Tag: Eu
EU agrees new Syria sanctions, makes no progress with Russia
Union foreign ministers imposed fresh sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime Monday but failed to iron out differences with Russia over how to end...
Crisis-torn EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize was Friday awarded to the European Union, an institution wracked by the euro crisis but credited with bringing more than...
EU grants Pakistan flood, unrest aid
The European Commission said Thursday it will release another 15 million euros in aid ($19 million) to Pakistan where tens of thousands of people...
Increased EU funding for double humanitarian crisis in Pakistan
The European Union has announced additional funding of €15 million in order to continue delivering immediate relief to the victims of two humanitarian crises...
Why Germany should lead or leave
Europe has been in a financial crisis since 2007. When the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers endangered the credit of financial institutions, private credit was...
Ukraine leader sees EU deal soon, but EU disagrees
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said on Friday he thought it would be possible to seal a strategic deal with the European Union after a...
EU Parliament approves Autonomous Trade Preferences for Pakistan
The European Parliament approved with an overwhelming majority a package granting the EU Autonomous Trade Preferences (ATPs) for Pakistan.
The package would allow tariff free...
EU ‘consensus’ to beef up Syria sanctions
EU foreign ministers agreed on the need to beef up sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime at talks in Cyprus on Saturday, said...
World stocks, euro jump after surprise EU summit deal
World stock markets surged on Friday, propelled by bank shares, and the euro jumped against the dollar after an EU summit delivered surprise emergency...
EU to increase trade with Pakistan
The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to support a new EU trade preference scheme for developing countries as of 1 January 2014. The updated...
Smooth transition is my dream: Gilani
Lady Catherine, High Representative, European Union (EU), called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the PM House and said Pakistan's successes are...
Catherine Ashton to visit Pakistan tomorrow
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, travels to Pakistan on Tuesday for...
Pakistan, EU to launch strategic dialogue next week
Pakistan and the European Union will launch strategic dialogue next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU high representative for foreign...
EU urges Greece to stay in euro, plans for possible exit
European Union leaders, advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece decides to quit the single currency, urged the country to...
Expoters lament politicisation of EU trade package
The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has said that the EU Trade Concessions Package announced for Pakistan has been severely politicised...
EU hands extra 20m euros for flood victims
Brussels on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to victims of Pakistan’s 2011 monsoon floods, as well as people displaced by...
There’s something fishy going on
Holland’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mr Gajus Scheltema disclosed that a powerful lobby of international fish exporters was strongly opposing the exports of fish from...
