Egypt related content 

Slovak, Spaniard given ambassadorial posts. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has appointed Peter Zsoldos as the EU's ambassador to Libya and...

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...

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...

European Parliament gives ‘freedom prize' to five activists of the Arab uprisings. Five activists involved in the Arab uprisings from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria have...

European Food Safety Authority says seeds from Egypt caused European health scare. Fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt are the most likely source of the recent E. Coli...

EU monitoring mission keeps on going (sort of). This week marked the fourth anniversary of the moment that the EU monitoring mission at the border crossing between Gaza and...

The Arab uprisings offer new opportunities to increase economic and political inclusion, writes the head of the UNDP. In recent months, millions of people came onto the...

Europe needs policies that help train north Africans and allow them to circulate more freely between Europe and their home countries. Europe's reaction to the historic...

EU migration patterns challenge the EU, but most member states are against burden-sharing. For the past three months, European governments have watched in awe as popular...

EU to offer assistance for border management. Measures to stem the flow of migrants from north Africa are to be adopted when the interior ministers of the European Union's...

The European Union is preparing a military mission to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians displaced by the fighting in Libya. EU leaders meeting in Brussels today and...

Member states divided over Libyan no-fly zone; increased migration to Europe a major concern. Member states' foreign ministers are scheduled to discuss how to contain...

EU leaders meet to refocus Mediterranean policy but critics fear vague summit conclusions. The European Union's response to the events in north Africa is taking shape ahead...

The EBRD must demonstrate how its lending is benefiting Egyptian society as a whole. In your overview of how Europe's public development banks, the European Investment Bank...

Strategy is supposed to support the democratic transitions in Tunisia and Egypt. The European Commission today (8 March) adopted a new strategy for relations with the...

We are obliged to say ‘freedom' is our objective in the Middle East when really what we crave is stability. The political and social turmoil in north Africa and the Middle...

Energy security and oil prices Oil prices have soared in recent days because of fears over the impact of the unrest on Libya's oil and gas supplies. Several European energy...

The European Union is preparing to ward off what it fears will be an influx of migrants fleeing from Libya, as the north African state descends into bloodshed. • Eu...

EU's approach to events in Middle East criticised. The drama sweeping across north Africa and the Middle East has put the European Union on the defensive. Its response to...

Discussion focused on aid, violence in Libya and threat of refugee flows. European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (21 February) discussed aid to Egypt and...