50 years of EU expansion
PARIS: The European Union, which holds a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv on Friday, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years. Four…
PARIS: The European Union, which holds a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv on Friday, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years. Four…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said considering the urgency of the challenge, the government had decided to reach out to friendly countries and donors as flash floods and…
TEHRAN: The European Union said Tuesday (16th of August, 2022) it was studying Iran's response to a "final" draft agreement on reviving a 2015 nuclear accord with major powers it…
BRUSSELS: The EU formally adopted a ban on most Russian oil imports on Friday, hitting Moscow with its toughest sanctions over the war on Ukraine after weeks of wrangling with…
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders met here on Monday seeking to overcome Hungarian opposition to an embargo on Russian oil, as Moscow's forces made gains in the eastern Donbas region of…
LONDON: Oil prices jumped further Tuesday as the European Union proposed further sanctions against major crude producer Russia in response to killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha that have prompted…
The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc's internal market commissioner said in an…
PORTO (Portugal): The EU and India are expected to further bolster warming ties Saturday (8th May, 2021) by relaunching long-stalled trade talks and agreeing to work together against the pandemic…
THE HAGUE: The European Union on Saturday welcomed the United States' lifting of sanctions imposed by former leader Donald Trump on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor. Trump's top diplomat…
BRUGES: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday that Europe's defense depends on close transatlantic bonds and not on a quest for the continent's strategic autonomy. Most EU member states…
PARIS: EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign to defeat the "nightmare" of Covid-19, with the first to be immunized expressing emotion after their jab and leaders hailing…
PARIS: The European Union teed up a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to…
BRUSSELS: Britain and the European Union were expected to announce a Christmas Eve trade deal Thursday after ten months of Brexit talks dragged out over yet another late night session.…
HONG KONG: Sterling rallied Monday after Britain and the European Union agreed to extend talks on a post-Brexit trade deal past a self-imposed deadline, while Asian markets mostly rose despite…
BRUSSELS: The European Union and Britain will return to the negotiating table on Monday after agreeing to abandon a supposed make-or-break deadline for a post-Brexit trade pact. EU chief Ursula…
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday said Britain's departure from the European Union means it cannot impose tariffs on Washington in a dispute over aviation industry subsidies. "The UK did…
NEW YORK: The pound fell against the dollar and euro on Monday as post-Brexit trade talks between Britain and the European Union hung in the balance. Major European stock markets…
PARIS: Last month was the hottest November on record as Europe basked in its highest Autumn temperatures in history, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Monday. The Copernicus Climate…
LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday urged businesses to get ready for the end of the Brexit transition period in one month's time, as talks on a free trade deal…
ISLAMABAD: European Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has said that for EU, it has become more important than ever to deepen ties with Pakistan amid a situation of…
LONDON: Britain and the European Union resumed crucial negotiations in London on Monday over a post-Brexit free trade deal, with time running short and both sides saying major obstacles remain.…
BRUSSELS: EU member states on Friday extended for another year a sanctions framework against Turkey allowing visa bans and asset freezes against individuals involved in contested gas exploration in the…
PARIS: The United States and the European Union need to develop a "new transatlantic relationship" after the US election, irrespective of who wins, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said…
GENEVA: World Trade Organization members gave the green light Monday for Brussels to slap tariffs on $4.0 billion in US imports annually in retaliation for illegal American aid to plane…