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Turkey slams EU’s ‘biased and illegal’ approach, sanctions threat
Dec 11, 2020 10:54The Turkish foreign ministry has slammed the European Union's approach towards Turkey’s persisting dispute with Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean as "biased and illegal," calling on the Western bloc to instead act as an honest broker.
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EU extends Russia sanctions by another 6 months
Dec 11, 2020 08:24The European Union (EU) has extended sanctions against Russia, by another six months, as the US also imposed further bans on several Russian individuals and entities.
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The potential impact of Brexit without a trade deal
Dec 10, 2020 17:39The EU is Britain’s biggest trading partner, accounting for 47% of its trade in 2019. It had a trade deficit of 79 billion pounds ($106 billion) with the EU, a surplus of 18 billion in services outweighed by a deficit of 97 billion pounds in goods. Even with a Brexit trade deal, Britain’s reasonable worst-case scenario is that 7,000 trucks bound for the continent could stack up in the southern English county of Kent.
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Turkey’s president downplays EU sanctions threat
Dec 10, 2020 04:42Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has downplayed any economic sanctions the European Union might impose on Ankara over the dispute in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Speaker slams E3’s statement on Iran’s parliamentary bill
Dec 09, 2020 05:57Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf denounced as weird a statement from the three European parties to the JCPOA that asks Iran not to carry out a recently-ratified law on strategic action for the lifting of sanctions.
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OPCW cover-up scandal shows ‘culture of lying central to Western narrative,’ ex-diplomat says
Dec 09, 2020 03:11The OPCW’s cover-up scandal, under US pressure, of a Syria chemical weapons probe shows “the culture of lying has become so central to the Western narrative,” a former US Senate policy adviser and diplomat says.
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Turkey calls on EU to be honest broker in Greece maritime dispute
Dec 08, 2020 14:02Turkey has called on the European Union (EU) to be an honest broker in the country’s standoff with Greece over oil and gas exploration rights in the east Mediterranean Sea.
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Zarif advises neighbors to exclude US, E3 regional talks
Dec 08, 2020 09:44Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the neighboring countries to the Islamic Republic to hold talks about regional developments without foreign interference.
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UK, France & Germany claim Iran plan to ramp up enrichment 'deeply worrying'
Dec 07, 2020 11:27France, Germany and Britain claim they are worried by an Iranian plan to install additional, advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at Natanz nuclear facility.
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Fundamental divergences remain as Brexit trade talks near end: British minister
Dec 06, 2020 08:29Fundamental divergences remain as talks between the UK and the EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are about to end, says British farming minister.