Новости за 21.01.2016

British PM David Cameron has said in Davos he is not in a hurry to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership, setting the stage for a possible delay on a deal expected to be closed in February.

The European Parliament has backed the composition of the committee to shed light on the diesel emissions scandal. But a third of its members are unconvinced of its utility.

Danish lawmakers gave wide support to a controversial bill to seize refugees' valuables worth at least €1,340 to help pay for their stay in Denmark.

The German finance minister says in Davos that a Marshall plan is needed in the countries where the migrants come from.

A British inquiry into the murder, in 2006, of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer, in London has said it was “probably approved … by president Putin”. British home secretary Theresa May said the British PM will raise it with the Russian leader at "the next available opportunity".

Poland hits a more conciliatory tone in its first response to the EU Commission's probe into its rule of law practices.

Germany's border control checks won't be removed any time soon, said federal interior minister Thomas de Maiziere.

Hundreds of protesters broke into Moldova’s parliament on Wednesday, after MPs approved the nomination of a pro-EU prime minister.

An aid scheme to help farmers improve environmental sustainability of their farms funded programmes that could have been a much better value for money, says the Court of Auditors.

A Swedish human rights worker "confessing" on Chinese TV is the latest in a series of arrests and expulsions of EU nationals involved in opposition activities.

Swedish police hold back information about resources spent on managing the influx of refugees and the increasingly tense situation in many asylum accommodation centres. "Nothing should be out," an internal directive seen by Dagens Nyheter reads. Investigations related to refugees are coded with the number "291" and kept secret.

Greek ferry crews have launched a two-day strike that has stopped all services to the islands and farmers used tractors to block highways on Wednesday, in protest over draft pension and tax reforms that will increase social security contributions and income taxes.

Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos and its three associates in Valencia, Galicia and Catalonia have agreed to integrate into a single parliamentary group. The deal removes one of the hurdles to Podemos joining a national governing alliance with the Socialists following elections 20 December, reports El Pais.

US Investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly offered a large donation for Britain Stronger In Europe, a cross-party group campaigning to keep the UK in the EU. "We are not going to comment on individual donations to the campaign at this stage," campaign group chairman Lord Rose told BBC.

British finance minister George Osborne said on Thursday he was backing Christine Lagarde for a second term as IMF's managing director. France is said to support Tidjane Thiam, the French-Ivorian CEO of Credit Suisse bank, as his African background would show the IMF is not an all-white club.