European Union

EU executive to hold meeting on UN Myanmar report this week

Aug 27, 2018 12:33

The European Union's executive in Brussels will hold a meeting this week with the authors of a UN report that called for prosecution of Myanmar's army chief and five other top military commanders for genocide against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
UK planes might be grounded after Brexit absence of new air traffic deals

Aug 27, 2018 09:41

The UK aviation industry is set to take a major hit after the country’s pending exit from the European Union (EU) unless Prime Minister Theresa May manages to strike a deal with the bloc, a think tank warns.
No-deal Brexit ‘existential threat’ to UK, London warned

Aug 26, 2018 03:50

A no-deal Brexit will amount to an “existential threat” to the United Kingdom, says the first president of European Council, citing Scotland.
Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions – the final demise of Dollar hegemony?

Aug 25, 2018 18:07

Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans – confiscation of foreign assets, import and export prohibitions and limitations; and also punishing those who do not respect sanctions dished out by Trump, alias the US of A, against friends of their enemies.
UN appeals to EU states to accept refugees stranded on Italian Coast Guard ship

Aug 25, 2018 12:12

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged EU countries to take responsibility for over 150 refugees, mostly from Eritrea, who have been stranded on an Italian Coast Guard vessel for several days.
EU condemns Italian ‘threats’ to suspend funding over refugees

Aug 25, 2018 00:39

The European Union has censured Italy’s recent “threats” to suspend its funding to the bloc if Brussels fails to relocate the refugees held on an Italian Coast Guard ship.
UK, EU condemn huge illegal Zionist settlement plans in occupied West Bank

Aug 25, 2018 00:33

The British government and the European Union have condemned the Zionist entity’s recent approval of plans for the construction of hundreds of new housing units in the occupied West Bank irrespective of the international outcry against the Tel Aviv regime’s land expropriation and illegal settlement expansion policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
EU agrees 18mn euros in aid for Iran amid efforts to save nuclear deal

Aug 24, 2018 00:12

The European Union has agreed 18 million in development aid to Tehran as the 28-nation bloc steps up efforts to blunt the impact of returning American sanctions against Iran and keep it in the multilateral 2015 nuclear deal.
UK government issues advice notices for 'no-deal' Brexit

Aug 24, 2018 00:09

The government in the United Kingdom has published a series of notes advising people and businesses how to protect themselves from the potential disruption of a ‘no deal’ exit from the European Union.
‘All options on table,’ UK Labour Party now open to second Brexit vote

Aug 23, 2018 09:08

In a surprising U-turn, the UK Labour Party has announced that it is open to the idea of holding a second Brexit referendum if the parliament sees it necessary.