European Union

EU top court orders Poland to suspend Supreme Court retirements

Oct 19, 2018 16:30

The European Union's top court on Friday ordered Poland to "immediately suspend" its decision to lower the retirement age of its Supreme Court judges, which it said threatens judicial independence.
EU says working on ‘concrete establishment’ of Iran payment channel

Oct 19, 2018 05:39

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member block is “working on the concert establishment” of its plan to set up a way to preserve business with Iran and avoid renewed US sanctions.
Britain has to compromise on Brexit, it comes out of EU summit

Oct 18, 2018 15:37

British Prime Minister Theresa May came out of a European Union summit in Brussels while failing to convince the bloc about her proposals on a divorce agreement. EU leaders, commentators and many others now say that it is Britain that should compromise to prevent a collapse in Brexit talks.
UK and EU agree to extend Brexit negotiations

Oct 18, 2018 05:06

European Union leaders have agreed to extend Brexit negotiations with Britain after an EU summit on a withdrawal deal on Wednesday produced no tangible results.
Iran’s president asks for Europe's serious action against terrorists

Oct 16, 2018 12:13

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with new Dutch Ambassador to Tehran, Jacques Werner, called on the European states to prosecute the terrorists living in Europe, including the masterminds of the recent terrorist attack in Southwestern Iran.
President Rouhani asks for Europe's practical measures to improve economic ties with Iran

Oct 16, 2018 11:45

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appreciated the EU's strong political stance to maintain the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, but expressed hope for the bloc's practical measures to develop economic ties and cooperation with Iran.
Ireland FM: Optimism over Brexit talks ‘not well founded’

Oct 13, 2018 03:06

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney says optimism about an imminent breakthrough in Brexit talks is "probably not well founded," and that the public should be realistic about time frames defined in negotiations between Britain and the European Union.
UK FM Hunt bashes Saudis over fate of missing Saudi journalist

Oct 11, 2018 03:46

In a rare British challenge to Riyadh, the UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked Saudi Arabia for answers over the disappearance in Turkey of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
EU postpones vote to reinstate Russian voting right on council

Oct 10, 2018 09:55

The Council of Europe has postponed a controversial decision on restoring Moscow's voting rights on the organization, stripped after Crimea's vote in 2014 to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
Charities slam UK for ignoring brutal housing crisis

Oct 10, 2018 04:04

Charities in the United Kingdom have slammed the government’s failure to tackle the rising levels of homelessness in the country, which left hundreds dead last year, saying the housing crisis in Britain had become more brutal and horrifying than ever.