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EU FMs to convene in Brussels on May 28 over JCPOA
May 26, 2018 07:46The EU foreign ministers will meet in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on May 28 to discuss the latest developments around the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, a few weeks after US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the agreement.
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Could Britain, France, Germany be trusted
May 25, 2018 14:08The Iranian diplomatic drive as a last ditch effort to save the 7-nation international accord on Iran’s use of peaceful nuclear energy following the shameless breech of the same by the US, or more properly its roguishly quixotic president, Donald Trump, depends on the three major European countries’ courage to stand up against Washington’s pressures and commitment to their own promises, rather than backtracking for which France, Britain and Germany are notorious.
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Russia’s Gazprom settles dispute with EU antitrust bodies
May 24, 2018 09:35Russia’s giant energy company Gazprom, which is involved in massive gas exports to Europe, has reached an agreement with European Union antitrust regulators, in what could settle long-running disputes over the company’s pricing mechanisms and its reluctance to allow competition in Eastern Europe.
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Facebook chief apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak
May 23, 2018 03:30The top man in Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has officially apologized to lawmakers in the European Parliament for a large-scale leak of personal data which reportedly enabled a political consultancy to impact the results of the election in Britain and elsewhere.
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Europe’s guns & hypocrisy roar loud in Yemen
May 20, 2018 14:45While the European Union, every now and then, continues to express its ‘anger’ over the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, even more evident is the conspicuous absence of likewise criticism in EU of the atrocities being committed in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia has waged a devastating war against Yemen’s Asnarullah and the revolutionaries.
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Europe's political support for nuclear deal not enough: Zarif
May 20, 2018 12:15Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the European Union's "political support" for a 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement is not enough, urging the bloc to take more practical steps to boost economic cooperation with Iran.
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France urges Italy to stick to its EU commitments
May 20, 2018 12:14French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned that if a new populist government in Italy wants to evade its financial commitments regarding the European Union, it would put the entire eurozone economy at risk.
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EU seeks to protect companies affected by US bans over Iran: French minister
May 20, 2018 11:25France says it is weighing possible ways that could help the European Union compensate European companies that might be facing sanctions by the United States for doing business with Iran following Washington's withdrawal from a key 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and major world powers.
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EU making contradictory statements on JCPOA: Velayati
May 20, 2018 09:45A senior Iranian official has questioned EU officials' contradictory remarks on the 2015 nuclear agreement after US withdrawal, saying a "duplicitous" side could not be trusted.
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Erdogan takes election campaign to Bosnia after EU snub
May 20, 2018 08:34President Rajab Tayyib Erdoghan's election rally outside Turkey is causing fresh controversy as he takes his campaign message to Turks in the Balkans after several EU countries banned such activities.