European Union diplomats have reached a preliminary agreement to give Turkey more time to meet tax transparency requirements, two diplomatic sources said, in a move that could weaken the...

A network of pro-Israel lawyers is gearing up to fight the implementation of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the labelling of produce from Israeli settlements in...

Ioannis Lagos will lose seven days of his daily allowance and his parliamentary activities will be suspended for four consecutive days

A negotiated solution to the ‘Palestinian-Israeli conflict’, at least the way envisaged by successive US administrations, has failed. Now, Palestinians and their allies would have to explore a whole...

The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, warning of Palestinian protests if...

Italy has called on European Union countries to join it in pressing the Egyptian authorities to immediately release Egyptian activist and researcher at Bologna University, Patrick Zaki, saying it...

The situation in Idlib could be the greatest failure of the international community in human history, according to a member of the Turkish Presidency Security and Foreign Policy Council,...

EU High Representative and Vice-President, Josep Borrell, yesterday rejected the US-drafted Middle East “peace” proposal to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict commonly known as the “deal of the century”, saying...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell spoke by phone Tuesday on the latest developments in the region, reports Anadolu Agency. Abbas reiterated his...

The European Union has been criticised for caving-in to Israeli pressure following its adoption of a new funding criterion, which critics have warned is intended to criminalise Palestinian dissent....

Leading Irish political parties, Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, have published election manifestos which support the adoption of the Occupied Territories Bill in Ireland. The bill, first tabled in...

Iran is ready to cooperate with the European Union on issues related to the nuclear deal it agreed with world powers in 2015, President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as...

Some 66 French and European MPs from various political parties condemned the human rights situation in Egypt and the “unprecedented escalation of oppression,” calling for the release of the...

The head of the European Union’s foreign service, Josep Borrell, will travel to Iran next week to meet the country’s leaders in a bid to reduce tensions in the...

Turkey welcomed “the existing common political will” to further develop the relations with the UK after Brexit, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, reports Reuters. “In the new period,...

European Parliament President David Sassoli yesterday imposed disciplinary actions on independent Greek MEP Ioannis Lagos for ripping apart the Turkish flag during a parliamentary session, Anadolu news agency reported....

Egypt’s highest Islamic authority Al-Azhar thanked the Gambian government on Tuesday for filing a criminal case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Court condemning “the killings, abuse, genocide...

Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate...

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos has rejected calls by Turkey to demilitarise 16 Aegean islands that were armed and militarised last week. Following Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar’s statement...

The European Union is prepared to discuss further support for Turkey over refugees from Syria, the European Parliament’s new rapporteur on Turkey said on Friday, describing cooperation over the...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held joint talks in Istanbul today on topics ranging from the conflicts in Syria and Libya to the refugee...

The Foreign Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has stated that the European Union cannot stop Turkey from asserting its rights to natural resources in the...

Relations between the European Union and Turkey have seldom been good. Throughout Turkey’s efforts to join the EU over the past few decades to the current tension, Europe has...

Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi yesterday discussed with European Parliament Vice-President Fabio Massimo Castaldo the efforts of a peaceful resolution to the Libyan crisis and the achievement of stability in...

In one of the most important steps in the history of Palestinian-European relations, the European Union foreign ministers are holding preliminary meetings to discuss the European countries’ and EU’s...

In a step towards potential future recognition, the Houthi-aligned National Salvation Government (NSG) based in the capital Sanaa held meetings with three European ambassadors, representing the first high-level official...

The Palestinian Authority (PA)’s Foreign Ministry yesterday criticised the European Union (EU)’s “shy, insufficient and delayed” criticism of Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. “The Israeli state has...

Britain is set to leave the European Union at the end of this month. The government will then be free to strike new economic deals without being bound by...

The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has announced that the EU is preparing a list of names of figures and businesses from Turkey...

The EU is predicting an increase in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian dwellings and structures in the occupied West Bank, thus perpetuating the problem of displacement. Israeli Defence Minister Naftali...

Spokesman of the European Union (EU) in Palestine, Shadi Othman, on Monday reiterated the EU’s rejection of Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territories, mainly in Jerusalem, Quds Press...

On Monday the European Union (EU) has sought to persuade Italy to resume Operation Sofia to monitor the arms embargo on Libya, and to discuss the European contribution to...