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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.
Police across Europe have broken up an Iraqi-run network that smuggled illegal immigrants into the continent for fees of up to €12 000.
EU leaders threaten Sudan with sanctions if it does not cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court by handing over war-crimes suspects.
Conflicting messages emerge from Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as the country’s run-off presidential poll draws closer.
A hit-and-run offensive by rebels in Chad has tested the strength and neutrality of a European Union military force deployed to protect refugees.
The European Union is on track to hit its short-term target for reducing emissions of the gases that create global warming, but challenges remain.
The current climate in Zimbabwe was ”not at all” the proper one for an election, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said in an interview broadcast on Tuesday.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said on Tuesday a European Union proposal for an economic and security union with southern Mediterranean states was an insult to Arabs and Africans.
The United States and European Union plan a joint call for United Nations monitors to be sent to Zimbabwe after a human rights group alleged systematic government murder and brutality.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is to send up to 400 observers to this month’s run-off poll in Zimbabwe, double the number who oversaw the first round.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose 28-year rule has brought widespread hunger to his country, on Tuesday defended the seizure of land from white farmers, saying he is undoing a legacy of Zimbabwe’s former colonial masters. Mugabe spoke to world leaders at a United Nations summit on the global food crisis against a backdrop of sharp criticism over his participation.