Новости за 01.07.2016

One of the most vocally critical countries over the EU's response to the refugee crisis will now oversee the rotating EU presidency with a promise to reduce divisions on migration.

The next possible Tory leader and UK prime minister would not trigger Article 50 this year and wants to have preliminary talks with the EU, which the bloc has ruled out.

Migrants and asylum seekers leaving Egypt to reach Italy are at greater risk of drowning because of the long distances, says the EU's border agency Frontex.

The Slovak presidency and the EU Commission awaits Britain's exit notification but have their eyes on a future summit that will focus on reforming the Union.

Nine days before the EU deal with tobacco firm Philip Morris International is due to expire, a commission spokesman says he is 'not aware of this being on the agenda'.

It is neither in the interest of the UK remain camp nor the UK national interest to quickly trigger Article 50.

A Hungarian court on Friday sentenced 10 migrants, mostly Syrians, to between one and three years in jail for illegally crossing the border during a riot in September 2015, after Hungary built a fence to seal its border with Serbia. This was the first case tried under a law passed a few days before the incident making illegal border crossing punishable by one to five years in prison.

The EU officially decided on Friday to extend its economic sanctions against Russia to 31 January 2017. The decision was taken by EU ambassadors already last week, but the official confirmation was delayed until after this week's EU summit. The sanctions, which target Russia's energy and banking sector and specific politicians, were adopted in 2014 in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea and its intervention in eastern Ukraine.

Austria's Norbert Hofer could still be the first far-right president in the EU, after the Austrian constitutional court annulled May's presidential elections due to irregularities.

The Austrian constitutional court ruled on Friday that the country's presidential election has to be "entirely" repeated. The ballot was challenged by the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) alleging irregularities in 94 of 117 constituencies after their candidate Norbert Hofer lost the election in May to former Green party leader Alexander Van der Bellen with only 30,863 votes. Elections could possibly take place in September or October.

Czech president Milos Zeman said on Thursday he would "do everything" so that there is a referendum on the country's EU and Nato memberships. He said however that he did not agree with those who support leaving the EU or Nato, because the Czech Republic gets EU money and is guaranteed security by the Atlantic alliance.

National governments and MEPs reached a compromise deal on new air pollution ceilings for 2030. The new directive sets ceilings for five pollutants for each EU member state, with many of them being lower than what the EU commission proposed in December 2013. MEPs were able to insert 2025 targets, although only "indicative" targets, while governments achieved their aim of allowing for "flexibilities" if the targets cannot be met.

Nearly two-thirds, 62 percent of Germans want their government to reclaim some powers from the EU after the UK voted to leave, a survey by Emnid for N24 news channel found. The overwhelming majority of Germans are still in favour of membership. Almost 90 percent of under 30s said Germany’s EU membership was positive, compared to just over two-thirds of respondents aged 50 or over.

The EU trade commissioner, Cecilia Malmstrom, has said the UK cannot begin negotiating terms for doing business with the union until after it has left. "First you exit then you negotiate," she told the BBC. After the Brexit process, the UK would become a "third country" under EU law. Trade would be carried out based on WTO rules, meaning tariffs, until a new deal was complete.

The music industry deplores that its revenue is falling despite people listening to music more than ever.

The country's Serbs refuse to recognise a much delayed census showing that Bosnian Muslims make up more than half of the population.

A Belgian court has overturned a previous ruling that banned Facebook from tracking people who are not users.

The draft EU budget for 2017 aims to spend more on migration, security and unemployment, while Brexit will not impact the EU coffers for now.

Volkswagen compensating consumers in the US but not in Europe is a logical consequence of different laws, says Erik Jonnaert. 'It is what it is.'

Canada will deploy 1,000 soldiers in Latvia to one of four battalions NATO is assembling in eastern Europe in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea. Along with the US, Britain and Germany, Canada will put together a high-readiness brigade. The Canadians will join a total of 4,000 soldiers NATO is deploying to the Baltic States and Poland to help deter Russia.

Norge følger nøye med hva på som skjer i forholdet EU og UK, fordi dette kan få konsekvenser for Norges forhold til EU.

Norway is following unfolding events in UK-EU relations very closely. A change here could have an impact on Norway’s relationship with the European Union.

Norway is following unfolding events in UK/EU relations very closely. A change here could have an impact on Norway’s relationship with the European Union.

"The result of this referendum is a wake-up call which we should use to move forward," said Guy Verhofstadt, at the ALDE party pre-summit meeting, in response to the Brexit vote.