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Belgium's foreign minister starts seeing things. In an interview published in De Standaard  last Saturday, Belgium's Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere related the...

Foreign ministers head north to dispel a frosty reception. The Lapland resort of Saariselkä acquired new international status last weekend when Alex Stubb, Finland's...

EU's foreign policy chief to try to secure support for EEAS from foreign ministers. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, is to present her plans for the Union's...

The European Union has condemned the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, thought to be a senior commander of Hamas, a radical Palestinian group, and the use of EU...

At a special summit in Brussels, government leaders put together the new leadership of the European Union. Simon Taylor and Tim King assess the outcome of the horse-trading...

Michał Kamiński is a Pole who can divide opinion across Europe. When Michał Kamiński was handed the leadership of the European Parliament's new European Conservatives...

Reinfeldt wants three candidates for each job, with the Belgian and Dutch leaders still the frontrunners. European leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday (19 November) to...

The EU's new top jobs are causing problems. The controversies that have simmered about who should be appointed to two of the European Union's most senior jobs are...

Sweden calls extra summit on 19 November to select an EU president and foreign policy chief. Fredrik Reinfeldt, the prime minister of Sweden, has called an extra summit of...

EU leaders to discuss top EU jobs on the sidelines of celebrations to mark the end of communism in Germany. World leaders have gathered in Berlin to commemorate the fall of...

Speculation at the summit. Speculation about who might be appointed to two high-profile EU jobs was never far from the summit, though it was not the subject of a formal...

Leaders stress the benefits of reform for Europe; UK Conservatives drop referendum promise. Politicians across Europe welcomed today's signature of the Lisbon treaty by...

Formal discussions about first EU president are still pending, but Schüssel and Balkenende emerge from EU summit with higher profiles. Wolfgang Schüssel, the...

The EU and the US have changed the way they discuss the situation in Afghanistan and that offers some hope of a breakthrough in the region. Over the past few years,...

Foreign ministers say Iran “must” investigate allegations of fraud, withhold recognition of result. EU foreign ministers today expressed “serious concern” about the...

Former Socialist MEP Glenys Kinnock is surprise appointment in cabinet reshuffle. Glenys Kinnock, the long-serving UK Socialist MEP, has been appointed as the UK's Europe...

Carl Bildt says trip was planned with French and UK foreign minister who were given visas. Sweden recalls ambassador to Colombo. Carl Bildt, Sweden's foreign minister, has...

Foreign ministers also discuss situation in Sri Lanka, Moldova, Ukraine. The foreign ministers of the European Union's 27 member states agreed today in Luxembourg to extend...

Commission holding consultation with EU member states; Croatia said not to have responded to compromise proposals. Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for enlargement,...

French presidency condemns Israeli bombing of Gaza; widespread calls for an immediate end to violence. EU governments have called on Israel to end its bombing of the Gaza...