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Hands up who's looking forward to their performance review? European Commission officials in the EU's delegations abroad are for the first time since the launch of the...

EU's foreign policy chief responds to criticism from foreign ministers of 12 member states. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has been forced to...

Posts filled in Africa and central Asia. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has today appointed five heads of EU delegations.

Changing places at the EEAS. A soft reshuffle is under way in the European External Action Service (EEAS) as it approaches the first anniversary of its launch (1 December...

A new building for the EU's delegation in Tokyo. The nearly 60 employees of the EU's delegation in Tokyo have a new workplace. Last week, Hans Dietmar Schweisgut, the EU's...

Setting up of EEAS had caused confusion over funding. The EU's member states are expected to give formal authorisation later this month  to EU heads of delegations in...

Good news for the EU delegation in Bern. Michael Reiterer, the head of the EU's delegation in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, does not have the easiest of jobs given that...

Everything has changed for Dutch official. Being head of the European Union's delegation in Tunis was not considered the most high-profile job in the Union's new diplomatic...

Top three delegation jobs go to national diplomats Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, made a first round of appointments to the Union's delegations...

Official makes the move from Washington to Brussels. Angelos Pangratis, the deputy head of the EU's delegation in Washington, DC, is coming back to base – at least for the...

Foreign policy chief begins recruitment to the EEAS's senior management. Ministers from the EU member states will formally approve the creation of the European External...

Lisbon treaty transformed the European Commission's delegations abroad. It is work on the ground that determines much of the effectiveness of the aid provided by the EU and...

The delegations of the European Commission in Baku, Seoul and Singapore are, as from today (1 July), delegations of the whole of the European Union. They are among 25...

Uncertain future for EU's special representatives as cuts and mergers of posts are considered. The changes to the European Union's foreign policy set-up brought about by the...

EEAS staffing rules still to be decided but concern about future disciplinary procedures. The European Union  has 136 embassies abroad, including seven representations...

Frustration among EU member states as Commission insists on managing delegations. The power struggle between the European Commission and the EU's member states over the...

At last week's meeting in Tampere of EU justice ministers, Franco Frattini, the commissioner for freedom, security and justice, sought to persuade them to abandon their...

The recently-appointed European Commission ‘ambassador' to Japan, Bernhard Zepter, is relishing the challenges of his new role. Words and pictures by EV editor Dennis...

AT ITS inaugural meeting, the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) formally elected its first chairman. Jean Lemierre, director-general of the French treasury, was...

There are dark mutterings about the Austrian presidency as we approach the festive season. "Don't these people have a Christmas spirit or something?" said one a grumpy member...