Tag: European Union

• Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  US confident of EU sanctions on Venezuela, if political dialogue fails; Russia main trader of the country's oil

  

  Washington's envoy for Venezuela said on Thursday he was hopeful that the European Union will impose sanctions against Caracas in the coming months and the United States was examining more measures to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

• Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Ireland will not sign EU/Mercosur deal unless Brazil takes action to protect the Amazon rainforest

  

  As wildfires rage through the Brazilian Amazon, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said Dublin will vote against a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur unless Brazil takes action to protect the rainforest.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  IMF wants to lead the way in retirement and pensions reform

  

  The International Monetary Fund's board on Wednesday recommended a rule change that would scrap the age limit for its leader, clearing the path to the top job for Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Brexit Day 1 will mean end of free movement for EU people, announces Johnson

  

  Britain said on Monday it will immediately end freedom of movement for people from the European Union after Brexit on Oct 31, in a policy shift under Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “Freedom of movement as it currently stands will end on October 31 when the UK leaves the EU,” a Downing Street spokeswoman said.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:19 UTC

  Fears that Salvini might pull Italy out of the European Union

  

  Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned on Sunday.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina must not be deaf to Falkland Islanders' voice, says ex deputy foreign minister

  

  When dealing with the Malvinas issue, and its people, Argentina must stick to its diplomatic milestones and not feel attracted to push or take advantage of the UK which seems bogged in Brexit, or further isolated by the recent trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, argues Fernando Petrella, a deputy foreign minister with Guido Di Tella, ex-ambassador before the United Nations and currently head of the Argentine Foreign Service Institute.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazil's record on pesticides and weed killers could create problems for the Mercosur/EU trade agreement

  

  Brazil's agriculture minister on Tuesday defended a record number of pesticide and weedkiller approvals this year, saying the government was not “putting poison on anyone's plate.”

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  HSBC CEO steps down, “by mutual agreement”; search for a replacement has started

  

  The chief executive of HSBC has stepped down after the bank said it needed a change in leadership to address a “challenging global environment”. John Flint is giving up the role he has held for a year and a half “by mutual agreement with the board”.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 18:07 UTC

  Bolsonaro's haircut a coarse gesture from Brazil to France's FM

  

  Brazil's authorities maintained Friday President Jair Bolsonaro's haircut was not the reason for leaving France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in the lurch and argued it was all a matter of agenda.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  UK's pro-EU Liberals win seat in by election; Johnson's majority ever so frigale

  

  Britain's pro-European Union Liberal Democrats won the parliamentary seat of Brecon and Radnorshire from the governing Conservatives on Friday, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office. The vote was triggered when Conservative lawmaker Chris Davies was ousted by a petition of constituents after being convicted of falsifying expenses.