European Union

  • US, Canada, EU announce new sanctions against Russia

    US, Canada, EU announce new sanctions against Russia

    Mar 16, 2019 09:13

    The US, the EU and Canada have imposed fresh sanctions against Moscow in a coordinated move as people in Crimea celebrated the fifth anniversary of reintegration to Russia following a referendum.

  • UK parliament supports government bid to seek Brexit delay

    UK parliament supports government bid to seek Brexit delay

    Mar 15, 2019 03:42

    Members of Parliament in Britain have allowed the government to seek a delay to its withdrawal from the European Union beyond the planned departure date of March 29.

  • Corbyn calls on MPs to delay Brexit, take control after May’s failure

    Corbyn calls on MPs to delay Brexit, take control after May’s failure

    Mar 14, 2019 07:55

    UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to delay the country’s exit from the European Union and take control of the process, after Prime Minister Theresa May lost two key votes on her EU withdrawal plan and a possible ‘no-deal’ exit in the House of Commons.

  • British lawmakers rule out no-deal Brexit

    British lawmakers rule out no-deal Brexit

    Mar 14, 2019 05:02

    British MPs vote to rule out the possibility of a Brexit without any deal.

  • UK to heavily tax German, French imports after hard Brexit

    UK to heavily tax German, French imports after hard Brexit

    Mar 13, 2019 14:22

    The British government has announced a series of tariffs to be imposed on products coming from the European Union countries which will go into effect if London withdraws from the bloc with no deal at the end of March.

  • EU warns chances for hard Brexit have never been higher

    EU warns chances for hard Brexit have never been higher

    Mar 13, 2019 11:07

    The European Union’s top negotiator for Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc has warned that chances for a hard and disorderly Brexit have never been higher after members of the British parliament refused for a second time to endorse a divorce deal signed between London and the EU.

  • British parliament to vote on whether to leave EU without a deal

    British parliament to vote on whether to leave EU without a deal

    Mar 13, 2019 11:03

    Britain’s parliament will vote on Wednesday on whether to leave the European Union in 16 days without an agreement as the government said it would eliminate import tariffs on a wide range of goods in a no-deal Brexit scenario.

  • May’s Brexit deal suffers shattering defeat in Parliament again

    May’s Brexit deal suffers shattering defeat in Parliament again

    Mar 13, 2019 04:49

    British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal has been rejected by lawmakers in the House of Commons, sending the country into chaos just 17 days before the planned departure date.

  • EU says will blacklist UAE, Oman as havens for tax evasion

    EU says will blacklist UAE, Oman as havens for tax evasion

    Mar 13, 2019 04:20

    The finance ministers of the European Union have agreed to revise a blacklist for tax havens outside the bloc, adding 10 countries including the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and British and Dutch oversea territories to the list, despite last-minute push-back by some EU nations.

  • EU warns US against military action on Venezuela

    EU warns US against military action on Venezuela

    Mar 12, 2019 16:44

    The European Union has cautioned the United States against taking military action against Venezuela, saying the Latin American country’s crisis has to be resolved through peaceful and political solutions.