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UK’s delusional threats to Europe
Jan 25, 2017 07:49Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May delivered her much-anticipated speech on Brexit this week, and it was suffused with delusions of grandeur. When are British leaders going to realize that their days of imperial greatness are long gone? Listening to May, however, one would think that the world’s map was still splattered in red, white and blue colors of the Union Jack – otherwise known by former colonial subjects as the Butcher’s Apron.
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Europe needs new military alliance: French politician
Jan 24, 2017 08:27French presidential front-runner Francois Fillon has called for a new military alliance in Europe after US President Donald Trump described NATO obsolete.
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Angry dairy farmers spray EU headquarters with milk powder
Jan 23, 2017 11:51The headquarters of the European Union has been turned into white, after dairy farmers angry with the crisis in their sector sprayed the building in the Belgian capital with milk powder.
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Far-right Europe leaders converge in Germany to discuss EU break-up
Jan 21, 2017 11:32Ultra-right European leaders from France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands were meeting in the German city of Koblenz to discuss their visions of “a free Europe” aimed at dismantling the EU.
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"UK to leave EU single market after Brexit"
Jan 17, 2017 11:39UK Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain will leave the European Union’s single market in order to restrict immigration in a clean break from the bloc, but Parliament can vote on the final Brexit deal.
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EU to stay true to Iran nuclear deal: Mogherini
Jan 16, 2017 09:01The European Union (EU)’s top diplomat says the bloc will remain committed to and work to ensure the proper execution of a nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.
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JCPOA implementation commission discussing ISA extension in Vienna
Jan 10, 2017 09:29The joint commission monitoring the implementation of the 2015 nuclear accord between Tehran and P5+1 is being held a meeting in Vienna, Austria, to discuss Washington’s extension of an anti-Iran sanctions law.
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Europe refugee arrivals plunge by two thirds in 2016: Border agency
Jan 06, 2017 14:04The number of refugees landing in Europe via two main maritime routes in 2016 nosedived by almost two-thirds to 364,000 in comparison with the year before, according to the EU border agency Frontex.
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OSCE 'not satisfied' with status quo in eastern Ukraine
Jan 04, 2017 15:10The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is tasked with monitoring truce agreements in eastern Ukraine, says it is displeased with the status quo in the region despite the fact that the conflict has generally subsided.
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Iran welcomes enhanced ties with EU: President Rouhani
Dec 31, 2016 10:18President Hassan Rouhani says Iran welcomes the expansion of bilateral ties with European Union (EU) member states.