No image available
/ 26 October 2009
Sri Lanka’s president will appoint a committee to probe a US report of possible war crimes at the end of Sri Lanka’s war against the Tamil Tigers.
No image available
/ 22 October 2009
The EU is preparing to impose an arms embargo and visa ban to punish Guinea’s rulers for a massacre at a pro-democracy rally, an official said.
No image available
/ 15 October 2009
The EU Commission stressed on Thursday that health and environmental factors were foremost in approving genetically modified foodstuffs.
The European Union is providing seed and fertiliser worth ,73-million to small-scale Zimbabwean farmers, an EU diplomat said on Thursday.
EU and US diplomats bring together Bosnian politicians on Thursday to seek a solution to deepening ethnic divisions.
Europe will this week launch a campaign to triple funding for energy research in a technology race with Japan and the US, a draft document shows.
Ireland has voted decisively in favour of the Lisbon treaty just 16 months after it first rejected the European Union reform plan.
Irish voters appear to have backed the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty, government and opposition officials said on Saturday.
No image available
/ 21 September 2009
The EU should demand that Italy stop forcing African migrant boats back to Libya, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.
No image available
/ 16 September 2009
EU leaders will press their G20 partners to introduce ”sanctions” for banks that hand out excessive bonuses, according to a draft summit communique.
No image available
/ 15 September 2009
Australia will consider easing a ban on high-level contacts with Zimbabwe, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said on Tuesday.
No image available
/ 15 September 2009
After months of wrangling, the European Parliament is set on Wednesday to return Jose Manuel Barroso to the EU’s most high-profile post.
No image available
/ 14 September 2009
A close ally of Robert Mugabe has accused a EU delegation of seeking to undermine its power-sharing government, state media reported on Monday.
No image available
/ 11 September 2009
Zimbabwe will demand an apology from the EU for imposing sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, state media said.
No image available
/ 10 September 2009
An EU team will travel to Zimbabwe this weekend to work on normalising ties, the first such visit since the EU sanctioned Zimbabwe’s leaders in 2002.
No image available
/ 10 September 2009
SA’s new government will hold its first meeting with the EU on Friday as regional pressure mounts for the bloc to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe.
The EU on Monday condemned a deadly bomb attack in Russia’s restive southern republic of Ingushetia.
The European Union said it would toughen its sanctions against Burma after Tuesday’s latest conviction of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The EU on Tuesday condemned the verdict against Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi and vowed ‘targeted measures’ against the military regime.
Madagascar has failed to convince the European Union to unfreeze more than €600-million in aid.
A presidential election in Guinea-Bissau to replace murdered head of state Joao Bernardo Vieira was ”free and transparent”, the EU said on Wednesday.
The EU accused China of "unacceptable" web censorship on Friday, as Brussels rejected Beijing’s claim that a filter is aimed at blocking pornography.
EU leaders will agree more steps on Friday to avert a repeat of the banking crisis that has sapped the world economy.
The European Union and Zimbabwe on Thursday launched a new era in relations with their first official talks in seven years.
The European Union agreed on Monday to extend an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia until the end of next year.
Voting began on Thursday in Britain for European Parliament and local authority elections, with Gordon Brown fighting for his political survival.
The EU is not ready to establish ties with Zimbabwe despite a ”positive evolution” in politics there, according to a letter made public on Thursday.
Banks will be more closely scrutinised under EU plans unveiled on Wednesday to apply lessons from the credit crunch and better protect investors.
EU nations on Monday mulled tighter sanctions against Burma, but many looked for more pressure from India and China.
European Union commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner refused to back down on Monday in a row with the Czech EU presidency
over boosting ties with Israel
South Africa sets an exemplary standard for elections, observers to the elections told the Mail & Guardian Online on Wednesday evening.
The EU is sending 55 observers to monitor Malawi’s May 19 general election, in which President Bingu Wa Mutharik is vying for a new term in office.