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Poland and Lithuania to coordinate positions on Russia

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.

Medvedev sworn in as new Russian president

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.

Food aid alone will not solve global food crisis, economist tells EU

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.

EU warns Russia against boosting troops in Georgian breakaway regions

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.

[Comment] What does Europe want from Russia?

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.

Russia and Serbia relations top EU foreign ministers' meeting

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.

High-level trade discussions aim to overcome China-EU imbalances

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.

China's policies with 'oppressive' African states knocked by MEPs

US visa talks criticised by MEPs

Global food crisis prompts EU to boost emergency aid

Europe facing 'moment of truth' over Russia, says Georgia's deputy PM

Russia questions value of Nabucco energy pipeline

EU fears food price rises will lead to 'spiral of protectionism'

Spring Survey 2008

Africa's trade unions want EU trade agreements scrapped

05.05.2008 - 09:27 CET

Africa's trade unions called on their governments to abrogate the interim trade agreements they have signed with the European Union, saying they leave African nations "weak" within the global market.

Europe to ban seal products

15.04.2008 - 19:08 CET

After weeks of speculation, Europe is to propose a ban on seal products that result from animal cruelty, the EU's environment commissioner has said.

[Comment] The threat of a boycott

28.03.2008 - 14:55 CET

European leaders need to follow France and Poland's example and take a tougher line on China with real political threats - such as an Olympic boycott - if the situation in Tibet does not improve, writes John Fox.

Kosovo independence emboldens South Caucasus breakaway republics

18.02.2008 - 17:42 CET

Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are to ask Russia and the United Nations to recognise their independence in the wake of Sunday's unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. But the EU's external relations commissioner immediately ruled out any linkage.

[Comment] Sailing the black sea at last

07.02.2008 - 09:25 CET

At a meeting between the EU and Black Sea countries foreign ministers in Kiev on February 14th, the EU will kick off its new Black Sea policy for real, writes Fabrizio Tassinari.

[Comment] A failed charm offensive

06.02.2008 - 17:36 CET

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's charm offensive in Europe at the end of January was in ultimately more offensive than charming, says Nick Grono of the International Crisis Group.

[Comment] EU should deepen commitment to free press in the Middle East

29.01.2008 - 17:29 CET

The EU needs to do more to deliver on its commitment to a free press in the Middle East. More funding, long-term training and speaking up when freedom of press violations occur would be a step in the right direction, says Dana Moss.

China and EU join forces in anti-piracy battle

29.01.2008 - 09:11 CET

China, the largest source of pirated goods seized at EU borders, is moving toward co-operation with the EU on the exchange of data between ports and the development of an action plan on intellectual property rights.

[Comment] The EU and Iraq: starting to find a strategy?

25.01.2008 - 13:58 CET

The EU is increasingly detached from efforts to stabilise Iraq. But EU governments cannot afford to ignore the situation there, and should use the year ahead to identify strategies to assist Iraq alongside the next US administration, writes Richard Gowan.