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26.06.2009 @ 09:19 CET
The remote capital of post-Soviet petro-state Kazakhstan hosted this year's security forum of Nato's partner countries, the first time the event took place outside Europe in a bid to secure more support for the alliance's mission in neighbouring Afghanistan.
18.05.2009 @ 17:44 CET
Defence ministers on Monday discussed a French proposal to enhance the EU naval operation fighting piracy off the Somali coasts with a police training mission in the African country which could start in September.
01.07.2009 @ 12:20 CET
A code of conduct coming into force on Wednesday in 25 EU member states and Norway is to bring more transparency in defence procurement contracts. But experts question its effectiveness as long as it is a non-binding agreement.
06.05.2009 @ 09:29 CET
Russia-Nato relations hit a new low on Tuesday over a spy row and military exercises due to kick off in Georgia, as Tbilisi accused Moscow of staging a military coup at one of its bases.
01.05.2009 @ 09:27 CET
Russia has taken official control of the borders of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in a 10-year deal with the two Georgian breakaway regions, attracting US and EU criticism.
07.05.2009 @ 18:40 CET
Russia's criticism related to the Nato exercises in Georgia is mostly rhetorical and does not help stabilising the situation, the head of EU's monitoring mission along the borders with South Ossetia and Abkhazia (EUMM) told EUobserver.
24.04.2009 @ 09:28 CET
The EU put €72 million into a €165 million ($213m) pot committed to stabilising Somalia at a joint UN, EU and African Union donors' conference Thursday. But aid groups say security has too much prominence over development on the international agenda.
22.04.2009 @ 18:02 CET
The European Commission has said it was ready to investigate and take action against any European boats or European-owned fishing companies that fly flags of convenience that engage in illegal fishing off the coast of Somalia.
19.05.2009 @ 17:35 CET
The European Union has called for an inquiry into alleged human rights violations resulting from the conflict in Sri Lanka, but at the same time nine EU governments continue to sell weapons to Colombo in violation of the EU's own arms exports code.
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04.04.2009 @ 21:52 CET
NATO on Saturday named Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its new secretary general, overcoming Turkish opposition during difficult talks which caused fresh tension in EU-Turkey relations.
04.04.2009 @ 15:35 CET
Former Communist countries Albania and Croatia were formally welcomed on Saturday as NATO's newest members. Macedonia's membership, however, is still pending due to a name dispute with Greece, while Georgia and Ukraine's accession perspectives look distant.
05.04.2009 @ 12:43 CET
US President Barack Obama gave no clear commitment to building missile defence bases in Europe during a speech in Prague on Sunday, which concentrated on nuclear disarmament and co-operation with Russia.
03.04.2009 @ 17:46 CET
France's full reintegration in NATO will strengthen the alliance, US president Barack Obama said on Friday in Strasbourg. Later on, NATO leaders are set to discuss Afghanistan and NATO-Russia relations and most probably endorse Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO's new secretary general.
03.04.2009 @ 07:35 CET
European, US and Canadian leaders were set to meet on Friday for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg. Meanwhile, police have already arrested some one hundred protesters after violent clashes, highlighting the identity and image problems of the military alliance.
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Today @ 17:23 CET
Italian MEP Mario Mauro has pulled out of the race to become the next president of the EU parliament. The move leaves the way clear for Polish conservative deputy Jerzy Buzek to take up the post instead.
03.07.2009 @ 21:50 CET
Sweden is considering holding an informal summit in September to deal with the financial crisis and climate change - two of the biggest issues on its EU presidency agenda. French president Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly supports the idea, says a spokesperson for Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.
03.07.2009 @ 14:56 CET
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Friday said that a European Parliament vote on Jose Manuel Barroso's bid to become European Commission president for a second time will not take place mid-July. Stockholm is now pushing to have it take place by 15 September.
03.07.2009 @ 13:58 CET
Turnout in Bulgaria's legislative elections on Sunday will reach 55 to 60%, according to polling agency Gallup. It says Sofia mayor Borisov's centre-right Gerb party will get up to 30% of the votes, followed by the ruling Socialists (19 - 23%) and the Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (15%).
03.07.2009 @ 13:57 CET
The resignation of Croat PM Sanader was his political "rebellion" against Slovenia's blocking of Croatia's EU talks, MP Andrija Hebrang from Mr Sanader's conservative HDZ party said, reports Hina. Meanwhile, Slovenia said it hopes the new Croat government will resume talks on their border dispute.
03.07.2009 @ 09:35 CET
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has attacked a German court decision to allow the Lisbon treaty after a tweak to German national law. "I do not believe that it is possible to annul the known defects of the Lisbon Treaty by an accompanying law," he wrote in the Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper.
03.07.2009 @ 09:31 CET
The four EU states which had full ambassador-level representation in Honduras - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - have recalled their envoys in protest at a recent coup against President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, the Swedish EU presidency said. Spain has led the EU's opposition to the coup.
03.07.2009 @ 08:32 CET
France has said that draft commission plans for hedge fund regulation are a step in the right direction but will need to be tightened up before they can be accepted. "I will not let this directive be adopted in this state," said the country's economy minister Christine Lagarde, reports Reuters.
03.07.2009 @ 08:30 CET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised countries that measures must be stepped up to end market cyclicality, reports the Wall Street Journal. Economic growth - when it returns - must be tempered she said, to prevent further cycles of boom and bust.
Moody's credit rating agency downgraded Ireland from its top rating on Thursday, following similar moves by other agencies earlier this year. Moody's cited the government's deteriorating public finances as the main reason, as an increasing share of tax revenues is used to service the country's debt.
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