North Macedonia calls snap election after EU talks setback

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has called snap elections following a decision by EU leaders to postpone opening membership talks with his country and neighbouring Albania. French President Emanuel Macron blocked the bid at an EU summit in Brussels.more

Australian carrier Qantas has completed a test of the longest non-stop commercial passenger flight as part of research on how the journey could affect pilots, crew and passengers. The Boeing 787-9 with 49 people on board took 19 hours and 16 minutes to fly from New York to Sydney, a 16,200-km (10,066-mile) route.more

Fresh clashes between riot police and protesters have broken out in Barcelona amid anger over the jailing of Catalan separatist leaders. A general strike was announced and five huge marches, all peaceful, converged on the city centre, bringing the streets to a standstill.more

The Swiss are voting today in parliamentary elections, presented as a test of popularity for the ruling righteous populist right now, as well as pro-ecological parties that may benefit from the recent wave of demonstrations in defense of the climate.more

The United States is becoming a less Christian country, and the decline in religious affiliation is particularly rapid among younger Americans, new figures show.more

"Rome does not need tourists who behave like locusts, but guests who calmly admire our beauty," said Mayor Virginia Raggi.more

An alarmingly high number of children under five years of age are suffering from the physical consequences of poor diets and a food system that is failing them, UNICEF warned today in a new report on children and nutrition.more

The German press is divided in the assessment of the agreement that the EU and the United Kingdom concluded yesterday regarding the Brexit. Some newspapers believe that this is a breakthrough, others - that little has changed. However, no one disputes the fact that now everything depends on voting in the House of Commons.more

In Rome, a plaque commemorating the poet, essayist and journalist Jerzy Hordyński (1919-1998), who was one of the most colorful figures of the Italian Polish community, was unveiled on Friday. The ceremony took place on the 100th anniversary of his birth.more

Cheese, wine, olives and many other European goods will be subject to a price hike in the US after President Donald Trump made good on his threat to impose tariffs on a record $7.5 billion worth of European products.more

Poor air quality caused about 400,000 premature deaths in Europe in 2016, the most recent year data is available, and almost every city-dwelling European is exposed to pollution levels that exceed healthy levels, according to a report on Wednesday.more

43 percent Poles believe that Great Britain will stay in the European Union, despite plans related to Brexit, and 44 percent he thinks the British will leave the EU on October 31, according to an online survey by the international research center, Kantar.more

Rome, one of Europe's most traffic-clogged cities and home to thousands of ancient outdoor monuments threatened by pollution, plans to ban diesel cars from the centre by 2024, its mayor has said.more

The European Labour Authority is the new EU agency that will contribute to fostering fairness and mutual trust in the Internal Market by ensuring that EU labour rules are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way.more

The Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson assures that he will conduct the agreement negotiated on Thursday on Brexit by the British parliament - said today the President of the European Council Donald Tusk.more

A survey commissioned by the Shell oil corporation among German youth showed that more than half of this social group did not trust the government. more

Parcel firm Hermes has halted work at a depot in eastern Germany after two male workers died within hours of each other and a third was taken ill.more

Australian airline Qantas Airways will test 20-hour direct flights from New York and London to Sydney this weekend, starting with mostly empty planes of employees, according to Bloomberg.more

The Doodle, which shows a woman climbing in the snow surrounded by mountains, celebrates 41 years since Rutkiewicz became the third woman in history to ascend the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on October 16 1978.more

In 7-8 hours everything should be clear about Brexit; Negotiations are ongoing, everything is going well, but everything is possible with our British partners, said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk today.more

Police in Spain said Wednesday they arrested 51 people across Catalonia overnight after violent protests over the jailing of nine separatist leaders for their role in a failed 2017 independence bid.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg agreed Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces in northeast Syria needed to end, a spokeswoman for Johnson's office said.more

Police in Drenthe have found a man and six adult children aged 16 to 25 living in the cellar of an isolated farmhouse 'waiting for the end of time', broadcaster RTV Drenthe said on Tuesday.more

EU ministers for European affairs are trying to overcome the stalemate regarding the opening of accession negotiations for Northern Macedonia and Albania. Although most countries are for such a step, the opposition of several capitals, especially Paris, may prevent it.more

Ryanair has been ordered to carry out emergency checks on a number of its aircraft after cracks were found on certain Boeing 737 NG model.more

The Coca-Cola group in Hungary has been fined by the Pristian poviat (province) office for posters showing homosexual couples - the daily Magyar Hirlap reported, citing Index.hu.more

A 22-year-old Polish woman abducted from Friday to Saturday in the Netherlands was released by German anti-terrorists. A police spokesman in Cologne said yesterday that three impetuous people, two Poles and the Czech Republic, were in detention.more

The EU has extended sanctions against those responsible for the chemical attack on Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom and people associated with the Syrian regime whose work allowed the use of chemical weapons in Syria.more

The goal of the current Turkish offensive in Syria is to control the 30 km wide Syrian border zone from the city of Ain al-Arab (Kurdish Kobane) in the west to the city of Hasaka in the east, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.more

The head of Austrian Christian Democrats and probably again Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in an interview with the German "Bild am Sonntag" that some parts of Europe have become less safe for Jews.more

Michel Barnier has warned EU ambassadors that the latest negotiations with Boris Johnson's government have been "difficult", with it appearing increasingly unlikely that agreement can be found by the time of an EU summit later this week.more

Nearly 9,000 Poles who intend to vote in elections to the Seym and Senate have registered in Spain. Voting takes place in nine precinct electoral commissions.more