Sanctions

Trump administration formally asks UN to reintroduce sanctions against Iran

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The US government made a formal request to the United Nations on Thursday to reintroduce all sanctions against Iran. That reports Reuters news agency. According to President Donald Trump’s administration, Iran should be punished for repeatedly violating the agreements of the 2015 nuclear accord. The United States has not been affiliated with the same agreement … Read more

Iran. Europeans against reinstatement of sanctions requested by Washington

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Paris, London and Berlin do not support the initiative taken at theHIM-HER-IT by the United States to demand the restoration of international sanctions againstIran, accused of violating the 2015 nuclear agreement, according to a statement released Thursday by Paris, Berlin and London. The United States has triggered this mechanism, says « snapback », under one … Read more

Dispute over Nord Stream 2: Schröder calls for sanctions against the United States

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The USA want to torpedo the completion of the German-Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 with sanctions. Former Chancellor Schröder calls for a backlash from the EU. Because of his job in the pipeline project, he also faces headwind during his hearing in the Bundestag. Almost everything is actually about him. But ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder … Read more

EU extended economic sanctions against Russia until January 31

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The Council of the European Union extended for six months, until January 31, 2021, sectoral economic sanctions against Russia, imposed in connection with the situation in the south-east of Ukraine, due to the failure to comply with the Minsk agreements on the Donbass. “Today, the Council decided to extend sanctions on specific sectors of the … Read more

Government warned of tough penalties for violators as of Wednesday

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“Basically all the activities that were enabled after the first decree stop. We think that without those activities the risk of contagion in the circulation of people will decrease”, Meoni considered in radio statements. The minister also argued that workers “authorized by the Ministry of Productive Development” to carry out their activities may carry out … Read more

China protests US in response to Hong Kong sanctions

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Beijing expressed a “strong protest” to Washington over the decision to impose sanctions against Chinese officials over the situation in Hong Kong. Such statement a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Office in Hong Kong did. Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the introduction of visa restrictions for “undermining the autonomy of Hong … Read more

US sanctions against Nord Stream 2: EU threatens countermeasures

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– Nord Stream 2 Firms involved in the construction of the gas pipeline can be sanctioned by the United States. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Brussels After the US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the EU Commission is preparing countermeasures. This is the result of a written response by … Read more

International Criminal Court calls Trump sanctions ‘unacceptable’

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The Hague, The Netherlands. The International Criminal Court (CPI) rejected on Friday the sanctions against the court announced by the president of United States, Donald trump, and called them “an unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law.” The court “firmly supports its personnel and its officials and remains firm in its commitment to … Read more

Racism in the police: the interministerial delegate demands “exemplary sanctions”

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Guest of franceinfo, this Sunday, June 7, Frédéric Potier, interministerial delegate for the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hatred, was asked about the revelation of the existence of a private group on Facebook reserved for the forces of the order and where racist messages are exchanged. He said wait exemplary sanctions in this area … Read more