Venezuela tells EU ambassador to leave country
(FASTNEWS | VENEZUELA) – Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the European Union’s ambassador to leave the country within 72…
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EU says Sri Lanka not blacklisted
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Clarifying on EU lifting temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the region and reports that Sri Lanka was…
EU ‘to rally against Israel’s West Bank annexation proposal’
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The EU has indicated that it will try to stop Israel’s proposed annexation of parts of…
Turkey says millions of migrants may head to EU
(FASTNEWS | TURKEY) – The Turkish president has warned that “millions” of migrants and refugees will soon head towards Europe.…
EU keeps LTTE on terrorist list
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Council of the European Union has renewed the so-called EU terrorist list, which sets out…
President tells EU to look positively at Sri Lanka
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – President invited all countries to look positively at Sri Lanka as an investment hub when a…
Brexit: MPs back Boris Johnson’s plan to leave EU on 31 January
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan for the UK to leave the EU on…
Poland may have to leave EU, Supreme Court warns
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Poland could have to leave the EU over its judicial reform proposals, the country’s Supreme Court…
Brexit: EU to consider extension as MPs mull election
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – EU ambassadors are to meet to discuss what length of Brexit extension to offer the UK,…
EU election monitoring group to arrive in Sri Lanka today
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Members of the European Election Monitoring Association (EEMA) will arrive in the country today (Oct 15)…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit policy ‘unacceptable’ – EU negotiator
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Top European officials have rebuffed the Brexit policy of Boris Johnson after his first speech to UK MPs.…
EU to take migrants from Alan Kurdi rescue ship
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO)- Malta has allowed a group of 65 migrants rescued off Libya to disembark on its territory after picking them…
EU and Mercosur agree huge trade deal after 20-year talks
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The EU and South American economic bloc Mercosur have clinched a huge trade deal after 20 years of…
Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont can run in EU elections – court
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The pro-independence former leader of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, can run for election to the European Parliament this month,…
European Union election observers in the island today
European Union representatives participating in the General Election monitoring will arrive in the island today. The Election Commissioner has…