Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence: EU renews individual restrictive measures for six months This document is available in non-EU languages:Russian The Council decided today to prolong the restrictive measures targeting those responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for another six months, until 15 […]
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Belarus: EU prolongs restrictive measures for a year The Council decided to prolong for another year the restrictive measures linked to internal repression in Belarus and regime’s support for the war against Ukraine. The decision was taken on the basis of the annual review and considering the persistent gravity of the domestic situation in the […]
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Sanctions targeting terrorism: Council renews EU terrorist list The Council today renewed, with no changes, the so-called EU terrorist list, which sets out persons, groups and entities subject to restrictive measures with a view to combatting terrorism. The 13 persons and 21 groups and entities on the list are subject to the freezing […]
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Iran: EU imposes further restrictive measures against 32 individuals and two entities responsible for human rights violations The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures on additional 32 individuals and two entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. Among the persons listed are the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Minister of Education, […]
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Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions over Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine This document is available in non-EU languages:Russian The Council today decided to prolong by six months, until 31 July 2023, the restrictive measures targeting specific sectors of the economy of the Russian Federation. These sanctions, first introduced in 2014 in […]
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Iran: EU adopts further restrictive measures against human rights violations Today, the Council decided to add 18 individuals and 19 entities to the list of those subject to restrictive measures in the context of the existing Iran human rights sanctions regime. This is in view of their role in the widespread and disproportionate use of […]
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Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine: EU adopts 9th package of economic and individual sanctions In response to Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine and the gravity of the current escalation against civilians and civilian infrastructure, the Council adopted today a ninth package of new measures intended to step […]
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DPRK/North Korea: EU imposes additional restrictive measures on eight persons and four entities responsible for or involved in the development of ballistic missiles In light of the continued development of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in violation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), the Council […]
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Iran: EU adopts Council conclusions and additional restrictive measures The Council approved today new conclusions on Iran, focusing in particular on: the unacceptable repression of the ongoing protests and the human rights situation, Iran’s military cooperation with Russia, including delivery of dronesdeployed by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine, the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan […]
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Human rights violations: EU restrictive measures prolonged for a further year The Council today prolonged the sanctions under its EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses worldwide for an additional year, until 8 December 2023. This means that sanctions will continue to […]
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