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EU's Mogherini urges world powers to broker Syria peace deal at Geneva talks

The EU’s top diplomat urged world powers to seize the chance to end Syria’s five-year conflict at peace talks in Geneva next week. Federica Mogherini

18/01/2016

Belgium

"We should keep our hands on our weapons for a long, long time": Israel's Lapid

Yair Lapid is the former finance minister of Israel. He served in the previous government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The former

14/01/2016

Ukraine

Ukraine-EU visa deal uncertain

The EU’s foreign policy chief has urged Ukraine to take tougher action against corruption as it moves closer to Europe. Federica Mogherini visited

09/11/2015

World

Russia, Iran are part of solution in Syria: EU foreign policy chief

Amid reports of a combined Syrian-Russian-Iranian ground offensive in Syria, the West must talk to Tehran to broker an end to the conflict, a senior

14/10/2015

Europe News

EU calls on Russia to end bombing campaign in Syria

The EU is piling pressure on Russia to end its aerial bombing campaign in Syria. Foreign ministers, who have been meeting in Luxembourg, are warning

12/10/2015

Europe News

EU ministers debate controversial migrant quota plan

As migrants continue to flow into Europe, interior ministers are debating a controversial plan to redistribute 120-thousand refugees across the

22/09/2015

Kosovo

EULEX should 'stop intimidating whistleblowers' - campaigners

13/08/2015

United Kingdom

Tony Blair to step down as Middle East representative

Tony Blair, a former British prime minister, is to step down as a Quartet representative in the Middle East, the organisation has announced. It comes

28/05/2015

Europe News

New mandate starts for European Committee of the Regions

02/02/2015

Belgium

EU extends Russian sanctions as talks between Moscow and Kyiv due in Minsk

As conflict rages in eastern Ukraine, the European Union has extended current sanctions against Russia until September. At an extraordinary meeting

30/01/2015

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Europe Weekly: EU to sanction eastern Ukraine separatists

21/11/2014

My Europe Series

A single monetary policy for the euro?

27/04/2012

Economy

What has become of Europe?

24/04/2012

World

Egemen Bağış: 'The EU must accept Turkey'

10/02/2012