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• 03.09.20015

  The story Italy lets in Russian singer, despite EU blacklist cited an EU source as saying the Council held a vote on whether to give Kobzon a visa. But the Council later confirmed there was no vote. It said some EU states asked Italy for extra information, but didn’t insist on a vote.

• 31.08.20015

  The ticker Street artist Banksy depicts EU's migration crisis failed to mention that the image of the floating bodies as stars of the EU flag on Banksy's Facebook page was originally created by the Spanish Refugee Aid Commission (CEAR). The 'Banksy' account that posted it was not the account of the Banksy artist. The ticker has now been removed.

• 25.08.2015

  The ticker Bulgaria sends soldiers to Macedonia border said initially that 25 armored vehicles including tanks were being sent to the border crossings between the two countries. This was a mistake, only armored vehicles were sent.

• 12.05.2015

  The story What does Putin’s 9 May parade mean? originally said the Hungarian leader was to attend the Moscow event. This was a mistake.

• 04.05.2015

  The feature story What can the EU learn from the US on immigration? originally quoted Robert Montgomery from International Rescue Committee (IRC). This was a mistake. The quotes came from a different IRC source.

• 17.02.2015

  The news story Europe 'drifting downwards' on press freedom originally said that all European countries in the top 20 of the press freedom index performed worse than a year ago. The article has been corrected to say that Belgium did improve, both relatively and in absolute terms.

• 16.01.2015

  The news-in-brief item, Mogherini and Applebaum clash on Twitter, originally said Mogherini also blocked Russia-critical journalist Ed Lucas from replying to her tweets. Lucas had said this, but he later retracted it.

• 12.01.2015

  The name of former Kfor Commander, German lieutenant general Markus Bentler was misspelled in the story Kfor soldiers involved in fuel smuggling in Kosovo causing confusing with university researcher Markus Benter. They both live in Paderborn, Germany. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the error, which has now been corrected.

• 05.01.2015

  The short news story Poland in 'Scandinavian calm' over Russia military incidents said Sweden had found a Russian submarine near Stockholm. In fact, it was never proved the vessel was Russian.

• 17.12.2014

  The news story EU parliament set to endorse Palestine recognition said the EPP, S&D;, and Alde endorsed a draft text on Wednesday ahead of a vote on Thursday. In fact, they endorsed it on Tuesday and the vote is on Wednesday.

• 09.12.2014

  The news story EU meeting turns into South Stream funeral originally said energy ministers from seven ex-South Stream states attended a meeting and signed a joint statement. In fact, Hungary also attended the meeting. But its minister declined to sign the statement, saying he had no mandate from Budapest to do it.

• 24.11.2014

  The news-in-brief story MEP vote on Palestinian state would be seen as 'anti Israel' originally said Walzer is Tel Aviv’s ambassador to the EU and did not give the source of his quote. Walzer is Israel’s ambassador to the EU. Israel claims Jerusalem as its capital, but EU states do not recognise this and base their Israel missions in Tel Aviv. The Walzer quote was taken from a story in Arutz Sheva, an Israeli publication.

• 13.11.2014

  The story European probe lands on comet 500 million km from eath initially said the comet's discoverer Klim Churyumov was a Russian astronomer. This has been corrected to state he is Ukrainian.

• 02.10.2014

  The story Spain's Canete entangled in EP political battle initially said the Czech commissioner Vera Jourova is a Socialist politician. This was corrected to say she is a Liberal, after switching political families in 2011.

• 17.09.2014

  The story Most Malta boat victims were Gaza refugees said the Palestinian embassy in Greece had estimated that 450 of the migrants were from Gaza. But the embassy’s Ahmed Suhail later told EUobserver the number is between 250 and 300.

• 15.09.2014

  The story Nato states begin exercise in west Ukraine, weapons deliveries said the Rapid Trident and Maple Arch exercises are Nato exercises. They are not. Rapid Trident is a US-led exercise joined by several Nato allies on a bilateral basis. Maple Arch is a Canada-Poland exercise. Any arms deliveries by Nato states to Ukraine are also being carried out on a bilateral basis.

• 02.09.2014

  The story Who is Tusk and what does he mean for the EU? said PO narrowly lost to PiS in the May EU elections. This was indicated by premilinary results. The final results said PO got 32.13 percent and PiS got 31.78 percent.

• 29.08.2014

  The story Russia's 'invasion' of Ukraine alienates EU friends quoted Hollande as saying the Russian incursion into Ukraine is “intolerable and unacceptable.” His full statement said: "If it turns out to be true that Russian soldiers are present on Ukrainian soil, that would of course be intolerable and unacceptable”.

• 25.08.2014

  The story Libya violence puts EU border mission in doubt said Islamist militants who captured Tripoli airport at the weekend were allied with fighters from the town of Zintan. In fact, they are allied with paramilitaries from Misrata.

• 31.07.2014

  The story EU institutions to be probed on whistleblower rules stated that the council has no internal whistleblower rules. In fact the Council's rules on whistleblowing have been in place since 2006.

• 9.07.2014

  The story European court strikes down transgender marriage case incorrectly listed Denmark as having sterlisation laws on gender recognition. In fact, Denmark removed the law in June 2014 and now has rules which allow for legal gender recognition without any medical intervention.

• 9.07.2014

  The story EU states adopt new counter-terrorism plan said the Milan meeting took place on Tuesday (8 July). It took place on Monday, but De Kerchove gave news of it on Tuesday. The story also said, based on an AFP report, that Sweden was one of the signatories. But Swedish authorities told EUobserver they did not adopt the action plan.

• 8.07.2014

  The story Several EU states impose arms ban on Russia said Rolls Royce supplied engines to the German airforce after the outbreak of WWII. This was the author's mistake and the incorrect paragraph has been deleted. The story also referred to microchips made by Pentium. In fact, Pentium is a brand of microchip made by US firm Intel. This has been corrected.

• 26.06.2014

  The story British eurosceptic cobbles together EP group said the Sweden Democrats vice president had equated rape and assault on women with Muslim culture. In fact, it was a local representative. Meanwhile the article also said that the current leader was recorded singing nazi songs - this was not the case.

• 19.06.2014

  The story Lesbian MEP victim of acid attack incorrectly labelled Ulrike Lunacek as co-chair of the Greens party. In fact Lunacek is a former vice-president of the Greens/EFA group since the new bureau was elected on 11 June 2014.

• 23.04.2014

  The story EU elections may strengthen Putin in Europe implied that the OSCE had been blocked from monitoring the Crimea referendum. However, the OSCE had itself ruled out monitoring the 16 March poll.

• 09.04.2014

  The story Two more Ukrainians try to get off EU blacklist was corrected to say the EU sanctions on 18 Ukrainians from 5 March do not include a visa ban, but only an asset freeze.

• 19.03.2014

  The original story EU justice scoreboard upsets some member states said the UK does not provide any data on its justice system to the Council of Europe, while it should have said to the European Commission's scoreboard.