Manchester City reach sanctions agreement with Premier League for 22 rule infringements
Premier League champions Manchester City’s dispute with the league administration seems to be settling down. The club has reached an agreed sanction agreement with the Premier League administration regarding 22 rule infringements. This decision comes at a time when City are at war with the league administration. An independent hearing involving senior legal officials representing […]
2 critical Russia sanctions from the USA
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued Russia-related General Licence 99A, “Authorizing the Wind Down of Transactions and Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity of, or Derivative Contracts Involving, MOEX, NCC, or NSD” and Russia-related General Licence 100A, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to Debt or Equity or […]
Algeria to sanction France for taking pro-Moroccan position on Western Sahara
Algeria is looking for new ways to punish France for its new pro-Moroccan stance on the disputed Western Sahara region. Among Algeria’s strongest options are economic sanctions. “We will take the necessary measures to express our rejection of France’s behaviour,” Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said. The day before Attaf’s press conference, France backed Morocco’s […]
China sanctions US lawmaker McGovern for ‘meddling in our internal affairs’ ,
China has sanctioned a US congressman in the latest step to express its displeasure with US politicians who criticise China’s policies and practices. The sanction against Representative Jim McGovern, a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, is symbolic as the congressman has no assets or business dealings in China. According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign […]
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives call for sanctions against billionaire former Georgian prime minister
The leaders of the Helsinki Commission are calling on the US administration of Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Georgia’s billionaire former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, whom critics accuse of pulling the strings in Tbilisi’s deepening authoritarian rule and its drift away from Europe. A letter from the Republican and Democratic presidents to US Secretary […]