European Union

France says no Iran package before Nov. as Zarif rejects 'obscure promises'

Jul 06, 2018 08:08

France says Europe is unlikely to put together an economic package for Iran before November as Tehran wants "verifiable and actionable commitments rather than lofty and obscure promises."
UK police investigating new Novichok nerve agent attack

Jul 05, 2018 02:39

The UK counter-terrorism police have launched an investigation into what they say is another attack on British citizens with the Russian nerve agent Novichok, the same poison that was used in March against Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal.
European Commission analyzing German deal on refugee row

Jul 03, 2018 14:26

The European Commission is analyzing a German deal on migration after Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rebellious interior minister reached a compromise on a refugee dispute that threatened to disintegrate her coalition government.
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.