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Slovenia's foreign minister is new EU envoy to Kosovo; posts in Macedonia and Palestine. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, today (21 December) appointed three...

Unesco votes to admit Palestine amid European discord. The cultural agency of the United Nations today voted to let Palestine join as a full state member, with Germany voting...

Middle East tops ministers' agenda in Luxembourg. National foreign ministers will on Monday (10 October) hold their first debate on the Middle East since France broke ranks...

French president annoys capitals across the EU. European diplomats are seeking to contain the fallout from last week's announcement by Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president,...

The question for Israel and its friends to address the risks of recognition of a Palestinian state, and to calibrate their reaction accordingly. Shortly before Israeli Prime...

Israeli ambassador says statehood bid is ‘distraction'; Palestine to seek upgrade of UN status next week. The European Union should do more to convince the Palestinians...

The EU position on Palestine's bid for statehood is crucial. In less than two weeks the Palestinian Authority (PA) will ask the United Nations to recognise a Palestinian...

The failures of the EU's foreign policy chief in the Middle East reflect the EU's own indecision. In politics, the line separating bravery from folly is sometimes very thin....

Europe can help bring stability to the Middle East. Delegates from around the world, as well as UN officials, national parliamentarians, and members of civil society, will...

US president reaffirms commitment to 1967 borders, two-state solution. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has welcomed a policy speech made yesterday (19 May)...

Palestine's prime minister wants a de facto state within a year. The EU police mission in Palestine believes the Palestinian police and judiciary may be ready in time. EU...

It is time that Israel took its boot off Gaza's windpipe. It is easier to enter a maximum-security prison than it is to enter the strip of land – 45 kilometres long and...

The proclaimed ambitions of Spain's foreign minister have caused confusion about EU foreign policy, but typify the challenges it now faces. Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain's...

The troubles in the Middle East and Northern Ireland, strange mementos of our times. I was in Jordan, that beautiful oasis of calm and moderation in a difficult and...

There are moderate Islamist groups that are increasingly open to Europe; Europe should explore the possibilities. If the war in Gaza pushed the Palestinian and Israeli...

‘Wise men' see the outlines of a peace deal, but the conflict in Gaza underscore doubts that peace is possible on those terms. I spent the New Year in Sydney, watching the...

An uncomfortable suggestion that the EU is inherently ill-suited to resolving conflicts. Many historians attribute the unprecedented period of peace that western Europe has...

International policy has failed to keep Pakistan and Palestine from inching closer to the brink: both are potential failed states and both could take their entire region down...

The return of Israeli troops to Lebanon and Palestine this dry, hot summer was not about control of the Litani River or the wells of Gaza. But the wholesale destruction of...

European Voice is right to say that punishing the Palestinians for having elected Hamas will not bring peace in the Middle East any closer ('Freezing aid to Palestine won't...