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EU Chief Warns Russia Over Ukraine Troops: Mogherini calls on Kremlin to withdraw soldiers
The European Union #39;s foreign policy chief has has called on Russia to withdraw all of its troops from Ukraine. In a statement, Federica Mogherini urged Russia to respect the terms of the Minsk...

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Prosecutor at Center of EU Graft Scandal in Kosovo Says to Sue
A prosecutor with the European Union #39;s foreign mission in Kosovo said on Monday she would sue the mission, accusing it of victimizing her as a whistleblower after she voiced suspicion of corruption...

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The EU's top court has ruled that member states do not have to provide social welfare payments to EU citizens moving to their country solely to claim benefits.

Charges that the European Union's core freedom of movement principle has been abused by so-called "social welfare tourists" have helped drive recent gains for anti-EU parties who have campaigned for sharp immigration curbs.

The problem has become acute in Britain where Prime Minister David Cameron, fearing further inroads by the UK Independence Party to his right, has promised to limit immigration -- only to be rebuffed by the powerful British business community and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

In its ruling on Tuesday, the European of Court of Justice said that an EU citizen going to another member state could only expect to receive social welfare benefits if his or her stay complied with the conditions of the EU directive on free movement.

"One of the conditions ... for a right of residence is that economically inactive persons must have sufficient resources of their own," it said.

"The directive thus seeks to prevent economically inactive EU citizens from using the host member state's welfare system to fund their means of subsistence."

So, an EU member state would not be obliged to pay social welfare to "economically inactive EU citizens who exercise their right to freedom of movement solely in order to obtain another member state's social assistance," the court said.

Ruling on a case brought by Germany, the ECJ said it was the national authorities which decide the payment of non-contributory social benefits.

As such, they were implementing national laws and not EU legislation, it added.

Tuesday's ruling comes the day after the head of the Confederation of British Industry told Cameron directly that EU membership was "overwhelmingly in our national interest".

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Two days of high-level meetings among Iran, the United States and the European Union on Iran's nuclear program ended Monday in the Persian Gulf state of Oman without visible signs of progress.

With two weeks remaining before a negotiating deadline, the meetings between Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union envoy Catherine Ashton offered another opportunity for a long-awaited breakthrough in the multination negotiations.

State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki did not claim that the talks had advanced, but described the discussions as an effort to "continue to chip away at a very challenging issue."

She insisted that "there is still time" to reach an agreement, while acknowledging that officials review after each meeting whether there is still time to complete a deal.

Iran and six world powers -- France, Britain, Germany, Russia, China and the United States -- are seeking a deal that would lift economic sanctions on Iran's economy if it agrees to limit its nuclear activities to nonmilitary purposes.

Iranian officials told state media that there had been no progress during the 10 hours of meetings.

in a brief public appearance Monday, Zarif, asked whether the group was making progress, said, "We will, eventually."

The Omani hosts for the meeting had set up a stage, complete with national flags, to enable the leaders to hold a news conference after the meetings. But the stage went unused, as Kerry hurried off to the airport to depart for Beijing.

Some diplomats have said in recent weeks that the talks were near a breakthrough. But those hopes have not been realized.

President Obama gave a sober assessment of the talks in a TV interview Sunday, saying that a deal may not be completed.

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