Tag: EU

SHARM EL-SHEIKH — The European Union is not hiding its disappointment with the climate deal struck at COP27, criticizing its lack of ambition and warning of an increasingly distant possibility to keep global warming under the 1.5 °C target.“We have treated some of the symptoms but not cured the ...

Amid an ongoing energy crisis, European countries have turned to Southeast Asia's coal and liquefied natural gas ( (LNG) producers to help offset the collapse of Russian supplies.   The EU's prohibition on coal from Russia, which took effect in August, as well as Moscow's decision to turn off gas supplies to certain European ...

ANKARACondolences are pouring in from around the world after the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.Britain's longest-serving monarch died at the age of 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday."The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," said the palace, adding that her successor King Charles III and ...

Two Bangladeshi migrants were desperately waiting at the main gate leading to the Pournara migrant reception camp outside Nicosia, the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, last week, hoping to gain entry into the already-overcrowded camp.   The two men — in their 20s — looked exhausted and afraid. One of them, 24-year-old Salim ...

As the European Union (EU) looks to prepare a draft report on GSP+ status, Pakistan needs to work in several areas to avoid losing the special incentive arrangements of the EU that it has enjoyed for the last seven years. The GSP is a ...

India and the European Union (EU) have resumed dialogue for a free trade agreement (FTA) after a nine-year-long lull, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Saturday, 18 June.EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis expressed his pleasure saying, “Pleased that we re-started talks on Free Trade Agreement today (with ...

ROME Some 193 million people experienced “acute food insecurity” last year, a joint report by the EU and UN said on Wednesday, calling it a record figure and warning that the war in Ukraine will add to a “perfect storm” to make the hunger crisis even worse in 2022.Acute ...

Russia is the world's largest exporter of both oil and natural gas to global markets. According to the International Energy Agency, 45% of Russia's federal budget in 2021 came from oil and natural gas revenues. The European Union has long been its best customer for both oil and gas. In ...

Published: Published Date - 11:30 PM, Mon - 28 February 22 Pragmatism and national interest form the key pillars of diplomacy. When the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which actually translates into an East-West standoff, presented a major challenge to its diplomatic skills, India did well to navigate the turbulent weather and ...

BRUSSELS — The EU has imposed a blanket flight ban on Russian planes, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced."We are shutting down EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian-registered or Russian-controlled aircraft," she said.All such planes, including the private jets of oligarchs, will now ...