Новости за 13.06.2016

Nato chief Stoltenberg said no one had talked about a military presence of this kind before Russia attacked Ukraine.

EU council and commission chiefs suggested a British exit from the EU could "destroy Western political civilisation".

Europe cannot afford to take the wind out of its energy transition. People and communities must be guaranteed the right to take energy production and energy savings into their own hands.

While Europe is one singe market, America remains decentralised with different rules and standards, adding extra costs for European companies to enter the US market.

EU member states granted citizenship to 890,000 people in 2014, down from 981,000 in 2013, the EU's statistical office Eurostat said on Monday. Moroccans were the largest group, making up 10.4 percent (92,700) of new citizens, most gaining citizenship in Spain, Italy or France. Some 41,000 Albanians were made citizens, mostly in Greece or Italy. Turks were third on the list, with 37,500 successfully applying, mostly in Germany.

England and Russia have been warned to curb hooliganism by their football fans following large scale brawls before and after their Euro 2016 match in Marseille on Saturday. Tournament organiser Uefa, the governing body of football in Europe, warned the two teams could be booted out of the competition if the violence continues.

Former UK prime minister Gordon Brown is to discuss the British referendum with EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Tuesday, a day later than originally planned. A commission spokeswoman said the rescheduling was due to agenda restraints. Brown is ramping up his involvement in the campaign for Britain to remain in the bloc in the last week before the 23 June vote.

The Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine association agreement led to "disastrous results", Dutch PM Rutte said on Monday. "I am totally, totally, totally against referenda on multilateral agreements, because it makes no sense, as we have seen with the Dutch referendum," he said in a speech. Voters rejected deal in the first-ever citizen-enforced referendum. Rutte blamed centre-left coalition partner Labour for supporting the law that allowed such referendums.

Syrian refugee children, some who have seen close relatives die, are being exploited as cheap labour in Gaziantep.

Tax breaks awarded to multinationals like Apple and Starbucks in Luxembourg allow their businesses to prosper, often at the expense of Europe's 23 million smaller firms.

EUobserver, in its new Business in Europe Magazine, looks at business in the EU context

Europe should increase fines on emissions-cheating software and monitor carmakers more closely, says a former senior official at the US Environmental Protection Agency.

A dozen MEPs, mostly from the conservative EPP group, are lobbying to lift EU imposed travel restrictions on Russian intelligence. The MEPs, in a letter published in the UK daily The Independent, want restrictions lifted from Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service and Mikhail Fradkov, director of Foreign Intelligence Services. They argue the restrictions impose security risks in the fight against terrorism.

Council chief warned UK could face long divorce from EU, as it could take up to seven years before the new relationship with Britain would be approved by other member states.

Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin have been placed under police protection after death threats over a vote on recognising the Armenian genocide.

Italian newspaper Il Giornale offered readers free copies of Hitler's Mein Kampf over the weekend. Italy's prime minister Matteo Renzi criticised the move. “The fact that an Italian daily would hand out free copies of Mein Kampf I find squalid,” he said in a tweet. The paper, which is owned by the family of Silvio Berlusconi, said it wanted readers to understand evil and avoid its return.

Over 2,500 migrants were rescued off the coast of Sicily in Italy over the weekend. Some 1,348 were plucked from the sea on Saturday with another 1,230 rescued on Sunday. Many come from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Togo. Almost 50,000 people have arrived in Italy since the start of the year with another 2,400 that have either died or gone missing in the attempt.