Новости за 21.04.2016

Ivanov has said that he is looking for a legal formula to overturn his mass pardon as the clock ticks to elections in June.

"We obey the law, not the politicians," the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, said after German finance minister criticised its anti-inflation policies.

Public debt declined in 2015 to 90.7 percent of GDP in the eurozone and 85.2 percent in the whole EU, Eurostat said on Thursday. Seventeen member states were above the 60-percent authorised threshold, including Greece (176.9%), Italy (132.7%), Portugal (129.0%), Cyprus (108.9%) and Belgium (106.0%).

Interior ministers promise to create a single access point for authorities to look at citizens' data from several police and border management databases.

The European Commission should not rush to relax the criteria for visa-free travel to the Schengen zone for Turkey as part of the deal on migrants, MEPs warn.

US president Barack Obama arrives in London Thursday, starting a European tour that will focus on the fight against Islamic State militants and efforts to close the US-EU trade deal known as TTIP. He will meet the leaders of the UK, Germany, France and Italy on the four-day trip.

Up to 500 migrants are feared dead after their boat capsized while they were trying to reach Europe, but the lack of a response suggests sympathy is evaporating.

Poland fell by 29 positions - to 47th place - in the 2016 World Press Freedom ranking. Eritrea is the worst place for journalists of 180 countries surveyed. Finland kept the top spot that it has held since 2010. Tunisia and Ukraine improved the most.

A Dutch court has overturned a $50 billion award against Russia over its break up of oil firm Yukos, prompting former CEO to accuse judges of playing politics.

The German environment minister said safety at the recently re-opened Doel and Tihange power plants was not guaranteed.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen may travel to the UK to campaign for Brexit, the Guardian reports. She would campaign alongside Janice Atkinson, an MEP who joined Le Pen's far-right parliamentary group after being expelled from Ukip.

Volkswagen is set to make a huge compensation offer to US customers over cheating on diesel emissions tests. Die Welt reported that VW would pay each driver $5,000, other reports suggested it would buy back 500,000 cars. VW will propose the settlement in a San Francisco court on Thursday.