The EU imposed sanctions Thursday on four Israeli settler organizations and three individuals for "serious and systematic human rights abuses" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The measures were adopted under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime following a political agreement reached by EU foreign ministers on May 11, the European Council announced […]
Continue ReadingFrance’s Senate unanimously adopted a bill Thursday formally recognizing victims of French nuclear tests in French Polynesia and improving access to compensation for those exposed to radiation during decades of testing. The proposed legislation would recognize as victims those who lived in French Polynesia during the nuclear testing period and later developed one of 23 […]
Continue ReadingBelgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot urged the EU on Thursday to develop a common strategy on relations with Russia and secure a stronger role in any future peace negotiations on Ukraine. Speaking ahead of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Greek Cypriot Administration, Prevot said the bloc could no longer remain a […]
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