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Iran calls on Europe to guarantee banking channels, oil sales

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on August 27 called on the remaining signatories to its 2015 nuclear agreement to act to save the pact. In a...

Macron’s take on Brexit, Trump’s ‘aggressive’ isolationism

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
French President Emmanuel Macron did not mince his words on August 27. He said preserving European Union unity was more important than forging a...

Italy’s Salvini under investigation over refugees

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is under investigation for alleged abuse of office, kidnapping and illegal arrest. The charges stem from his decision...

Irish FM says ‘no-deal’ Brexit unlikely

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The chances of Britain crashing out of the European Union in March 2019 without a deal are low, according to Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon...

Sweden shows off its ‘feminist diplomacy’

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Gender equality is at the heart of Sweden’s international agenda. The government on August 23 issued a handbook of its “feminist foreign policy” for...
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