Russian lawmakers look to ban e-mail users who share illegal content
A group of pro-Kremlin lawmakers has drafted legislation that would allow authorities to block individual e-mail or online messenger users who circulate banned content.
EU’s Barnier says Brexit deal ‘very difficult but possible’
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday he believed that reaching an exit deal with Britain was “very difficult but possible”.
UK-bound trucks risk being sent away at Rotterdam port after Brexit: Dutch transport association
Almost a third of companies who ship goods to Britain through the Netherlands have failed to complete the necessary paperwork for their trucks to embark on ferries after Brexit, the Dutch transport association TLN said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria regulator acts to oust state radio chief in free speech row
Bulgaria’s broadcast regulator launched action on Wednesday to sack the chief of Bulgarian National Radio for briefly taking it off the air in a row with a popular presenter known for her coverage of the graft-prone judicial system.
Bosnia will take back and try nine captured Islamic state fighters
Bosnia is preparing to take back and try nine of its nationals suspected of fighting for Islamic State in Syria, its security minister said on Wednesday.
France’s Macron to meet Germany’s Merkel on October 13
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Elysee on Oct. 13 to discuss European matters ahead of next week’s crucial EU Summit, Macron’s office said on Wednesday.
EU’s Oettinger rejects time limit to backstop, veto by Northern Ireland
The backstop in Ireland cannot be subject to a time limit or be at risk of being vetoed by a third party, which Northern Ireland would be from the EU’s point of view after Brexit, the bloc’s top budget Commissioner Guenter Oettinger said.
Russia brands Kremlin critic’s anti-corruption group “foreign agent”
Russia’s Justice Ministry on Wednesday formally labeled opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption group a “foreign agent”, a move the Kremlin’s critics said was part of a coordinated government attack on the group.
Pioneers of lithium-ion battery win 2019 Nobel chemistry prize
Scientists John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for the development of lithium-ion batteries, an important technology in enabling the world to move away from fossil fuels.
Turkish military, Syrian rebels to enter Syria ‘shortly’: Erdogan aide
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will push into Syria “shortly”, a Turkish official said on Wednesday, in an operation world powers fear could open a new chapter in Syria’s ruinous eight-year-old war.
