Florence speech: Tone positive, problems unresolved
Professors Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes, The UK in a Changing Europe: Tone positive, problems unresolved: The speech marked a shift in tone from the PM towards the EU and [...]
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Rouhani: accord can’t be renegotiated
Iran’s president Rouhani said its nuclear accord with world powers cannot be renegotiated, after President Trump administration warned it was weighing whether the deal [...]
Tusk reflects upon EU challenges ahead of Tallinn Summit
“On 29 June 2016, a few days after the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, we decided to begin a reflection on the future of a European Union of 27 Member States”, [...]
EU anticipating May’s ‘Florence offer’
The EU expects British Prime Minister Theresa May to attempt to break a deadlock in Brexit talks over the coming days by indicating a readiness to pay the block for stay in [...]
Abductions of politicians in Turkey continue
Amnesty International insists there were “credible grounds” eight people, including politicians, had forcibly disappeared after criticising the Government, Director of [...]
Johnson refuses rebuild Syria under Al-Assad rule
The United States, the UK and the allies opposing to President Bashar al-Assad will not support the reconstruction of Syria until there is a political transition “away [...]
Mogherini defends nuclear deal with Iran in New York
“The Iran deal is a good and robust agreement that serves the interests of all parties,” – EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said in a statement to NBC [...]
Gen.Mattis reserved on North Korea military options
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis showed reserve about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to [...]
Abbas welcomes Hamas reconciliation move
Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration running Gaza, it said, a major step towards handing control of the enclave to a Palestinian unity government after a decade of [...]
European Parliament reduction
Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs debated shrinking the Parliament after the UK has left the EU to make room for new member states and pan-European electoral lists. A new [...]
EU requests humanitarian access to Rohingya
“I am following the dramatic developments in Rakhine State and at the border region in Bangladesh closely. The European Union has raised its concerns as recently as [...]
Rohingya flee Rakhine State
Tens of thousands of people have fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in fear of killings, rape and even massacres. The Rohingya are the world’s [...]
EU actions to prevent terrorism
The European Commission is today reporting on actions taken since President Juncker’s 2016 State of the Union address to enhance security at the EU external border, [...]
EU 2017 security priorities
“In the past year, great strides have been taken to build a genuine Security Union. But the attacks of the past month alone show that we still need to do a lot to [...]
Chechen protest against persecution of Myanmar Muslims
Russian Federation. In the capital of Chechnya, Grozny, on the morning of Monday, September; 4, a rally in support of the Myanmar Muslims began. The action, broadcasted [...]
