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Official warns EU advocating Trump 'legacy to blackmail Iran'
Jan 11, 2021 09:49Iran has warned that with US President Donald Trump "almost gone", the European Union is "advocating to use his legacy to blackmail Iran".
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Two-faced US trade policy erodes Atlantic alliance
Jan 08, 2021 06:49European distrust of American motives was behind the EU leaders’ recent signing of a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China over the urgent objections of the Donald Trump administration and Joe Biden’s transition team.
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Turkey indicts senior Kurdish leader, rebuffs EU demands
Jan 08, 2021 05:03A Turkish court has accepted an indictment against the co-head of the country’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, rejecting demands by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for his release.
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WHO calls for intensified measures over 'alarming' virus variant
Jan 07, 2021 10:30The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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OPCW, its teams serve as tools in hands of states hostile to Syria: UN envoy
Jan 06, 2021 05:42Syria says the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and its investigation teams have become tools in the hands of countries hostile to the Damascus government, and that reports compiled by the organization lack credibility.
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EU will 'redouble efforts' for JCPOA preservation, full implementation: Spokesman
Jan 06, 2021 02:04The European Union has pledged to make more efforts to preserve the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran, after Tehran announced the beginning of the process to enrich uranium to a purity level of 20 percent at its Fordow nuclear facility.
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Iran announces formal resumption of 20% uranium enrichment
Jan 04, 2021 08:49The Iranian government’s spokesperson announced on Monday that Tehran has officially started to enrich uranium to a purity level of 20 percent.
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US, European allies refuse to unfreeze Venezuela funds for vaccine purchase
Jan 04, 2021 05:54The United States, Britain and some European Union states have rejected Venezuela’s appeal to unfreeze its sanctioned assets in order to purchase the much-needed coronavirus vaccine, the nation’s President Nicolas Maduro has unveiled.
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Brexit becomes reality as UK quits EU single market
Jan 03, 2021 06:55Britain finally on Thursday Dec. 31 severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.
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Russia vows retaliatory moves if US deploys missiles in Europe
Dec 28, 2020 11:05Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin has criticized US refusal to extend the New START arms control treaty as well as its plans to deploy missiles in Europe, vowing to take “proportionate retaliatory measures.”