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OSCE wants 'real' withdrawal of arms in eastern Ukraine
Feb 17, 2017 17:37The head of the European peacekeeping corps in eastern Ukraine has reiterated the importance of withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line of conflict.
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Johnson blasts former British PM for Brexit remarks
Feb 17, 2017 14:37The British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has lambasted former premier Tony Blair for urging opponents of Brexit to “rise up” against leaving the European Union (EU).
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EU parliament okays CETA with Canada despite protests
Feb 15, 2017 15:11The European Parliament has approved a controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada after months of protests against such an agreement.
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UK may lose access to EU’s GPS navigation
Feb 13, 2017 12:32Leaving the European Union would put the UK at the risk of losing access to the EU-wide Galileo satellite navigation, a super-accurate global positioning system (GPS) that is partly designed and implemented by British companies.
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Assad: European states harm own interests by supporting terrorists in Syria
Feb 06, 2017 16:42Syrian President Basher al-Assad, in a meeting with a European delegation in Damascus, has slammed European governments for adopting unrealistic and wrong policies toward Syria over the past years, saying the approach has resulted in Europe’s isolation from international efforts meant to resolve the crisis in the Arab country.
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EU's top diplomats support prolonged sanctions on Russia
Feb 06, 2017 13:37European Union foreign ministers have expressed their full support for keeping sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s alleged role in the crisis in eastern Ukraine, saying new US President Donald Trump’s positive view of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would not deter the EU states from keeping pressure on Russia.
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Party leaders in EU want Trump’s possible EU envoy rejected
Feb 03, 2017 08:33Party leaders at the European Parliament have called on the European Union to reject US President Donald Trump’s likely pick for ambassador to the EU, Ted Malloch, whose mission they said is to “disrupt or dissolve” the 28-member bloc.
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Pro-Brexit UK MP says EU era over, hopes for Polexit
Jan 28, 2017 11:03A British Conservative lawmaker says the era of the European Union is over, calling on other member states, namely Poland, to follow the UK's lead and vote to leave the bloc.
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Germany, EU in rush to boost global trade amid US isolation, Brexit
Jan 28, 2017 09:10Several German officials have underlined the need for their country and the EU to swiftly seize economic opportunities arising from the US cancellation of global trade deals and a British withdrawal from the 28-nation bloc, commonly known as Brexit.
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EU urges members to end refugee deadlock
Jan 26, 2017 17:35The European Union has called on member states to do more to end a deadlock on how they should share the burden of Europe’s historic refugee exodus as the continent is struggling to cope with increasing arrivals.