
EU firms want ‘concrete action’ from China on access
Beijing (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 - European companies suffer from promise fatigue over China's failure to follow through on pledges to open its market, the EU Chamber of Commerce in China said Tuesday.
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Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 - EU military spending is set to hit a fresh record of 381 billion euros in 2025, as countries plough more money into warding off Russia, the bloc's defence agency said Tuesday.
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Tallinn (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 - A major cyberattack targets European Union military structures, with hackers using social media and fake news to spread confusion, and governments are left scrambling to respond as the crisis escalates.
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 12, 2019 - EU plans to increase defence spending to 22.5 billion euros ($25 billion) over the next decade are insufficient for its ambitions in the sector, the European Court of Auditors said Thursday.
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 04, 2014 - The European Union may impose a travel ban on Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as part of a new package of sanctions targeting Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, sources said Thursday.
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 - EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will champion plans to relaunch Europe's coronavirus-devastated economy through a green new deal Wednesday, in her annual State of the European Union address.
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United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 20, 2021 - EU chief Charles Michel on Monday accused the United States of a lack of loyalty after Australia canceled a mega-contract with France to buy US nuclear submarines.
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Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 15, 2022 - EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen was in Kyiv Thursday to work out a roadmap with the war-torn country for its long-standing aspiration of joining the European Union.
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 - Foreign companies cannot compete on a level playing field in China because the world's second-largest economy is stuck in a reform deficit, a European business group said Tuesday.
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Bratislava (AFP) Sept 2, 2016 - The EU is not going to get an army of its own in the near future but in the meantime it should play a greater security role, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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Strasbourg, France (AFP) Sept 15, 2021 - Europe will seek to boost its own military capacity after the collapse of the US-backed government in Afghanistan, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday, announcing a defence summit.
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Vienna (AFP) Sept 27, 2021 - The EU and the US on Monday urged Iran to allow inspectors access to a nuclear site, while Tehran argued the facility was exempt from a recent agreement with the UN watchdog.
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