Louis Grech
Serbia opens Chapters 20, 26 in its EU accession talks
BRUSSELS - Serbia opened two new chapters in its EU accession talks - Chapters 20 (enterprise and industrial policy) and 26 (education and culture) at an EU-Serbia Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in Brussels on Monday.
Chapter 26 was immediately closed at the same meeting as there are no common EU benchmarks for its closure.
Parliament must vote before UK can trigger Brexit, top court rules
British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 23, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a shot at amending them.