Topic: Europe

EU to reject Iran offer on nuclear sites: Ashton

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Union will turn down an offer from Iran to tour its nuclear facilities, EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday."What I'll be saying is the role of the inspections of nuclear sites is for the ...
AP Exclusive: Iran invites EU, other nations and groups to visit nuke siteIran has invited Russia, China, the European Union and its allies among the Arab and developing world to tour its nuclear sites, in an apparent move to gain support ahead ...

Democrats push to ratify START nuclear pact

The US Senate was expected to hold a test vote Tuesday on a nuclear arms control pact with Russia, confident of eventual success on one of President Barack Obama's top priorities despite Republican opposition.Leading Democrats said they believed they had enough votes ...

Obama invokes Reagan to push START treaty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh from a shared victory on an $858 billion tax-cut package, President Barack Obama pushed on Saturday for congressional approval of the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia.Obama invoked the late Republican President Ronald Reagan as he used ...

Russia prods North Korea on nuclear programme, attack

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister told his North Korean counterpart on Monday that Moscow was deeply concerned over Pyongyang's uranium enrichment efforts and condemned an attack on a South Korean island, the ministry said.Meeting with the reclusive North's Foreign Minister Pak ...

Obama sees vote on START treaty coming soon

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was "confident" that a landmark nuclear arms treaty with Russia would be voted on by US lawmakers before the Christmas break.Obama said he thought the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which he wants ratified ...

Divide And Conquer

Perhaps most pernicious of all, however, is the quid pro quo that many suspect the White House has agreed to: To date, the White House has refused to publicly release the negotiating record for the treaty. This is why the White House ...

Democrats press Republicans on START ratification

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With little time remaining for action by the current Congress, Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Monday on Republicans to support ratification of the New START nuclear treaty with Russia, saying it was critical for U.S. security."Without this treaty ...

Top Republican denies blocking START treaty

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican in the Senate denied on Sunday he was obstructing ratification of a new nuclear arms deal with Russia, saying Congress had bigger issues to work on before its Christmas recess.Jon Kyl, the lead Republican negotiator on ...
The Croatian government this week backtracked on a controversial decision to store all of the country's low- and medium-level nuclear waste at a major research institute in the heart of its capital, Zagreb. " But the ministry stills wants to store the ...