Luke Baker

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Europe votes on ‘Super Sunday’ with far-right in focus

Article Luke Baker - 25 May 2014

Major EU member states vote on Sunday to elect the 751 deputies to sit in the European Parliament until 2019.

EU freezes ousted Ukraine leaders’ assets, warns Russia over Crimea

Article Luke Baker - 6 Mar 2014

EU leaders have frozen assets belonging to deposed Ukraine leaders, and have warned Russia of sanctions if they do not pull troops out of Crimea.

EU summit works on short-term support for Spain, Italy

Article Luke Baker - 28 Jun 2012

European finance officials are working on urgent measures to ease financial market pressure on Spain and Italy, which are too big to bail out.

Europe’s leaders face testing month of crisis-fighting

Article Luke Baker - 31 May 2012

TS Eliot said that April was the cruellest month, but for Europe's leaders, it may prove to be June.

Europe’s leaders meet to sort through debt chaos

Article Luke Baker - 23 May 2012

Europe's leaders will try to breathe life into their stricken economies but disagreement over plans to alleviate debt chaos has been laid bare.

G20 summit fails to deliver bailout funds

Article Luke Baker - 4 Nov 2011

The eurozone won verbal support but no new money at a G20 summit for its tortured efforts to overcome a sovereign debt crisis.

Spain downgrade weighs down eurozone leaders

Article Luke Baker - 19 Oct 2011

A double-notch downgrade of Spain's credit rating has piled pressure on Europe's leaders to make progress on solving the region's debt crisis.

Nato to hand security to Afghan forces by end of 2014

Article Luke Baker - 20 Nov 2010

Nato says it will hand over security in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but would not abandon the country in its fight against the Taliban.

Nato seeks missile defence agreement with Russia

Article Luke Baker - 20 Nov 2010

Nato will invite Russia to take part in a missile defence shield, a move that would herald the closest cooperation since the end of the Cold War.

Israel rejects UN call to end Lebanon blockade

Article Staff Reporter & Luke Baker - 30 Aug 2006

Israel rejected a call by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it will only end the seven-week-old siege once all aspects of a ceasefire are in place. Israel also will not withdraw its troops fully from southern Lebanon until the full implementation of the ceasefire.

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