The announcement of the special purpose vehicle (SPV) to help trade with Iran despite U.S. sanctions would come as soon as Monday, two diplomats familiar with the matter said. The mechanism is key to the EU’s effort to keep …
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Major European countries threw their weight behind Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday saying they would recognize him as interim president if Nicolas Maduro failed to call elections within eight days, Reuters …
Paris is ready to impose further sanctions against Tehran if no progress is made in talks over its ballistic missile program, French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. "We are ready, if the talks don't …
Migrants returned to Libya detained as UN calls for change in EU policy
The European Commission is starting legal action against Britain over tax breaks it grants to commodities traders, barely two months ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union, Daily Journal reported. EU …
The European Central Bank is all but certain to keep policy unchanged on Thursday but may acknowledge a sharp slowdown in growth, raising the prospect that any further policy normalization could be delayed, ABS-CBN News reported. …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has pledged nearly 1 billion euros in Turkish investment projects this year
France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that he expected a European-backed system to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent U.S. sanctions would be established in the coming days, Channel NewsAsia reported. …
Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski believes that the newly elected Armenian National Assembly has all chances to establish real parliamentarism in Armenia, Mediamax reports. According to …
French, German, Swiss and Swedish ambassadors to Georgia have announced plans to meet with Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia in the coming days to discuss ways of decreasing the number of Georgian asylum seekers in …
World leaders converge to discuss climate change, co-operation and globalization
The European Union has imposed sanctions on the Head and Deputy Head of Russia’s GRU military intelligence service over the Skripal poisoning case, as part of the EU’s new round of restrictive measures against individuals thought to …
The Kremlin does not support the EU’s decision to introduce sanctions against Russia, namely due to the Skripal incident. "It is negative," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In response to a question …
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has left for Brussels on her first official trip, the president’s administration has reported. It is expected that she will hold high-level meetings at the headquarters of …
China offers Iran $3 Billion oil-field deal as Europe halts crude purchases
Thousands of French protest despite government's outreach
