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EU recalls ambassador to Cuba over 'unacceptable' letter to Biden
Feb 28, 2021 05:50The European Union’s ambassador to Havana has been summoned to Brussels for signing a letter that urges US President Joe Biden to lift business and travel restrictions against Cuba.
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COVID-19 vaccine problems dominate EU leaders' summit
Feb 27, 2021 04:57As businesses continue to fold in the EU and millions lose their jobs, people feel there is no hope.
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‘Diplomatic window of opportunity’ open to bring Iran deal back on track: EU
Feb 27, 2021 04:31The European Union's top foreign policy official has called for a concerted effort to use what he has referred to as a "diplomatic window of opportunity" in order to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers.
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Brexit trade delays getting worse at UK border, survey finds
Feb 25, 2021 11:06Importing and exporting goods from the UK to the EU and vice versa have had deteriorating delays since Brexit was introduced at the start of the year, a new survey shows.
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Bank of England: UK ‘firmly resists’ EU’s post-Brexit position on swaps clearing
Feb 25, 2021 04:00The Governor of Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned the European Union (EU) against attempts to shift trillions of euros in derivatives clearing from Britain to the bloc, saying such a move would be a “very serious escalation” and that it would inevitably draw a UK response.
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Venezuela declares EU ambassador ‘persona non grata’
Feb 25, 2021 02:22Venezuela has declared the European Union’s ambassador to Caracas persona non grata, giving her 72 hours to leave.
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Turkey slams EU for expression of support for pro-Kurdish party
Feb 24, 2021 09:17Turkey has slammed the European Union (EU)'s support for the country's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying the bloc should rather be concerned about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s crimes in northern Iraq.
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E3 ‘deeply regrets’ Iran’s suspension of additional IAEA inspections
Feb 24, 2021 04:15The three European signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the E3, have expressed regret over Iran’s decision to cease the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Safeguards Agreement.
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Top Iran, China diplomats say speedy US return to JCPOA, sanctions removal 'key' to breaking nuclear deadlock
Feb 24, 2021 01:41Senior diplomats of Iran and China say a swift return of the United States to a multilateral 2015 nuclear deal and removal of the sanctions it re-imposed on the Islamic Republic is crucial to ending the current impasse over the landmark agreement.
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Venezuela: New EU sanctions based on false arguments, amount to aggression
Feb 23, 2021 12:27Venezuela has condemned the European Union (EU) for imposing a new round of sanctions on more than a dozen senior officials, lawmakers and members of the security forces in the South American state, saying the measure is based on “false arguments about honorable citizens.”