Tag: Eu

Sindh CM launches EU funded nutrition-improvement programme

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah launched the European Union (EU) funded Programme for Improved Nutrition in Sindh (PINS) here in Karachi on...

Facebook to publish privacy principles ahead of strict EU law

BRUSSELS: Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control...

Mega protest rally held in Brussels against Indian brutalities

BRUSSELS: EU-Pak friendship federation Europe organised a mega protest motor rally in Brussels on Thursday. The rally started from popular Brussels monument Atomium and finished...

Abbas seeks EU support for Palestinians amid row with US

BRUSSELS: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will ask the EU to officially recognise the state of Palestine when he meets foreign ministers from the bloc on...

UK minister says Britain could join new EU model in future

LONDON: Britain could take part in a new model of European cooperation after Brexit but is unlikely to rejoin the EU in its current...

Farage tells Brexiteers to get ready for second EU referendum

LONDON: Nigel Farage’s surprise call for Britain to prepare for a second EU referendum has ignited hopes among anti-Brexit campaigners that both sides of...

EU to meet Iran backing nuclear deal in message to Trump

BRUSSELS:  European powers will reaffirm on Thursday their support for the Iran nuclear deal that Donald Trump has rejected, EU diplomats said, on the...

France urges China to avoid pitfalls of protectionism

BEIJING: President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday offered to open up France to Chinese investment in exchange for greater access to Chinese markets for French...

Bill Clinton, EU call for release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

WASHINGTON: Former US President Bill Clinton and the European Union’s envoy to Myanmar on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters journalists...

Brexit deal could be template for EU ties to Ukraine, Turkey,...

BERLIN: An EU agreement with Britain on relations after Brexit could serve as a model for ties with other countries that want to be as...

US, Saudi-bought arms from EU fell into IS hands: monitor

  BEIRUT: European weaponry bought by the United States and Saudi Arabia and transferred illegally to Syrian rebels wound up in the hands of the...

EU rejects Netanyahu call to follow US on Jerusalem

BRUSSELS: The EU’s diplomatic chief on Monday bluntly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion that Europe would follow the US in recognising Jerusalem...

New Bulgaria ski resort will devastate UNESCO World Heritage Site: WWF

A budget ski resort expansion is poised to carve 333km of new slopes and 113km of ski lifts through a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

Britain and EU reach historic deal on Brexit divorce terms

BRUSSELS: Britain and the EU reached a historic deal on Friday on the terms of the Brexit divorce after Prime Minister Theresa May rushed...

EU to announce Brexit statement early Friday

BRUSSELS: European Council (EC) President Donald Tusk will make a statement on Brexit early on Friday, his office said on Thursday, prompting speculation on...

Panama slams inclusion on EU tax haven blacklist

  Panama, shaken badly last year by the “Panama Papers” revelations, on Tuesday reacted angrily to its inclusion on a new European Union blacklist of...

Britain and EU fail to reach Brexit deal

BRUSSELS: Britain and the EU failed to strike a Brexit divorce deal after a dispute over the Irish border scuppered talks in Brussels on...