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EU to announce anti-trust charges against Gazprom: sources
EU regulators will announce on Wednesday anti-trust charges against Russia energy giant Gazprom, sources close to the matter told AFP.
21 April 2015
EU Commission proposes 10-point migrant crisis action plan
The EU unveiled a 10-point action plan Monday to stem the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean after the latest disastrous loss of life.
21 April 2015
Merkel 'appalled' by migrant disaster, says Europe needs answers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is "appalled" by the latest migrant shipwreck disaster in the Mediterranean and wants Europe to find "answers".
20 April 2015
Italy calls for emergency EU summit on migrant crisis
Italy called for an emergency summit of European Union leaders following the latest migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean.
20 April 2015
EU eager to finalize probe into Google 'market abuse'
The European Union said Thursday it had filed anti-trust charges against Google to speedily resolve allegations that the tech titan abuses its search engine's market dominance.
17 April 2015
EU parliament urges Turkey to recognise 'Armenian genocide'
The European Parliament urged Turkey to use the centenary of Ottoman-era massacres to "recognise the Armenian genocide".
16 April 2015
Erdogan vows to brush off any EU parliament genocide decision
Turkish President warned Turkey would ignore any decision by the European Parliament qualifying the 1915 killings of Armenians in World War I as genocide.
15 April 2015
EU to announce Wednesday on Google anti-trust probe
EU competition regulators are set to announce whether they will file anti-trust charges against Google over its domination of the European search market.
15 April 2015
EU moves closer to counting calories in alcoholic drinks
Health conscious tipplers may be closer to finding out just how many calories they are imbibing as consumer advocates push for EU nutritional labelling on alcoholic drinks.
13 April 2015
Kazakhstan welcomes agreement between Iran and P5+1
Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has released a statement regarding the agreement on Iran’s nuclear activities between Iran and P5+1 achieved in the course of the negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland.
07 April 2015
Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan and Germany discuss cooperation
Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had a phone conversation on March 29.
01 April 2015
After charm offensive, EU pressure on Greece for reform results
A charm offensive by Greece's prime minister this week calmed bruised relations with Germany, but pressure remains on Athens to deliver on promised reforms.
25 March 2015
Greece to submit new reform list within days: statement
Greece has agreed to give creditors a new list of reforms within days in order to secure bailout funds.
20 March 2015
EU's Russia sanctions extended to end-2015: Tusk
EU leaders agreed to effectively extend economic sanctions against Russia until the end of 2015.
20 March 2015
Greece, Ukraine to dominate EU summit
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will plead with European counterparts at a summit in Brussels to release vital funds to help his debt-laden country.
19 March 2015
Greek parliament adopts anti-poverty law despite EU row
The Greek parliament overwhelmingly adopted a "humanitarian crisis" bill to help its poorest people, ignoring apparent pressure from the European Union to halt the legislation.
19 March 2015
No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief
The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the bloc's chief Donald Tusk said in an interview.
16 March 2015
EU, Germany raise 'Grexit' alarm over Greece bailout
EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has warned of an alarming lack of progress in talks on Greece's bailout, as Germany raised the spectre of a tumultuous Greek exit from the euro.
14 March 2015
New Lianyungang-Almaty container train launched
A new regular container train Lianyungang-Almaty has been launched on February 25.
28 February 2015
British claim to have cut EU charge false: report
A British government claim to have negotiated the halving of a £1.7 billion payment demanded by the European Union is "not supported by the facts".
27 February 2015