European Union

FMs of Iran, remaining JCPOA parties to meet in Vienna on Friday

Jul 03, 2018 09:00

Foreign ministers of Iran and the five remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal are scheduled to meet in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Friday to discuss ways of maintaining the international accord after the US’s withdrawal.
EU officials say UK's latest Brexit proposal is ‘unrealistic’

Jul 02, 2018 14:55

A draft document outlining Britain’s future relationship with the European Union after exiting the EU has already been dismissed as unrealistic by senior EU officials, who say the UK has no chance of changing the bloc’s founding principles.
Refugee deaths in Mediterranean surpass 1,000 this year, says UN refugee agency

Jul 02, 2018 14:55

The United Nations refugee agency says a total of more than 1,000 refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea so far this year.
Washington risks nearly $300bn trade tariff reprisals, EU warns

Jul 02, 2018 11:56

The European Union has warned Washington that imposing import tariffs on cars from the 28-member bloc could lead to “countermeasures” against nearly $300 billion worth of US exports.
Italy’s far-right interior minister urges Europe-wide alliance against refugees

Jul 02, 2018 05:16

Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called for the formation of a Europe-wide alliance of like-minded far-right parties to “defend their borders” against an influx of refugees into the continent.
Surge in British citizens getting EU nationality

Jul 01, 2018 02:30

An increasing number of British citizens are obtaining the nationality of other EU member states since the Brexit referendum, with German citizenship seeing the highest requests.
Thousands in London protest privatization of NHS

Jul 01, 2018 02:24

Tens of thousands of people in London have taken to the streets to protest against the government’s funding cuts for the National Health Service (NHS) and privatization of its services.
EU yet to deliver package of proposals to save JCPOA: Iran

Jun 30, 2018 10:20

Iran has dismissed media reports about having received a package of proposals from the European Union to save a multilateral nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries from which the US has withdrawn, saying the Europeans are holding their final discussions in this regard.
EU guilty in any refugee death after new deal: MSF

Jun 30, 2018 03:49

Doctors Without Borders has slammed the EU's new refugee deal, warning that the European governments will be responsible for putting the lives of the most vulnerable people at stake.
EU says 'last call' for Britain in Brexit talks

Jun 30, 2018 02:43

European Union President Donald Tusk issued a "last call" Friday for Britain to explain what it wants from Brexit, as the bloc warned time was running out and stepped up preparations for the prospect of no deal.