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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10444

3 September 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/syria
EU decides on (almost) immediate Syrian oil embargo

Brussels, 02/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 2 September, the EU Council decided to strengthen its restrictive measures against Syria by imposing an embargo on imports of Syrian oil. This measure concerns the purchase, imports and transport of oil and other oil products, the press release states. Four Syrian individuals will also be added to the list of persons prohibited from stay within the EU and whose assets will be frozen together with those of three new companies. These measures...