Russia intends to continue trade talks with the European Union and Ukraine in spite of the failure of the latest trilateral ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
While the year 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of China-European Union (EU) diplomatic relations, and the two sides have witnessed a flurry of exchanges of high-level visits, experts upheld that it is also a year that ushered in a new chapter of China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Moscow is about to toughen economic restrictions against Ukraine by banning food imports from the neighbor starting from next year, when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
Almost a million migrants are estimated to have arrived on European shores by sea alone in 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration, while the European statistics agency Eurostat has counted 980,000 asylum requests across EU member states so far this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend Russia's free trade deal with Ukraine from Jan. 1, 2016, the same day when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
The New Zealand government on Wednesday called for public submissions on the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union before negotiations are expected to officially begin in 2017.
Russia would like to renew its relationship with the United States provided that the latter stops backing economic sanctions against Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published by La Repubblica newspaper on Thursday.
A deal reached Sunday between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flow of refugees, mostly Syrians, to Europe has wider implications, analysts said.
The European Union (EU) clinched an agreement with Turkey on late Sunday, offering 3 billion euros (3.18 billion U.S. dollars) in aid and more promising access for Ankara's membership to the bloc, to trade for massive reduction of illegal migrant arrivals.
New Zealand and the European Union have taken "a critical first step" towards a free trade agreement (FTA) with a commitment to start formal negotiations, Prime Minister John Key said Friday.
Negotiations on a landmark U.S.-EU free trade deal could drag beyond the end of the Obama administration in January 2017, with contentious issues ranging from investment protections, data flows to regulatory coherence unlikely to be worked out before the U.S. presidential campaign heats up next year, experts said.
European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner Johannes Hahn postponed a tour to Turkey slated on Sunday, on request of the Turkish authorities to respect the nation's three days of mourning after the deadly attacks in Ankara.
Massive demonstrations against the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) reveal deep concerns among European citizens about the economic, social, health, environmental and cultural implications of the proposed agreement.
Home affairs ministers from European Union (EU) member states on Thursday urged that increased return rates should act as a deterrent to irregular migration.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel jointly called for a strong and united Europe on Wednesday in order to address the multiple crises facing the European Union (EU).
The governments of European Union (EU) member countries approved the proposal to relocate 120, 000 migrants by a majority vote on Tuesday amid fierce oppositions from several countries in central and eastern Europe.
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