European Union

EU accuses UK of banning coronavirus vaccine exports to bloc

Mar 12, 2021 04:21

Faced with production problems with the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, the European Union has blocked shipments to places like Australia amid shortages.
Denmark becomes 6th European state to suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot fears

Mar 11, 2021 12:01

Danish health authorities said Thursday they were temporarily suspending the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after some patients developed blood clots since receiving the jab.
Survey shows 74% of UK firms hit by delays with EU markets

Mar 11, 2021 10:51

Three-quarters of British manufacturers are experiencing Brexit-related delays in moving goods in and out of the European Union, according to a new survey by industry group Make UK.
Iran: No talks needed on US return to JCPOA, only sanctions removal counts

Mar 11, 2021 09:09

A senior Iranian diplomat says the United States’ possible return to a 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Tehran and major world states does not require any negotiations since Washington held no consultations with anyone before its withdrawal from the multilateral deal in 2018.
Iran countermeasures legal, meant to maintain balance of nuclear deal: FM Zarif

Mar 11, 2021 05:04

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the countermeasures Iran began to take one year after the United States’ withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear agreement are legal and aimed at preserving the balance of the multilateral deal, reiterating that they can be reversed in case the Washington returns to compliance with its obligations.
2015 nuclear deal implemented only by Iran not other signatories: Zarif

Mar 10, 2021 03:42

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran is the only participant to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to has fulfilled its commitments under the landmark accord and that the rest of the signatories have failed to deliver on their obligations.
European Parliament strips 3 MEPs of immunity over 'sedition' charges in Catalonia

Mar 09, 2021 09:35

The European Parliament has lifted the immunity from prosecution of former regional president of Catalonia and two of his government officials over charges of "sedition."
West's unilateral sanctions impede Iran’s fight against drug trafficking: Envoy

Mar 08, 2021 13:30

Iran’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran by Western countries, topped by the United States, are hampering the Islamic Republic’s fight against smuggling of illicit drugs.
Nuclear deal standoff: Iran says US driving on wrong side of road

Mar 08, 2021 09:43

Iran has touched on the unilateral US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, saying Washington has been driving on the wrong side of the road and therefore it needs to make a U-turn to “a complete commitment, an effective implementation and then a return” to the deal.
NATO’s expanding role hides the reality of a US empire in decline

Mar 08, 2021 06:57

While a great deal of attention has been paid to the optics of unifying NATO under new, more inclusive American leadership, the harsh realities of the policy priorities pushed by Lloyd Austin, Biden’s Secretary of Defense, and their underlying economics, point to a weakened US looking to further exploit a European military alliance for the purposes of propping up an America in decline.