Новости за 21.03.2016

The EU-Turkey deal that came into force on Sunday has not deterred migrants crossing the Aegean sea on its first day. But it raises many questions as Greek and Turkish legal frameworks still need to be set up.

A surprise Turkish plan pitted EU leaders against each others. They had a little more than a week to make up and reach a deal to address the refugee crisis.

Twenty EU member states have said they are ready to help Greece examine asylum claims and return irregular migrants to Turkey as part of the EU-Turkey plan agreed last Friday. They will send "asylum experts, return and readmission experts and police officers", a European Commission spokesman said.

A Russian court has judged Ukrainian pilot and national hero Nadyia Savchenko guilty of killing two Russian journalists in a decision likely to lead to a long sentence, Reuters reports. The EU has called six times on Russia to free her, saying she was denied a fair trial.

The office that sells EU trademarks has had a budget surplus for a decade. But new rules that allow that money to be spent for the benefit of all EU citizens are vague.

Quitting the EU could lead to 950,000 job losses in the UK and reduce average annual household incomes by €4,700 by 2020, a report commissioned by business lobby group CBI has warned. The report, by PricewaterhouseCoopers, said Brexit could cost the UK economy €128bn, or 5% of GDP, by 2020.

Hundreds of migrants arrived on Greek islands over the weekend, as authorities scramble to implement a deal to send them swiftly back to Turkey.

Several thousand protesters rallied in Barcelona on Saturday against what they say is Europe's "racist and uncaring" approach to migrants. The protests were organised by Stop Mare Mortum and Prou Racisme groups. Demonstrators carried banners saying "Refugees Welcome". Spokesman Toni Borrell said "we are ashamed of our governments".

Belgian ministers warn of new terror cells after the arrest of one of the suspected Paris attackers in Brussels.