Tag: Eu

EU hopes unanimous agreement on trade concession to Pakistan

European Union (EU), which is waiting for the approval of the proposed unilateral tariff preferences for Pakistan through getting a waver from the World...

Now Bangladesh

Pakistan’s trade concession at the EU seems an inherent non-starter. Suddenly it seems all the effort behind cajoling New Delhi into a more compromising...

EU trade concession package stumbles again at WTO

The much awaited trade concessions package offered by European Union (EU) has stumbled again at World Trade Organisation (WTO), with Bangladesh now opposing the...

EU offers more in flood aid

The European Commission released on Monday an extra 6.5 million euros ($9.0 million) in emergency aid for flood victims in Pakistan, amid a UN...

EU urges Malawi to arrest Sudan’s president

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton urged Malawi on Friday to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes....

EU set to freeze Syrian bank’s assets

The European Union decided on Thursday to freeze the assets of the Commercial Bank of Syria, in a new set of sanctions over the...

EU representative visits IIUI

Mario Vottero, representative of the European Union (EU) to Pakistan, visited the Faculty of Shariah and Law of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI)...

EU’s trade concessions to Pakistan likely to be approved

The trade concessions for Pakistan given by the European Union (EU), to be discussed at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on November 7, are...

Euro jumps after Germany, France pledge crisis plan

The euro climbed to its highest in more than a week versus the dollar on Monday after Germany and France pledged to have a...

‘Like giving vodka to a drunk’

Europeans protesting the vodka-for-drunk like club med bailout seem to have finally struck a chord with the union’s supreme lending authority as Chancellor Merkel...

Banks downgraded as EU squabbles over next bailout

Debt rating agencies had the knives out for some of Europe’s weakened banks on Friday, highlighting the pressure for decisive government action in support...

Russia’s Putin proposes ‘Eurasian Union’

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called for the unification of post-Soviet states into a “Eurasian Union” in an article published Tuesday on the announcement...

EU should ensure holding of free, fair elections in Pakistan: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan stressed that the European Union should ensure the holding of free and fair elections in Pakistan. He expressed these...

The inevitable fall of euro and the EU

Those who are hoping for a more optimistic outlook of the global economic future should probably not read on. According to a report released...

EU assistance to be utilised for vocational education

The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) plans to utilise technical assistance of Euro 42.4 million granted by European Union for upgrading technical...

EU finance ministers break no new ground on debt crisis

EU finance ministers broke no new ground in dealing with the euro zone debt crisis in discussions over the weekend, instead absorbing some ideas...

Turkey to freeze EU ties if Cyprus gets EU presidency

EU-candidate Turkey will freeze relations with the European Union if Cyprus is given the EU presidency in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay was...