Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) The head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini responded quite strongly to the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister on the Iranian nuclear program. In what she calls "a preliminary reaction", the High Representative
Read(B2) The European Union decided on Thursday (April 19) to add four people to its 'North Korea' blacklist, with an asset freeze and visa ban in the EU. A decision adopted by written procedure.
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(B2) “North Korea could propose a nuclearization freeze,” as a first step towards gradual denuclearization. This is assured by British Conservative MP Nirj Deva (ECR), during a press conference on Wednesday.
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(B2) The regular meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Global Action Plan (JCPOA), in Vienna on Friday (March 16), enabled the various protagonists of the file (Europeans, Russians, Chinese, Americans and Iranians) to make the
Read(B2) The EU court on Wednesday (March 14) upheld the asset freeze against certain North Korean officials and entities. It rejected the appeal of the Korea National Insurance Corporation (KNIC) and several
Read(B2) The Council of the EU decided on Monday (22 January) to add 17 people to its list of people subject to asset freeze measures and banned from entering the European Union. This list is
Read(B2) Donald Trump seemed to give in to repeated demands from Europeans. He thus renounced, on Friday January 12, to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran, respecting the terms of the JCPOA. Nonetheless, he
Read(B2) The United Nations Security Council on Friday (22 December) adopted resolution 2397 (2017), condemning in the strongest terms the launch of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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(B2) In Luxembourg, the 28 Foreign Ministers, all in unison, reiterated their support for the deal concluded by the E3+3 with Iran. A debate between ministers alone — a rather rare occurrence — which
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(B2) Intervening quite exceptionally, in a press briefing held at 19:15 p.m. on Friday, when the European institutions have generally closed their doors for more than an hour, the High Representative of the Union, Federica
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(B2) While President Trump seems unwilling to certify before Congress, by October 15, that Iran is respecting the deal signed at the international level on nuclear non-proliferation (JCPOA), the Europeans
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(B2) The United Nations Security Council approved, on Monday, September 11, a new set of sanctions against North Korea. China and Russia ended up joining
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(B2) “North Korea” was invited, at the last minute, to the table of the informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the 28 in Tallinn on Thursday (7 September). A subject discussed in the middle of the month
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(B2) At the end of an extraordinary meeting of the Political and Security Committee (COPS), convened in the middle of August around a main subject, North Korea's nuclear proliferation and the escalation of tensions In
Read(B2) On February 17, 2017, EU foreign ministers are due to look into relations with North Korea, trying to start a new policy to convince Pyongyang to change
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(B2) The Trump administration announced on Wednesday (April 19) that it wanted to carry out a major review of its policy towards Iran, as explained by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a a press conference held
Read(B2) The Europeans adopted, on Thursday 6 April, additional restrictive measures against North Korea (DPRK). Concretely, it is an extension of the prohibition of investments in the DPRK to new sectors, namely the arms industry
Read(B2) Recently published: An Indian dhow captured by pirates (blog) The EU sets its conditions for the reconstruction of Syria The Somali government must take its security in hand. It's urgent say the 28
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