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EU won’t blame Israel for faked passports in Dubai killing  Ducking potential criticism, European Union foreign ministers have issued a protest against the use of forged European passports by a hit squad that killed a top Hamas official in Dubai, but stopped well short of Ashton calls for the EU’s soft power to be smart power too  Already on the hot seat little more than a month into the job, the European Union’s new de facto Foreign Minister said she believes the EU can’t rely on its vaunted “soft power” strategy of UK supports emissions reduction scheme The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office expressed its formal commitment to an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10% by year’s end. London in September called on the private sector and government departments to The London Conference and the EU in Afghanistan  The London conference has called into question the EU’s relevance as an actor in Afghanistan. Most EU member states continue to view their commitment to Afghanistan almost exclusively through a NATO prism. By contrast, they Iran sanctions back on the table  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on 28 January in London, who said afterwards that Tehran cannot keep the world waiting forever in the standoff over its EU wants deeper carbon emissions cuts across the board  EU environment ministers taking part at an informal meeting in Seville said on 16 January that they stood by their offer to move to a 30% cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 despite the Chinese execution of British man draws anger, strains relations  The execution by lethal injection of a British man convicted of smuggling heroin into China drew immediate fire from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and threatened a near schism in diplomatic relations between the two countries (Silence Of The Lambs) new EU chiefs stay mum on China’s execution skills Ahead of her hearings with the European Parliament, the EU’s new de facto Foreign Minister-designate, Baroness Catherine Ashton needs to provide credible leadership in her role as High Representative, but in her first test, she Climate map shows dangers to come A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep climate change to under 2 degrees Celsius was launched today by the UK Government. With just 45 days to go before international climate change Two cheers, and one big lesson for the EU  Two cheers for the EU on the appointment of the two new figures created by the Lisbon Treaty. The choice of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy is fully in line with the profile drawn Disappointing Mis-appointments  Europe's glide to zero
Europe, at the citizen level, hasn't paid much attention to the critical appointments that have been made in the last few months. Indeed, while our 27 heads-of-state have selected what should NATO won’t stay in Afghanistan forever, UK looks for the exit  Even as NATO’s new Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the commitment to the war against terrorism in Afghanistan by the alliance and Europe is strong, he said its troops will one day be pulled Amid anger, the EU’s big countries will pick its new no-name president  While Poland has demanded that the European Union’s smaller countries have a say in who will be its first de facto President under the recently-ratified Lisbon Treaty, the leaders of the bloc’s major countries are Thursday’s Last Supper  This coming Thursday evening, November 19 during the “Last Supper,” the 27 heads of the EU Member States will decide who will be the President of Europe and its real Foreign Minister. It is almost The first President of the EU may be a name you don’t recognize  With the imminent implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union’s de facto Constitution which creates two new top posts, that of President of the European Union and an EU Foreign Minister in all but Moscow, London try to thaw frosty ties  As the first top British diplomat to visit Moscow in recent five years, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrapped up his two-day visit to Russia on 2 November where the he held talks with Russian Jordan uses EU, US to put the squeeze on Israeli settlements  Taking a bigger role in seeking Mideast peace, Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband – in line to be the new EU’s Foreign Minister – and then US Middle East What about gender equality?  With the Lisbon Treaty eventually signed by the Czech President Vaclav Klaus earlier last week in the coming days the two remaining top positions of the European Union will be filled. Indeed, out of the Anti dirty coal campaign takes to the streets The Bristol Greenpeace Group is one of many taking part in the Big If Coal Campaign and launched their activities on 17-18 October. I’ve got to do something said Fi Radford from Bristol, who became involved Latvia and UK play down spat over SS celebration LATVIAN Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins spoke with his British counterpart David Miliband recently in an attempt to defuse a growing diplomatic row centred on differing interpretations of wartime history. During a speech to the annual Solana says Iran talks likely to be held in Turkey  October 1 talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, with Iran’s burgeoning nuclear program center stage, may be scheduled for Turkey, the European Union’s top diplomat said. EU presents 100-billion-euro climate change bill  European taxpayers should be prepared to pay up to 15 billion euros per year to help poorer nations confront climate change, officials in Brussels said on September 10. The European Commission moved to take the EU will keep on talking nuke talks with Iran  Frustrated by several years of being ignored and having its deadlines for Iran to stop enriching uranium and building a nuclear program, the European Union said it will nonetheless continue to pursue its carrots-and-sticks policy Miliband condemns “hero’s welcome” for bomber The hero’s welcome given to freed Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi on his return to Libya has been “deeply distressing,” Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. In the first comment by a government minister on Britain launches offshore wind farm project Britain on May 12 launched an ambitious and controversial offshore wind farm project hailed as a strategic milestone towards the production of renewable energy at industrial level. The London Array project, which envisages the construction Britain launches offshore wind farm project Britain on May 12 launched an ambitious and controversial offshore wind farm project hailed as a strategic milestone towards the production of renewable energy at industrial level. The London Array project, which envisages the construction Change of heart, NATO will talk to Russia again  S ix months after breaking off talks with Russia after that country’s conflict with NATO-aspirant Georgia, the alliance has decided to resume relations, in a move some critics said was a cave-in to Russian aggression. Mr. Solana goes to Damascus for some peace talks European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana told reporters in Damascus after meeting Syrian President Bashar al- Assad on February 25 that he hoped 2009 would be a year of peace talks, although all such UK says more US troops will play key Afghan role British Foreign Minister David Miliband welcomed an announcement by the US government that it will send thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan, saying they would play an important role in defeating the Talibanled insurgency. Miliband, EU can’t decide what to do about Guantanamo  After demanding for years that the US should close its terrorist suspect camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – and then getting its wish when new US President Barack Obama said he would do just that |
It is said that a week is a long time in politics and this week has been as long as The Commission are sometimes accused of making propaganda, especially when engaging with children, but their Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the A GMO hot potato Near-bankrukpt Greece a culture of corruption, $1 billion a year in bribes Mr. Papandreou goes to Washington Suffer Little Children David Cameron and the Rumble in the Jungle There more barriers in Ukraine than in Europe Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy Architecture in Europe France tells Serbia to get over it, Kosovo is gone A Penalty For Missing The Millennium Development Goal? Banks can create and destroy -... Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis, which still threatens the world Down with the bankers, loan sharks... Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of EU says ok to Greek deficit... After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to Farage To Belgium: "I'm Sorry"... Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being Spanish Presidency plan for electric... Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a World unites in Haiti aid effort:... With the whole world watching, as Haiti tries to recover from the 7-richter earthquake that has reportedly killed 50,000, a Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to In what is gearing up to be the event of the Defense calendar 2010, UK Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit The Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania said on 24 February that they remained to be convinced that the sale Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran Russia’s justice system is still mired in violence and arbitrariness, despite reforms promised by Kremlin Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marked the halfway point of his four-year term in office on Will China redefine great power politics?
China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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