More than 3,400 people have died in the Mediterranean this year trying to reach Europe, the UN refugee agency said Wednesday, urging governments to take more action to save.
VATICAN CITY, Nov 23, 2014 (AFP) - Pope Francis is expected to take Europe to task over racial and religious intolerance during a visit to the European parliament Tuesday, as the crisis-hit continent battles with growing populism and the spectre of radicalisation.
Tehran, YJC. -- The 2nd international forum of CIS commodity exchanges of CIS region and Eastern Europe in the form of union which is known as Interexchange Electronic Union (IEU) will be held on 15 and 16 of Nov 2014 in Tehran with the hostage of Iran Mercantile Exchange.
CAIRNS, Australia, Sept 21, 2014 (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Sunday called on the eurozone to do more to strengthen demand and make the structural changes needed to kick-start a moribund economy that is hampering world growth.
PARIS, September 1 (Itar-Tass) - European Union has an acute deficit of balanced and unbiased information on events in Ukraine, believes Jean-Pierre Chevenement, a member of the French Senate and a veteran politician.
Ukraine's new president has enlisted support from the leaders of Germany and France for a call on Sunday to Vladimir Putin as a ceasefire deadline looms and after pro-Russian rebels released more European monitors.
The European Commission, acting as the 28-nation bloc's economic watchdog, is urging Italy and France to do more to bring their debt under control and push ahead with structural reforms to promote growth.
The United States and the European Union were Monday readying fresh sanctions against Russia amid rising tensions over the kidnapping of international observers by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine.
Russia and the European Union will hold consultations on problems linked with Russia's ban on pork imports from Europe, head of Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary control authority (Rosselkhoznadzor) Sergei Dankvert told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
Tehran, YJC. Netherlands parliamentary delegation called off their trip to Iran due to the Iranian Foreign Ministry warning them against meeting with political activists.
Tehran, YJC. Iranian parliamentary delegation has called off a trip to Europe counting it as a response to the recent anti-Iranian resolution by the EP.
Tehran, YJC. Protesters clashed with police in Madrid as thousands of people trekked across Spain to protest austerity which they claim is destroying their country. Under the banner "no more cuts!" the protesters called for an end to the government’s "empty promises."
Europe will have trouble weaning itself off Russian natural gas, analysts say, as its faces declining production at home and Asian competition for supplies.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri warned the US, Europe and the Arab regional states of the consequences of financing terrorists in Syria, and said the terrorist groups will eventually harm their interests as well.