BRUSSELS: European Union governments banned European firms from making new investments in Syria's oil industry and added several new entities and two individuals to a sanctions list on Wednesday.
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PARIS: The European Union is working on a new round of sanctions against Syria that would target economic entities; the French foreign ministry said on Tuesday, days after the bloc imposed its last punitive measure.
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BRUSSELS:A Libyan tanker reported to have been seized by rebels opposing Muammar Qaddafi arrived in the rebel-held port of Benghazi on Thursday after being cleared to proceed by NATO ships enforcing an arms embargo, NATO said.
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BRUSSELS: EU states agreed on Thursday to further extend sanctions on Syria but stopped short of targeting the oil industry and banks, which dissidents say would be the only way to choke off funds fuelling repression in the country.
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BRUSSELS: The European Union published extended sanctions on Syria on Friday, including the names of three commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard accused of supporting Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's suppression of dissent.
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BRUSSELS: The UN nuclear watchdog has information indicating that Syria was covertly building a nuclear reactor when Israel bombed the site in 2007, but has yet to reach a definite verdict, its head said on Thursday.
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BRUSSELS: The European Union plans to adopt sanctions against former Egyptian officials accused of stashing billions of dollars abroad next week, an EU official said on Tuesday.
Egypt asked the United States and European Union to freeze the (...)
European financing for North Africa and the Middle East could rise four-fold to €10 billion a year if EU states back a plan for a regional development bank, an EU banker said on Tuesday.
The proposal is among measures being considered by the (...)
BRUSSELS: Europe, with its history of war and authoritarianism not long in the past, is often quick to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law as the values it wants to see other states adopt.
But the unrest sweeping North Africa and (...)
BRUSSELS: EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will fly to Egypt for talks next week, becoming the most senior foreign diplomat to visit since Hosni Mubarak's resignation.
"She will be in Cairo for talks next Tuesday," her spokesman said on (...)
BRUSSELS: The European Union's foreign policy chief is seeking at least €2.5 billion ($3.38 billion) of extra funding to help support reforms in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries in North Africa.
In an article published in the Financial Times, (...)