EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas is confident that the next package of anti-Russian sanctions will be approved at the forthcoming meeting of foreign ministers of European Union member-countries.
The EU Council has approved the inclusion of Iran's IRGC on the list of terrorist organizations.
The European Commission does not comment on problems with adopting the 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions but remains committed to have it approved by February 24, Commission Spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called on the European Union to change its counterproductive approach towards Iran.
The European Union has suspended visa-free travel for Georgian citizens holding diplomatic and service passports - a decision dismissed by the ruling Georgian Dream party as absurd and ineffective.
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he invited several European colleagues to restart dialogue with Russia.
The North Atlantic Alliance, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have outlived their time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview for the international network TV BRICS.
Relations between Georgia and the European Union have not changed, remaining at a low level, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in an interview with the Imedi TV channel.
The European Commission has presented a new, 20th, package of sanctions against Russia, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with the European Commission’s commissioner for enlargement, Marta Kos, in Ankara, the Turkish Foreign Ministry reported.
The European Commissioner for Enlargement has stated that resuming accession negotiations with Türkiye is not being considered at this time.
Russia continues to be Armenia’s primary trade and economic partner, and Moscow is committed to expanding this cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized during talks with Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan.
Hungary has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against the EU's ban on energy supplies from Russia, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said.
Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the EU ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc’s listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group.
Iran has retaliated against the EU's designation of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization by adding the armed forces of all EU member states to its own list of terrorist groups.
Europe has lowered the price ceiling for Russian oil from $60 to $44.1 per barrel. This marks the first use of the price adjustment mechanism since its introduction as part of sanctions.
The Hungarian government does not intend to comply with the European Union's ban on Russian gas supplies and is considering various ways to bypass it, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on the Kossuth radio station.
The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, commenting on amendments to the "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", stated that the country cannot be treated as a colony where anyone can arrange everything according to their own discretion.
EU foreign ministers have approved new sanctions against Tehran for suppressing protests and collaborating with Russia, according to Reuters.
Bratislava and Budapest will file two individual lawsuits in the EU Court of Justice against the ban on Russian gas imports to the European Union starting in 2027 because it is impossible to file a joint complaint, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
