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FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 11, 2019. Picture: AFP

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Putin denounces 'confrontational' EU stance on Russia

By AFP

Putin stressed that Russia was ready to 'resume normal depoliticised' ties with the European Union if there's a will to do so in Brussels, the Kremlin said.

  • Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny rides on a bus from a plane to a terminal of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on 17 January 2021. Picture: AFP

    EU sends top envoy to Moscow as Navalny controversy grows

    The EU's ties with Russia have been in the doldrums since Moscow seized Crimea and began fuelling the war in Ukraine in 2014 - and there are concerns about its involvement in Belarus, Syria, Libya, central Africa and the Caucasus.

    78 days ago
  • A KLM flight attendant walks in the Schiphol Airport, on January 21, 2021. Picture: Evert Elzinga/AFP.

    EU agrees new coronavirus travel curbs

    The European Commission remains opposed to a blanket travel ban or closures of national borders across the European Union, despite some members seeking tougher measures.

    84 days ago
  • The European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels. Picture: AFP

    EU member states endorse Brexit trade deal

    This will provisionally allow tariff-free trade with Britain to continue after it leaves the EU single market at the New Year.

    116 days ago
  • Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on 19 December 2020. Picture: AFP

    Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal

    The country will now not tumble off a trade 'cliff-edge' come 1 January, avoiding a mountain of harmful tariffs and quotas.

    119 days ago
  • European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Michel Barnier (L) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) attend a media conference on Brexit negotiations at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on 24 December 2020. Picture: AFP

    EU and Britain seal post-Brexit trade deal

    The final 2,000-page agreement was held up by last-minutre wrangling over fishing as both sides haggled over the access EU fisherman will get to Britain's waters after the end of the year.

    120 days ago
  • A passenger wearing a protective mask checks in at the Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland, on 18 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    EU urges end to bans over UK virus strain as travel chaos looms

    The new variant of the virus, which has also been detected in small numbers elsewhere, appears to spread more easily than other types but there is no evidence it is more lethal or resistant to vaccines, according to experts.

    122 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture: AFP

    Brexit hopes dim as Johnson says failure 'very likely'

    Whatever happens, Britain will leave the EU single market and customs union, leading to the re-introduction of border checks for the first time in decades.

    133 days ago
  • FILE: The British flag (L) stands next to the European Union flag at the European Union Commission headquarter in Brussels, 17 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    EU launches legal action over UK Brexit bill

    On Tuesday, British MPs backed a bill to regulate the UK's internal market from January 1, when Britain completes its post-Brexit transition period and leaves the EU single market and customs union.

    204 days ago
  • According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) at least 4,592 migrants reportedly died or disappeared during migratory routes across the globe, down 20% from 2017, and over 8,000 in 2016. Picture: www.iom.int.

    Migration is burning issue in EU election campaign

    In all, around 7.5% of the more than 510 million people in the EU did not hold the citizenship of the country where they lived as of January 1, 2017, according to Eurostat.

    726 days ago
  • Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies speaking at the Cape Town Press Club on 26 March 2019. Picture: @capepressclub/Twitter

    Govt working on plan to ensure stable ties with UK after Brexit, says Davies

    The UK was set to leave the EU at the end of the week but that’s been potentially delayed to 12 April.

    758 days ago
  • FILE: Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    NATO leaders to meet in London in December

    Britain is due to leave the European Union on 29 March and the December meeting will be seen as a signal of solidarity between NATO and the UK.

    807 days ago
  • FILE: Former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary is pictured at the Electoral Commission in Kinshasa on 8 August 2018. DRC President Joseph Kabila, ending months of speculation, has chosen former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary to be his successor in upcoming elections. Picture: AFP

    EU renews Congo sanctions ahead of presidential election

    The decision is likely to worsen relations between the EU and President Joseph Kabila’s government, which has lobbied against sanctions it calls an illegal violation of its sovereignty.

    864 days ago
  • Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: @10DowningStreet/Twitter.

    Economists warn UK may be hit by recession in Brexit deal

    There has been a sharp decline in the value of the pound with the rand strengthening to 17.97 to sterling on Friday.

    887 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    UK's May takes Brexit deal to cabinet as MPs revolt

    After months of talks, May announced late Tuesday that negotiators had finally struck a draft agreement on the terms of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union next March.

    891 days ago
  • Picture: Facebook.

    Britain confident of Brexit financial services deal soon

    Britain’s Financial Services Minister John Glen said government was prioritising the need to have a long-term and best solution for the 'power house' financial services sector.

    900 days ago
  • British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: @TheresaMayOfficial/Facebook.com.

    May seeks to reassure EU leaders on Brexit deal

    But three days after talks stalled over the Irish border “backstop”, thwarting hopes of a deal at the summit, May arrived determined to stress that an accord was still on the cards.

    918 days ago
  • FILE: British Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: AFP

    Britain after Brexit and the impact on the geopolitical landscape

    Despite what geography might suggest, the UK isn’t an island in foreign policy terms and becoming a less reliable partner as a consequence of the destabilising process of leaving the EU could jeopardise the networks and coalitions the UK has built up over decades.

    940 days ago
  • FILE: British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Picture: AFP

    Corbyn makes pitch for power as MPs spar over Brexit

    The veteran leftist is expected to dodge direct commitments on the toxic issue, and instead advance a radical domestic agenda built around themes of social justice.

    940 days ago
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