European Union

Turkey calls on EU to be honest broker in Greece maritime dispute

Dec 08, 2020 14:02

Turkey has called on the European Union (EU) to be an honest broker in the country’s standoff with Greece over oil and gas exploration rights in the east Mediterranean Sea.
Zarif advises neighbors to exclude US, E3 regional talks

Dec 08, 2020 09:44

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the neighboring countries to the Islamic Republic to hold talks about regional developments without foreign interference.
UK, France & Germany claim Iran plan to ramp up enrichment 'deeply worrying'

Dec 07, 2020 11:27

France, Germany and Britain claim they are worried by an Iranian plan to install additional, advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at Natanz nuclear facility.
Fundamental divergences remain as Brexit trade talks near end: British minister

Dec 06, 2020 08:29

Fundamental divergences remain as talks between the UK and the EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are about to end, says British farming minister.
EU urges ‘swift’ probe after Israel martyrs Palestinian teen

Dec 06, 2020 04:08

The European Union has called for a swift probe into the Israeli army's gruesome assassination of a 14-year-old Palestinian during protests against the occupying regime.
Zarif tells German FM Maas, E3 to correct own conduct before lecturing Iran

Dec 05, 2020 04:16

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif fires back at his German counterpart over the latter’s call for renegotiation of the 2015 nuclear agreement and claims about Iran’s national defense program, saying the European parties to the Iran deal should first change their own harmful behavior before lecturing the Islamic Republic.
Russia detains physicist for passing info abroad

Dec 04, 2020 09:44

Russian authorities detain a physicist on suspicion of treason for passing classified information about the country’s aviation industry to foreign governments.
No more concessions in Brexit talks, EU members warn

Dec 04, 2020 04:14

European diplomats warned Thursday that EU negotiators are "millimeters" from giving all they can in trade talks with Britain, as both sides agreed negotiations are in their most sensitive phase.
Criminal assassination of Iranian scientist won’t solve issues: EU’s Borrell

Dec 02, 2020 03:40

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell says the “criminal” assassination of Iranian physicist and nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will not help solve issues pertaining to the country’s nuclear program.
Former senior UK diplomat Julian King pleads for EU trade deal

Dec 01, 2020 14:26

As negotiations between the UK and the European Union (EU) on a post-Brext trade agreement reach their climax, a former senior British diplomat has issued a dire warning of the consequences of not securing a deal.