" They are bombing their minds," he said.... The proposal comes after European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen said the 27-member bloc will ban the channels following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Borrell did not give more details about the timing of his proposal.... EU governments would have to agree, draw up legal acts and agree on the names of those to target.( Reporting by Robin Emmott, editing by Ed Osmond)....

BRUSSELS( Reuters)-The European Commission is seeking EU countries' approval to sanction Russian state-controlled media outlets RT and Sputnik by restricting their access to the European media market regardless of their distribution channel. The sanction means that EU operators will be prohibited from broadcasting, facilitating or otherwise contributing to the dissemination of any RT and Sputnik content, according to EU industry chief Thierry Breton. This includes transmission or distribution vi

BRUSSELS( Reuters)-The European Commission wants to make it easier to confiscate assets linked to serious illegal activities and suspected criminals, including those evading European Union sanctions against the Kremlin, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The legislative proposal, due to be published on Wednesday and still subject to changes, is aimed at addressing a longstanding weakness in the EU where many states lack sufficiently robust legal frameworks to seize criminal assets, m

Stocks fell nearly 3 per cent on Wednesday while the rupee dropped to a record low, as investors feared a US Senate bill that is seeking to impose sanctions on the Afghan Taliban could be extended to Pakistan. After only a day of breather, sellers were back in action, which was also triggered by anxiety regarding the rupee as the KSE-100 shed 908 points on Wednesday to close at 44, 366.74, down 2 per cent.... The index reached a high of 45, 342 intraday while the low was 43, 975, or 2. 9pc, swi

After the high-profile events of August, an unusual lull befell the battlefields of the sanctions war. The sanctions have ceased for the time being to be a direct cause of volatility in the stock market and foreign exchange markets.

The US sanctions bill (PL 115-44) offers a clear idea of the parameters and dimensions of the US sanctions policy for 2018. Approved by Congress on August 2, 2017, the Act outlines specific forms of executive reporting on the course and trends in implementing the sanctions.

The European Union iscreating amechanism for secondary sanctions against Russia. However, the use ofsuch aninstrument isunlikely toprotectEU companies from secondaryUS sanctions.

BRUSSELS: European Union countries are struggling to agree oil sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, nearly four weeks after the European Commission proposed them.... THE SANCTIONS PLANEU diplomats are attempting to clinch a deal ahead of a two-day EU leaders summit that begins on Monday afternoon. The starting point for their talks is the European Commission's proposal from May 4 for the sixth and toughest round of EU sanctions against Russia.... The proposal included an impo

Lord Cameron has called on the Government to sanction two senior Israeli ministers accused of supporting human rights violations against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The call, on Tuesday, came as he revealed in a radio interview that he had drawn up plans to sanction Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister, and Itamar Ben-Gvir, its security minister, when he was foreign secretary. Advertisement The former prime minister, who was brought back into government by R

U.S. President Joe Biden said Washington and its allies will announce" severe sanctions" with further measures later on Thursday.... British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to outline a new package of measures to parliament at 1700 GMT.... All are smaller lenders, with only Promsvyazbank on the central bank's list of systematically important lenders. President Biden has already announced sanctions on VEB bank and Russia's military bank, referring to Promsvyazbank, which does defence d