Bridgetown, BARBADOS, September 27, 2017.  A diverse collection of food and beverage producers from the Caribbean will descend upon the world’s leading food fair ANUGA in Cologne, Germany next month.  The leading food fair which attracts some 7000 exhibitors from over 100 countries and close to 200,000 visitors will be home to eight producers from the Caribbean under the Caribbean Kitchen pavilion facilitated by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export).

September 27, 2017

ECR Budgetary Spokesman, German MEP Bernd Koelmel says MEPs today missed another opportunity to confront financial reality and make savings in the European Union budget.

Speaking after the Budgets Committee rejected significant cuts and voted through a budget totalling €161.8bn. €2.3bn more than the original Commission proposal, he said:

Brussels, 27 September 2017

Following today´s decision of the College of EU Commissioners on migration, the President of the S&D Group, Gianni Pittella, stated:  

Brussels, 27 September 2017

The S&D Group does not recognise the results of the referendum on independence carried out by the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq on 25 September 2017.

S&D vice-president Victor Boştinaru MEP said: