By Sabina Castelfranco Tripoli 23 November 2006 Ministers of the African Union and European Union Thursday ended a conference on migration and development in the Libyan capital Tripoli with a declaration blaming poverty for migration. Sabina Castelf...
By Sabina Castelfranco Tripoli 22 November 2006 European and African nations met in Libya on Wednesday to seek ways to stem the rising tide of illegal migration. The Libyan foreign minister, Abd al-Rahman Shalgam, told the conference that EU countri...
By Jim Teeple 26 October 2006 Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief held talks Thursday with senior Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Mr. Solana says Mideast peace efforts are stalled. ----...
By David Gollust Washington 27 September 2006 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she supports European Union chief diplomat Javier Solana in his nuclear talks with Iran, though asserting that the process is not open-ended. Sol...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 September 2006 The European Union is providing nearly $700,000 to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) to look for cases of avian influenza in Nigeria. The surveillance program aims to help eradicate the disease...
By Robert Raffaele Washington, D.C. 01 August 2006 watch Middle East report European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana, left, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, right, during a media conference The European Union has called for an immed...
By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 26 July 2006 The European Union has agreed to allow Burma's foreign minister to attend a summit of European and Asian leaders in Helsinki later this year. ------- Nyan Win (File photo) The European Union will waive a trav...
By Lisa Bryant Ivry-sur-Seine, France 24 July 2006 Church attendance in Europe has been steadily decreasing in recent decades. Traditional Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have a hard time drawing in new members, particularly young people. But...
By Paula Wolfson Vienna 21 June 2006 President Bush and European Union leaders say they are united on Iran and pledge to work together to resolve lingering differences on issues of trade and the fate of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cub...
By Gary Thomas Tehran 11 July 2006 The European Union deadline for an answer on new proposals to end the Iranian nuclear controversy went almost unnoticed in Iran. The July 11 deadline passed with almost no mention of the issue by official Iran. Pre...