TEHRAN, December 17 - China and the European Union (EU) have lambasted the United States for its dogged pursuit of protectionist measures and bringing the World Trade Organization (WTO) to its knees.
TEHRAN, December 17 - The leader of Romania's ruling party has asked a party colleague to press charges against the country's president for saying Romania wasn't prepared to assume the European Union's rotating presidency.
TEHRAN, December 17 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that the European Union has developed to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is not only about supplying medicine and foodstuff to Iran.
TEHRAN, December 16 -The British government has denied claims in the media that it is drawing up contingency plans for holding a second referendum on the country’s withdrawal from the European Union.
TEHRAN, December 15 - Thousands of elderly Greeks have staged a protest against more pension cuts in Greece, demanding the return of their slashed pensions.
TEHRAN, December 14 - A new survey shows that business growth in the eurozone has hit a four-year low in December amid concerns about a global trade war and the recent violent anti-government protests in France.
TEHRAN, December 13 - Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has traveled to Brussels to attend a European Union summit as she desperately seeks privileges from the bloc that could enhance her chances of going through the British parliament with a controversial EU withdrawal agreement.
TEHRAN, December 13 - Europe is “working twenty-four seven” to launch the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), a payment mechanism aimed at facilitating business with Iran in the face of US sanctions, an official says.
TEHRAN, December 13 - The European Union's border agency says the number of migrants entering Spain across the Mediterranean Sea so far this year has more than doubled over the same period in 2017.
TEHRAN, December 13 - The chance of a hard Brexit is getting closer and the European Union has no intention of renegotiating its divorce agreement with Britain, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Thursday.
TEHRAN, December 13 - European members of the UN Security Council reaffirmed their commitment and support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers despite US pressures.
TEHRAN, December 12 - The US and Europe diverge on the need to uphold a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, but their trade path has taken a curiously similar trajectory since Washington reimposed sanctions on Tehran in August.
TEHRAN, December 12 - An adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker criticized the European Union for lack of sufficient action to counter the US sanctions against Tehran and carry out a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
TEHRAN, December 10 - The European Union will establish a mechanism to facilitate non-dollar transactions with Iran in the near future in an attempt to circumvent sanctions imposed by the United States against Tehran, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says.
TEHRAN, December 10 - The EU on Monday extended sanctions against DR Congo President Joseph Kabila's designated successor and 13 others for human rights violations, two weeks ahead of landmark elections.
TEHRAN, December 08 -A former top European Union official has dismissed claims that Britain would leave the bloc without a deal if a current draft agreement is rejected in the parliament, saying the EU will have to renegotiate the deal because of huge problems that might arise of a no-deal Brexit.
TEHRAN, December 08 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the ongoing "yellow vests" protest movement reveals Europe’s failure in democracy, human rights and freedom, speaking at a rally in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
TEHRAN, December 07 - The European Union is going to ditch the US dollar and use its own currency in oil contracts worth 300 billion euros, an Iranian official said, quoting a European commissioner.