09.05.2008 - 09:15 CET
The prime ministers of Poland and Lithuania have agreed to coordinate how to proceed with talks on a long-delayed EU-Russia partnership deal, according to a statement by the Lithuanian government.
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08.05.2008 - 09:29 CET
Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as the Russian federation's new president on Wednesday. He inherits a wide range of challenges to deal with, both on the internal and the external front. Former president Vladimir Putin is now set to be the country's prime minister.
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05.05.2008 - 18:23 CET
The EU should provide structural aid to increase yields from peasant farmers in poor countries if it wants to help the global food crisis rather than just throwing emergency food aid at the problem, American economist Jeffrey Sachs told the European Parliament on Monday.
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30.04.2008 - 09:31 CET
The EU has called on Russia to show restraint with Moscow preparing to send extra peacekeeping troops to Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In a separate development, EU-Russia partnership talks have been further stalled due to Lithuania's objections.
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30.04.2008 - 17:48 CET
Only if it is obvious that Europe is working in harmony, has other options and conducts a clear foreign policy in its new neighbourhood will Russia seek to deal with Europe as a whole, argue Alexandros Petersen and Raffaello Pantucci.
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29.04.2008 - 09:33 CET
EU foreign ministers are gathering in Luxembourg to overcome their differences over Russia, as long-delayed partnership talks between the bloc and Moscow have hit another stumbling block with Lithuania refusing to approve the launch.
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28.04.2008 - 09:23 CET
China and the European Union have launched high-level trade discussions aimed at resolving concerns over the Communist nation's expanding trade surplus with the 27-nation bloc.
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