Saudi Arabia is said to have told its customers across the US and Europe that it will be cutting down on its crude shipments from January. The world's second largest oil country in terms of proven reserves, has reportedly said that the move was in line with the outcome of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...
PROPOSALS to introduce a European Union-wide tax system has infuriated British taxpayers — who fear the move is yet another flagrant step in Brussels’ attempt to build a Euro-superstate. The controversial system, which is described in EU documents as the “harmonisation of European taxation”, was put...
Up to 700 migrants are feared drowned in a series of shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in the last few days, the UN refugee agency says. The boats sank south of Italy on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as the migrants tried to reach Europe in unseaworthy vessels. Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the...
The rescue of more than 600 migrants off Libya on Saturday by a flotilla of EU ships took the weekly total to at least 13,000, Italian authorities say. The rescues were the latest by a patrol of Italian, German and Irish ships operating in the Mediterranean. Spring weather has led to a surge of people attempting the perilous...
STAYING in the European Union means "unlimited immigration" into Britain will continue, a veteran Labour MP has said. Frank Field, who backs Brexit, told voters they will deciding on the UK's "destiny" when they go to the ballot box on June 23. The outspoken MP for Birkenhead said: "A vote to...
BORIS Johnson has compared the European Union’s efforts to create a superstate to Hitler's attempt to dominate the continent in a controversial new statement. The former Mayor of London said history teaches us that any such attempts to create a unified supranational body have always been doomed to failure. Mr Johnson...
DAVID Cameron has rubbished claims that Turkey could join the European Union. The Prime Minister shot down the notion that Turkey will become an EU member, saying it is "not remotely on the cards". Cameron bluntly savaged Turkey's chances of joining the 28-nation bloc in a bid to boost the support for Remain in...
BRITONS holidaying in one of Europe’s busiest hotspots have been banned from drinking anything on the streets, even bottles of water. Officials in the town of San Antonio in Ibiza , which regularly reaches summer temperatures close to 100F, have warned tourists against drinks of any kind. Anyone found breaking the...
It is believed that whaling in the Faroe Islands goes back centuries in the darkness, and the statistics slaughter pilot whales dolphins being here since 1709. Every year in the Faroe Islands are an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Denmark, organized by the local "festival" -Hunting. All adult men are going to...
EUROPEAN UNION chiefs are drawing up secret plans ordering member nations to incorporate the ‘ring of stars’ emblem of the Council of Europe into their flags. Graphic artists in Brussels have even drawn up proposed designs which show the blue and gold Flag of Europe either displayed in the top left hand corner or...
A NUCLEAR war in Europe is highly likely to happen soon as relations with Russia become even more strained, a former Russian foreign minister has threatened. Igor Ivanov, foreign minister from 1998 to 2004 under Boris Yeltsin and current President Vladimir Putin, said the risk of a nuclear war in Europe is higher than at any...
Home to more international organisations than any other place in the world, Geneva has a decidedly global feel, with more than 40% of residents coming from outside Switzerland. A haven for expats and loved by locals, Geneva attracts people from around the world for its economic opportunity, lakeside beauty and Mont Blanc views....