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Jonathan Arnott, once pretender to Nigel Farage's throne, tells the BBC how chess is his real passion.

The EU Parliament needs to take stronger measures against MEPs who serve foreign dictators, such as Putin, on bogus election-monitoring missions.

Beijing seeks to buy more clout on the eastern edge of the EU Issued on: 11/02/2021 - 10:36 Slovakias President Zuzana Caputova, left, Polands President Andrzej Duda, second left, Hungarys President Janos Ader and Czech Republics President Milos Zeman, right, attend the Visegrad Group presidents two-day summit with the presidents of Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic marking 30 years of the Visegrad Group, an informal body of political and economic cooperation in the ...

Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.

3 Jan 2021 The “sexist” European Union tax on tampons has been abolished in the United Kingdom following the departure from the bloc at the end of the Brexit transition period. Prior to Brexit, the United Kingdom was bound by EU law, which mandated that member-states charge at least a 5 per cent European Union value-added tax (VAT) on tampons, which were classified by the bloc as a ‘luxury item’ rather than an essential product. The British government announced on Friday, that as of Jan...