Europe

50 Swiss companies interested in Financial Mechanism for trade with Iran

Mar 08, 2020 02:49

Director of Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and director of the Directorate for Foreign Trade Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch said that 50 Swiss companies are interested in participating in the Swiss Financial Mechanism for trade with Iran.
Coronavirus hits French parliament, 16 people died

Mar 08, 2020 01:51

A second member of France’s National Assembly has been taken to hospital after contracting coronavirus and five other lawmakers are being tested for the illness, the lower house’s presidency said in a statement on Saturday.
Italy locks down most populous region amid coronavirus spread

Mar 08, 2020 01:42

Italy is set to lock down its wealthiest and most populous region, which includes the financial capital Milan, as part of tough new measures expected to be approved on Saturday to try to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Iran's Zangeneh: Today's OPEC meeting, a worst in history

Mar 06, 2020 22:00

Iran's oil minister called the joint OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministerial meeting the worst meeting in the organization's history ended on Friday, with no result.
OPEC and non OPEC exporters fail to agree on supply cut

Mar 06, 2020 21:38

OPEC and non-OPEC oil-exporting countries failed to agree on how much oil production to cut amid the coronavirus outbreak, with Russia reportedly refusing to give the green light to the deepest supply cuts since the global financial crisis.
OPEC waiting for non-OPEC approval of historic output cuts

Mar 06, 2020 14:13

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says OPEC has decided to wait for an agreement with non-OPEC allies to consider major cuts in the group’s output to shore up oil prices.
‘Unanimous’ ICC gives go-ahead to probe alleged Afghanistan war crimes

Mar 06, 2020 12:27

Prosecutors have been given the green light to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan - and beyond its borders – linked to Afghan, Taliban and US troops, the International Criminal Court said on Thursday 5 March 2020.
Russia and Turkey agree Idlib ceasefire

Mar 06, 2020 10:10

Turkey and Russia have agreed a ceasefire from midnight local time in Syria's north-western Idlib province in a bid to avoid a major escalation.
Ismail Haniyah talks to Iran's ambassador to Russia

Mar 06, 2020 09:14

Moscow (IP): The head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas Movement, Ismail Haniyeh, held a meeting with Iran's ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali in Moscow on Thursday.
UK records first coronavirus death

Mar 06, 2020 08:33

The UK has announced its first fatality from coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases in the country jumped to more than 110.