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/ 9 December 2008
EU leaders must show US president-elect Barack Obama they are serious about tackling economic slowdown and climate change by agreeing firm action.
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/ 8 December 2008
Rebels opened peace negotiations with a government delegation on Monday in their first direct talks on ending the conflict in eastern DRC.
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/ 8 December 2008
The EU joined calls on Monday for President Robert Mugabe to step down after 28 years ruling Zimbabwe.
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/ 26 November 2008
Unable to hammer out a plan to fight global warming, Europe has ruined its ambition to lead the world at upcoming climate talks.
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/ 21 November 2008
The EU is to launch an inquiry into the cause of the Russia-Georgia conflict, papers seen on Friday show, amid growing recriminations against Tbilisi.
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/ 19 November 2008
Inspired by ancient Alexandria’s attempt to collect the world’s knowledge, the EU launches on Thursday its Europeana digital library.
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/ 10 November 2008
The EU on Monday formally launched an anti-piracy security operation off the coast of Somalia, the EU’s French presidency said.
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/ 7 November 2008
The French presidency of the European Union on Friday expressed ”strong concern” over a Russian plan to station new missiles near Poland’s border.
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/ 19 October 2008
Swaziland has failed to take advantage of the opportunity to export unlimited quantities of beef to the lucrative European Union market.
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/ 16 October 2008
European Union leaders on Thursday stuck to a December deadline for reaching a final deal on fighting climate change.
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/ 13 October 2008
Fifteen European leaders closed in Sunday on a joint strategy to end the haemorrhaging of market confidence.
Russian forces on Wednesday abandoned military positions deep inside Georgia in a major pull-back the Kremlin vowed to complete by midnight.
The EU on Monday moved to export its controls on illegal immigration for the first time by setting up a new office in Africa.
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/ 29 September 2008
The European Union expects Russia to supply it with helicopters for its Chad peace mission despite its dispute with Moscow over Georgia.
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/ 15 September 2008
European foreign ministers on Monday agreed to set up a ”coordination unit” to help tackle the growing problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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/ 11 September 2008
Russia on Wednesday ruled out allowing European Union observers into the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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/ 5 September 2008
Angola’s first election in 16 years is a disaster of poor planning and insufficient infrastructure in the capital, says an EU observer.
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/ 2 September 2008
The European Union on Monday froze talks with Moscow on closer ties until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia.
European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia.
European leaders warned Russia on Sunday to withdraw its forces rapidly from Georgia or face unspecified consequences.
As the Beijing Olympic Games highlight China’s emergence as a world power, the EU is struggling to take a coherent approach to the Asian giant.
SA and the EU on Friday wrapped up a landmark summit with Brussels backing SA’s mediating role in Zimbabwe as the only way of ending political chaos.
SA and the EU hold their first-ever summit on Friday but divergent views on the political crisis in Zimbabwe have cast a pall over the event.
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to increase sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s supporters ahead of power-sharing talks.
Cellphone companies are braced for a clash this week as EU commissioner Viviane Reding calls for the cost of sending SMSs when abroad to be halved.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Thursday that there had been no need for Ireland to vote on the European Union’s major reform package.
France this week jolted Europe into establishing common policies on immigration, refugees and asylum, but the move has not been welcomed by all.
Robert Mugabe said on Friday he is only open to negotiations on an end to Zimbabwe’s political crisis if he is accepted as the country’s president.
Any transitional government in Zimbabwe must include opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as premier, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
The European Union will only accept a Zimbabwean government headed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, France said on Tuesday.
While mending transatlantic divides is commendable, the EU-American summit presents an opportunity to rectify misperceptions about the US’s agenda.
Oil rose for a third straight session on Tuesday to more than a barrel, boosted by a rumoured attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.