Ministry dismisses ‘blacklisted’ media report
Ministry dismisses a report of blacklisting 6 EU parliamentarians from the Kingdom.
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EU says Iran nuke deal breach not serious
The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran’s breaches as significant and do not intend for now to trigger the pact’s dispute mechanism, preferring more diplomacy to ease the crisis, the EU foreign policy chief said on Monday.
Politics matters to deliver reforms
Last week, Prime Minister Hun Sen said that the withdrawal of the Kingdom’s access to EU’s EBA preferential trade scheme is not a big concern. He said the key concern was the inability of his officials in carrying out their assigned tasks.
PM criticises EU during WTO meeting
PM renews accusations of EU’s double standards over the possible suspension of EBA during WTO talks.
My Europe: Blame eastern Europe’s oligarchs on EU cash
Do oligarchs in eastern Europe produce the power structures or do the power structures produce the oligarchs? Whichever came first, EU funds aggravate the problem, and it’s time this was stopped.
Johnson warns EU not to impose tariffs if no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson says he is prepared to lead Britain out of the EU without a deal.
Johnson leads pack in PM replacement vote
Brexit figurehead Boris Johnson came top by a landslide in a first-round vote on Thursday for a leader to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May as the deadline for leaving the EU looms.
EU tells Kingdom to provide ‘credible’ rights improvements
EU Commission calls on the gov’t to show credible improvements on issues of concern.
Johnson plays down no-deal Brexit
Boris Johnson launches his campaign to be prime minister with a promise to unify a country deeply divided over Brexit.
EU ministers collide over mini eurozone budget
EU finance ministers to consider a set of watered-down eurozone reforms.
PM hopeful Johnson issues threat over EU Brexit bill
Boris Johnson, considered the frontrunner to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Saturday he would refuse to pay the country’s Brexit bill until the EU agrees better withdrawal terms.
EU states adopt ‘panda bonds’ in Chinese outreach
Hungary, Poland, Portugal and soon Austria are strengthening ties with China.
No exchange of sovereignty for EBA access, Prak Sokhonn tells EU
Prak Sokhonn reiterates that the gov’t will not exchange its sovereignty for EBA.
EU delegation begins its second fact-finding mission
A fact-finding team sent by the European Commission arrived in the Kingdom.
Cambodia Embraces East and West
Cambodia has suffered from the widespread public perception both at home and abroad of being a vassal or client state of China. Such wrong perception was driven by some Western media and exacerbated by the opposition leaders.
Go for no-deal Brexit, urges Trump
Britain should go for a no-deal Brexit with the EU and refuse to pay the agreed £39 billion divorce bill, Trump says.
Turkey’s EU bid slips further away: Commission
Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union are fading, the bloc’s executive said yesterday, citing worsening conditions in the courts, prisons and economy.
EU Elections and Democracy: Choosing Leaders Over Dinner
Unlike ASEAN, essentially an inter-governmental organisation of integrative regionalism, the European Union is supposedly ASEAN’s democratic and supranational European counterpart. As with most clichés, the existing element of truth is vastly exaggerated.
Europeans vote, with EU future in balance
Europeans vote in an election expected to further dent traditional pro-EU parties.
EU court rules in favour of Canada trade deal
The EU-Canada free-trade agreement’s provisions do not breach EU law.
Cambodia asks for Asean help in EU tariff dispute
Asean asked to issue declaration decrying decision to impose duties on Cambodian rice.
EU must lead the way with a digital tax: Vestager
Europe needs to decide on a digital tax and should lead the way, Vestager says.
A new momentum for China-EU Ties
Premier Li Keqiang kicked off his visit to Europe on Monday. During his trip, he will co-chair the China-EU leaders’ meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels.
Exports of milled rice up 6 pct in Q1
Exports of milled rice rose by 6 percent during the first quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2018, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Agriculture.
The greatest British political crisis of modern times
For all the talk, the Brexit debate has barely moved beyond how to get out of the EU, let alone tackle the big issues, writes Lawrence Freedman.
EU decides to ban single-use plastic items by 2021
Single-use plastic items will be banned in the European Union by 2021.
No-deal Brexit fears sends pound to a 1-week low
The pound extended losses and derivatives markets signalled more weakness.
Cambodia’s addiction to dependency: NGOs and BFG
In recent weeks, Khmer Times has published several opinion and editorial pieces on Cambodia’s present-day international relations challenges. Those authors were passionate in crying foul over the possible withdrawal of Cambodia’s Everything But Arms preferential treatment.
Brexit delay must be long enough to give stability: Honda
Honda says any delay to Brexit must be long enough to give businesses stability.
The EU’s moral collapse
The EU does not lack any opportunity to give the world and in particular to its former colonies moral lessons. In the name of the “values and principles” – which it pretends to defend and promote – it assumes the right to bring to the states of the planet assorted assessments and judgments, according to the cases, and impose punitive sanctions selectively.
