The countries of the European Union approved this Thursday to keep Panama, American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Trinidad and Tobago, the American Virgin Islands and Vanuatu on their blacklist of tax havens after verifying that they continue not to cooperate or have not done the reforms to which they had committed. The list, which is […]
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The European Union condemns the “unjustified” Russian attack on Ukraine
Updated on 02/24/2022 12:35 am The European Union (EU) on Thursday condemned the “unjustified” Russian attack on Ukraine, expressed fear for civilians and assured that it will hold the Kremlin “accountable” for it. “We strongly condemn Russia’s unjustified attack on Ukraine”, indicated in two messages on their official Twitter accounts the presidents of the European […]
Russia is starting to split the EU again
By Lionel Laurent Just a few days ago, European authorities felt pretty good about their united position on Russian troops on the Ukraine border. But the quiet hope was that Moscow would not bring them to the brink of having to actually carry out their threat of sanctions. This week, when all the hype over […]
EU sanctions against Russia take effect on Wednesday
The European Union (EU) awaits the entry into force on Wednesday of the sanctions approved this Tuesday against Russia, which include a ban on entering European territory for senior officials from that country, a limit on Moscow’s access to European financial markets and a trade embargo on the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The final approval […]
EU agrees sanctions “to harm Russia” for the crisis in Ukraine
The European Union (EU) agreed to new sanctions against Russia which will include blacklisting more politicians, lawmakers and officials, banning EU investors from trading in Russian state bonds and restricting imports and exports with breakaway entities. However, EU foreign ministers have decided not to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell […]
EU countries agree to admit travelers inoculated with WHO-approved vaccines
Updated on 02/22/2022 01:03 pm The countries of the European Union (EU) agreed to open their borders to travelers from outside the block who have received vaccines against COVID-19 authorized by the World Health Organization (WHO), easing the restrictions imposed on those who received Indian and Chinese vaccines. The EU has so far authorized vaccines […]
EU: alliance between China and Russia challenges the multilateral order
The European High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, warned that “the alliance between China and Russia challenges the multilateral order” and advocated that the European Union (EU) counteract it by being more present in the Indo-Pacific area. “It is obvious that the convergences between China and Russia have an importance in the […]
EU says it has a range of responses to any Russian move in Ukraine
The European Union (EU) is preparing various responses to any new moves by Russia to destabilize Ukraine, but the bloc does not know exactly what Moscow plans to do, a senior EU official said. The official said that the US talks with Russia “were not bearing much fruit”, but that the dialogue with President Vladimir […]
The big European countries will benefit the most from the EU’s push for chips
the plan of the European Commission (EC) to make the bloc more lucrative for investment in semiconductor factories will likely tilt profits toward larger countries such as Germany, France and Italy, analysts say. With billions of euros of public and private investment, coupled with coverage of up to 100% of the demonstrated financing gap with […]
“You can also live without Facebook”, France on an eventual exit of Meta from the EU
With information from EFE The French government responded this Tuesday with a “so what?” to the alleged threat of Goal, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to close its services in EU countries due to a court ruling that prevents it from transferring data from European users to its headquarters in the United States. […]