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FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian national flag flies in front of the Government building in central Kiev, Ukraine, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

Hungry, Ukraine Foreign Ministers Clash over Kiev Banning Teaching Minority Languages

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 12, 2017 | World

Foreign ministers of both Hungary and Ukraine had a political spat Kiev’s new law banning teaching in minority languages. The language issue has driven relations between Ukraine and Hungary to their lowest point since Kiev won independence with the Soviet Union’s 1991...

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European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

European Commission Approves €200m Loan for Tunisia

by Al-munji al-Saaidani | Oct 12, 2017 | Business

Tunis – The European Commission approved this week the disbursement of a €200 million loan to Tunisia as part of a total of €500 million to be disbursed in three installments in 2017 and 2018. “The disbursement to Tunisia is proof of our strong commitment to...

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EU Sets Duties on Iran, Russia Steel

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 7, 2017 | Business

London- The European Union has decided to set duties on hot-rolled steel from four countries, including Iran and Russia, as Germany invited ministers and senior officials from leading steel producing states to a meeting in Berlin on Nov. 30 to discuss overcapacity in...

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Turkey Seeks to Increase Trade Volume with EU

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Sep 29, 2017 | Business

Ankara- Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci expected an update of the customs union agreement with the European Union to increase trade between the two sides to 200 billion dollars in 18 months. Zeybekcin said at the Istanbul Financial Summit that the volume of...

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Syrian refugees in a UNICEF school at the al-Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan, March 11, 2015 (Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)

Jordanian Official: Syrian Refugee Crisis Consumes 5% of GDP

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 26, 2017 | Business

Amman, Brussels– Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Imad Fakhouri, revealed on Monday an agreement with donor countries to hold the Brussels II Conference in the spring of 2018, in order to guarantee continued efforts to mobilize funding in...