0125 GMT January 18, 2021
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Iran has slammed the European Union’s “unwise and unconstructive” move to add recently-appointed Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mekdad to its sanctions blacklist, saying it only puts obstacles in the way of peace process in the war-ravaged country.
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Hundreds of migrants are taking shelter in abandoned buildings in and around the northwestern Bosnian town of Bihac, wrapping up as best they can against the snow and freezing weather and hoping eventually to reach EU member Croatia across the border.
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Iran said with US President Donald Trump “almost gone,” the European Union is “advocating to use his legacy to blackmail Iran.”
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Europe’s drug regulator gave the green light to Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, the second shot it has approved, as authorities accelerate inoculation efforts amid fears about more infectious variants of the coronavirus.
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Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union to go its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote to leave the bloc.
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By Pan Pylas
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EU member states gave political backing to Brussels' planned investment pact with China, clearing the way for a deal between the world's biggest economic blocs.
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The European Union gave the green light on Monday to its post-Brexit trade deal with the UK, clearing the way for it to come into effect in the New Year.
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The EU and the UK government have published the full text of the Brexit trade deal less than a week before it is due to be implemented, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his backbenchers to support the agreement when it reaches Parliament next week.
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The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that continues to spread from Britain.
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The European Union and the United Kingdom struck a trade deal after nine months of protracted negotiations and just days before the year-end deadline.
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UN, Russia, China back upholding JCPOA
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By Dearbail Jordan
France's decision to close the border with the UK to stop the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus has highlighted the importance of the Dover-Calais route for food supplies.
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The 1,500-page “Black Book of Pushbacks” documenting hundreds of illegal pushbacks against asylum seekers by authorities on Europe’s external borders was released last week and handed over to the EU Commission.
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China, Russia FMs: US should rejoin JCPOA unconditionally
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