For the next two years, the EU has pledged € 2.3 billion in aid to Syria, TASS reported referring to EU High Representative Josep Borrell. The EU pressure on Damascus, including the sanctions, aims to “force the Syrian regime to engage in political dialogue with all the forces in the ...
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered EU envoy Isabel Brilhante Pedrosato to leave within 72 hours after the EU sanctioned a group of Venezuelan officials. “I have decided to give the European Union ambassador 72 hours to leave the country,” Maduro said in a televised address, also noting that Pedrosato ...