European Union

Turkey’s Erdogan says Greek authorities ‘acting like Nazis’ in treating refugees

Mar 11, 2020 10:31

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Greek authorities are acting like the Nazis as they resort to violence in preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the Turkish border into Greece.
Turkey’s Erdogan continues to withstand EU pressure to close border

Mar 11, 2020 05:25

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to resist pressure from the European Union (EU) states to stop the flow of refugees through his country’s borders with Greece, but has announced plans for the convention of a summit with European leaders next week to seek a solution to the crisis.
Washington’s new moves in Europe unnecessary

Mar 09, 2020 11:58

The new US-led ‘Defender-Europe 20’ exercise, which is months long and lasts from February until July, involves 20,000 US troops - more than those of all its NATO allies put together, and more than at any time in the past quarter-century. Although US officials do not say it is designed to counter an alleged Russian threat, the demonstration of US force capability comes after years of piecemeal reinforcements of NATO's eastern flank following Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014.
ECB joins central banks pledging coronavirus action if needed

Mar 06, 2020 16:40

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven were expected to lead a global teleconference in the coming days to discuss their response to the economic threat posed by the coronavirus. The ministers were expected to be joined by their central bank governors. That could be the prelude to concerted action that might include a global series of interest rate cuts.
Iran’s Zarif discusses COVID-19 outbreak with foreign officials

Mar 05, 2020 04:59

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held telephone conversations with a number of his foreign counterparts and with the EU foreign policy chief about a range of issues, most notably the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the world.
Speaking against settlement expansion is just a chore for the EU

Mar 03, 2020 16:31

Colonization is illegal under international law, and yet the European Union persists in supporting the Zionist regime of Israel by advocating the two-state paradigm and offering preferential trade and other deals. The extent to which settlement expansion has been dissociated from Israeli regime's illegal colonization has made it possible for the EU to condemn parts of colonization while obliterating the process.
Russia won’t stop terror fight in Syria to solve EU’s refugee problem: Lavrov

Mar 03, 2020 14:09

Russia says it will not stop fighting terrorism in Syria alongside the Damascus government because of European concerns over a new influx of refugees into the continent.
Greece expects ‘strong’ EU support in refugee crisis

Mar 03, 2020 10:58

Greece says it expects “strong” support from the European Union (EU) leaders to help resolve a deepening refugee crisis at its border with Turkey, as diplomats from the bloc arrived in the border area for a meeting on the matter.
EU border force on 'high alert' as migrants' push to enter continent

Mar 01, 2020 12:22

The European Union border force Frontex has announced that it is on "high alert" across all the bloc’s borders with Turkey, and aims to provide further support to Greece as thousands of migrants seek to enter the continent through the southeastern European country.
Russia stresses opposition to return of UNSC sanctions against Iran

Feb 27, 2020 04:27

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Russia will keep objecting to the restoration of United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) sanctions against Iran, emphasizing that Moscow will not let the 15-member body turn into a “toy” in the hands of the US.