from which there is no turning back.
LATVIA
Brexit has been launched
A new era of the European Union history starts today.
PORTUGAL
Interview of Mário Centeno
Are you comfortable with Montepio? I am comfortable with my work.
SWEDEN
“We are leaving the EU – not Europe”
In an exclusive opinion article for Dagens Nyheter, British PM Theresa May states that Sweden is an important business partner to the UK. She writes that the new EU-UK partnership needs to allow for maximum freedom for both British and Swedish companies to continue with trade and enterprising.
