By Anna Shiryaevskaya and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe and its allies have looked for ways to curb Moscow’s fossil fuel revenues without
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, May 6 (Reuters) – The European Union would ban trans-shipment of Russian LNG, the use of EUports by vessels transporting goods contributing to Russia’s war effort and make
The Netherlands and France are pushing for sanctions from the European Union against any financial institution in the world that helps the Russian army acquire goods or technology to make weapons. The press bureau Reuters reported this based on documents they have seen.France and the Netherlands hope that a ban like this would powerfully incentivize financial institutions in the Middle East, Turkey, or even China to refrain from making deals to deliver EU-sanctioned goods to Russia.
Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry has annoyed the European Union by postponing a meeting next week with the EU's top official on Russian sanctions, ahead of a possible visit to Hanoi by Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Vietnam has been striving to pursue a neutral foreign policy in its relations with major world powers. It has abstained from condemning Russia's attack on Ukraine, a position that Western countries see as too close to the Kremlin.
The European Union’s executive said Monday it will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eurovision song contest continued to spawn unprecedented controversy, days after the winner was crowned, with the 27-nation European Union lambasting organizers for their “incoherence” in banning its flag from the concert hall during the final. In an unusually sharp letter, EU Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas wrote to the organizer, the []
During the weeklong contest, organizers were already roiled by the protests linked to the war in Gaza
EU businesses, producers and farmers are now able to take advantage of a
MONROVIA – At the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of three 33-kilovolt distribution networks and customer connections to the cities of Buchanan, Greenville and Barclayville, the European Union Head of Delegation, Ambassador Nona Deprez recommitted the European Union’s ongoing support for Liberia’s energy sector. The ceremony took place at the Transco/CLSG Substation located on the []
Some believe little will change even with a far-right surge, but others say ballot could be defining moment for blocUp to 450 million citizens in the EU’s 27 member states will go to the polls between 6 and 9 June to elect more than 700 members of the European parliament, the world’s only directly elected transnational assembly.The European parliament elections – more commonly called the European elections – take place every five years and, since the parliament plays an essential role in...
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