Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Cuba" produced 50 items.
| 1. The wrong role model for Belarus | February 17, 2011 |
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The EU's challenge in Belarus is now to help avert a Cuban scenario. On 19 December, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka made a conscious decision to end two or three years of... |
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| 2. On a collision course over foreign policy | December 10, 2009 |
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Many member states may take issue with Spain's foreign policy aims. Catherine Ashton's first trip abroad after taking office as the European Union's new-style foreign policy... |
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| 3. Will Spain make the EU go soft on Cuba? | December 3, 2009 |
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Spain wants to reward Cuba for defying the EU's wishes. For the past 13 years the EU's member states have followed a common policy on Cuba. That is about to change, if Spain... |
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| 4. Commissioner's surprise visit to Cuba | July 24, 2009 |
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Stop-over in Cuba added to Benita Ferrero-Waldner's visit to Honduras and Latin America.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European commissioner for external relations, made a... | |
| 5. EU holds Cuba talks | May 11, 2009 |
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Cuba's foreign minister meets EU officials; several member states keen for full restoration of links. Cuba's foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, held talks with top... | |
| 6. EU and Cuba re-launch relationship | October 24, 2008 |
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European Commission describes the renewal of co-operation and dialogue with Cuba as a "turning point" in a relationship still troubled by human-rights issues. The EU has... |
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| 7. Cuba accepts EU offer of dialogue | September 17, 2008 |
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EU officials to visit Cuba in October as rapprochement begins.
The European Commission has welcomed Cuba's conditional acceptance of an EU offer to resume a formal... | |
| 8. Commission gives aid to Gustav victims | September 2, 2008 |
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Caribbean victims of Hurricane Gustav to receive €2 million from EU.
The European Commission has pledged to provide €2 million in humanitarian aid for... | |
| 9. EU ends sanctions on Cuba | June 20, 2008 |
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Czechs and Swedes win support for an annual review of the decision, with human rights the key criterion. EU leaders have agreed formally to drop sanctions against Cuba,... | |
| 10. Different Voices | February 28, 2008 |
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“Fidel is irreplaceable; the people will continue his work when he is no longer with us physically, though his ideas will be here always.”Raul Castro, Cuba's... | |
| 11. The US and us | June 15, 2006 |
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Judging by the preparations for the EU-US summit in Vienna on 21 June, the event promises to be one of the most awkward of recent years. In the run-up to the meeting,... | |
| 12. EU envoys target Castro on human rights abuse | June 8, 2006 |
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Cuba should face greater pressure to explain its violations of human rights, according to a report by European Union member states' diplomats in the country. They are... | |
| 13. Castro's 'big prison' captivates MEPs | January 26, 2006 |
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MEPs will next week push for a stronger EU stance against Cuba following reports that the human rights situation on the island has deteriorated. In June last year EU... | |
| 14. Michel to meet Castro in bid to rebuild EU-Cuba relations | March 17, 2005 |
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LOUIS Michel, the European commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, will fly to Havana next week to re-establish senior-level dialogue with Fidel Castro's regime.... |
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| 15. When a cigar is more than just a cigar... | March 17, 2005 |
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How great must be the joy in Louis Michel's heart now that the diplomatic obstacles to his trip to Cuba have been removed. Now he gets the chance to re-stock his supplies of... | |
| 16. Michel to Cuba as member states suspend sanctions | February 3, 2005 |
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Louis Michel, the commissioner in charge of development, is planning to travel to Cuba in late March, following a decision by EU member states to suspend diplomatic sanctions... | |
| 17. Cuba question remains in a stalemate | January 20, 2005 |
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Two of the EU's new member states continue to block moves to lift sanctions against Cuba, fearing the island's dissidents may be sidelined under new proposals prepared by the... | |
| 18. Havana snubs Union envoy to Cuba, reveals Nielson | March 11, 2004 |
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FIDEL Castro's regime has stalled on accepting the credentials of the EU's envoy to Cuba, according to Development Commissioner Poul Nielson. Miguel Amado, head of the... | |
| 19. Irish pedal-pusher wheels down Cuba way | March 4, 2004 |
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Spare a thought for Irishwoman Siobhán Magee, a secretary in the European Parliament's budget committee. Magee has swapped a European winter for exotic Cuba – but the... | |
| 20. ‘Wimpish' EU attacked over Cuba prisoners | October 2, 2003 |
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THE European Union has been too “wimpish” in tackling the United States about the detention without trial of 13 EU citizens at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a public hearing at... | |
