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ECB president says agreement on cuts has been reached. The Greek government has reached a deal on additional austerity measures that it must implement to qualify for a...

Talks to be held in Beijing and New Delhi. Talks in the coming days between the European Union's leadership and Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, and Wen Jiabao,...

India's refusal to condemn the Syrian regime is the latest example of how it differs from the EU on major international questions.

Government displays indecision when faced with opposition to liberalisation. The fate of a recent reform of the rules governing foreign investment in

German diplomat to represent EU in peace talks between Israel and Palestine. National foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (23 January) have appointed Andreas...

Toughest measure yet in bid to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. The European Union will later this afternoon impose a ban on the import of Iranian oil in a bid...

Lifting of visa bans against top officials first step in gradual normalisation of relations, ministers say. The European Union today decided to lift a visa ban on top...

Concern that oil ban would hit energy supply. The European Union's member states remain divided over how quickly a planned oil embargo against Iran should take effect, just...

On schedule to bring gas to Europe. I was interested to read Alan Riley's article on the bidders to deliver gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas fields in the Caspian Sea...

UN chief hopes talks in New York produce a breakthrough. Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, will urge the leaders of Cyprus's Greek and Turkish...

The European destination of the first major tranche of Caspian gas to be decided by April. By April, we should know how the first major delivery of Caspian gas into Europe...

The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help. The West and Iran are playing a dangerous game. In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close...

Denmark's foreign minister calls on Iran to restart talks on nuclear programme. The EU must impose tough sanctions on Iran to force the country's leadership to restart...

Russia's leaders are discovering that what was accepted yesterday is regarded as intolerable today. Russia is not Egypt. And Moscow is not on the eve of revolution as Cairo...

EU later this month expected to agree on a ban on imports of Iranian oil. Mario Monti, Italy's prime minister, has said that Italy will only agree to an embargo on imports of...

Status of 3,000 opponents of Iranian regime to be checked before transfer or re-settlement. The EU has welcomed an agreement between the United Nations and the Iraqi...

The EU must do all it can to stop the brutality at Camp Ashraf. In May, I wrote that Iraq appeared to prefer to shed the blood of Iranian refugees than to seek a solution...

It looks like all roads lead to depreciation of the euro; that should be coupled with reform. On the surface, the situation in the eurozone today and South Korea in 1997 look...

'Substantial additions of individuals and entities' to be added to existing lists of people and firms subject to asset freezes. The European Union is to impose new sanctions...

Funding from European Investment Bank to be suspended. National foreign ministers will today (14 November) suspend funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to Syria,...