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EU takes step closer to allowing Ukrainians visa-free entry

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Iceland, once a highly stable nation, suffered greatly in a 2008 market crash, leading it to eventually declare bankruptcy. The island nation is considering joining the European Union to stabilize its currency. (Associated Press)

Iceland debates joining European Union as others eye exit

By Dominic Hinde — Special to The Washington Times

Mike Pence tells EU officials more cooperation needed in terrorism fight

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

EU parliament OKs more anti-terror rules

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GM chief in talks with UK amid alarm over possible unit sale

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini listens to Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil during their press conference at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in Beirut on Jan. 26, 2017. (Associated Press)

Federica Mogherini, EU chief, faces headwinds in first visit to Donald Trump’s Washington

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A migrant cooks on a fire outside an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

The Latest: EU nations to keep Balkan migrant route shut

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A migrant cooks on a fire outside an abandoned warehouse where he and other migrants took refuge in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Hundreds of migrants have been sleeping rough in freezing conditions in central Belgrade looking for ways to cross the heavily guarded EU borders. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

15 nations focus on keeping Balkan migrant route shut

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American example can influence the world

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

EU lawmakers clinch deal on visa-free travel for Georgians

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European Council President Donald Tusk speaks with the media prior to an EU summit outside his hotel in Valletta, Malta on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. European heads of state will meet in Malta on Friday for an informal summit to discuss migration and the future of the EU. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Italy-Libya deal on migration lays groundwork for EU summit

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Britain's House of Commons is to vote on a bill Wednesday authorizing Prime Minister Theresa May to start European Union exit talks — the first major test of whether lawmakers will try to impede the government's Brexit plans. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Brexit: U.K. lawmakers voting on bill to trigger EU exit talks

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Libya leader offers NATO sea access if it upgrades navy

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Britain's Brexit Secretary David Davis speaks in the House of Commons, London during the second reading debate on the EU (Notification on Withdrawal) Bill, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. British lawmakers are starting debate on a bill authorizing the start of European Union exit talks, as the government races to meet a self-imposed March 31 deadline to begin the process. (PA via AP)

Many U.K. lawmakers signal they’ll back govt’s Brexit bill

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

European Union President Donald Tusk speaks with journalists as he arrives at the European Council building in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) ** FILE **

Donald Tusk, EU chief, sees Donald Trump announcements as threats

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FILE - In this July 2007, file photo, a scientist holds a lobster underwater on Friendship Long Island, Maine. Officials with Sweden told The Associated Press in January 2017 that their country is working on a new proposal about how to deal with American lobsters that turned up in Swedish waters. Sweden had asked the European Union in March 2016 to bar imports of live American lobsters into the 28-nation bloc after 32 American lobsters were found in Swedish waters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

APNewsBreak: Sweden not giving up fight over lobster imports

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

Donald Trump has been compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin and French nationalist Marine Le Pen. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s world views worry global leaders

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2017 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. China's Foreign Ministry has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he might use support of Taiwan as a bargaining chip in future negotiations between the two sides. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Latest: Trump promises health insurance for all

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A migrant passes by a graffiti reading &quot;The problem is borders&quot; featured on a wall of a crumbling warehouse that has served as a make-shift shelter for hundreds of men trying to reach Western Europe in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Migrants have been exposed to freezing temperatures and snow as extreme winter weather gripped Serbia and other parts of Europe last week. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

The Latest: Greece returns more Syrian refugees to Turkey

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