European Union

Iran: Oil deal negotiations with EU proceeding well

Oct 02, 2018 11:14

A senior official says Iran’s negotiations with the EU to reach an agreement to sell Iranian oil to Europe are advancing ahead of a US date to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy sector.
UK has fiscal capacity to cope with no-deal Brexit: Finance minister

Oct 01, 2018 12:26

British Finance Minister Philip Hammond has claimed that his country has the fiscal capacity to cope with the divorce from the European Union without any agreement.
Iran, Europe 'finalizing mechanism for cooperation, US sabotage sure to fail'

Oct 01, 2018 10:21

Iran has been doing copious work with Europe to devise a mechanism to guarantee continued bilateral trade despite attempts by the United States to obstruct such cooperation, says an Iranian official, declaring that US sabotage is "certain" to fail as a result of ongoing Iranian-European diplomatic engagement.
Britain’s Hunt likens EU to Soviet Union amid London’s struggle to exit the bloc

Oct 01, 2018 04:24

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has likened the European Union to the Soviet Union amid London’s struggle to exit the bloc.
Iran to seal oil deal with EU before US bans return

Sep 30, 2018 14:19

Iran says it is working on an agreement to sell oil to Europe in face of returning US sanctions that ban purchases of oil from the country.
Brexit costing Britain £500mn a week

Sep 30, 2018 09:55

The current cost of Brexit is estimated to be £500 million a week, new research has found, suggesting that it will even further rise.
British PM accuses critics of 'playing politics' in dealing with Brexit

Sep 30, 2018 03:33

British Prime Minister Theresa May has accused her critics of “playing politics” and undermining the national interest over the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
UK Labour's Corbyn says his party will reject PM May's Brexit deal as it stands

Sep 28, 2018 10:27

The Leader of Britain’s Labour Party has warned that he will vote down anything that fails to satisfy his party’s criteria for the United Kingdom’s divorce from the European Union.
Envoy: Iranians in West pressured for sensitive data

Sep 28, 2018 05:04

Iran’s envoy to the United Kingdom has slammed Western intelligence services for pressuring Iranian dual citizens, especially women and the elderly, in order to obtain sensitive information.
Russia to look into new claims on UK poisoning suspects

Sep 28, 2018 04:13

Russian authorities say they will investigate claims in the British media that one of the two men accused of a poisoning attack on a double spy in southern England in March was a Russian colonel.