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July 19, 2007
NATO: Russian Intentions On CFE 'Not Clear'

A recent extraordinary conference on the CFE failed to prevent Russia's withdrawal (file photo) (OSCE) BRUSSELS, July 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Russia's desire to withdraw from the CFE Treaty has been made clear enough, but what next?
July 18, 2007
Kosovo: EU Drifting Toward Solution Outside UN

Javier Solana said negotiations would move to the Contact Group (file photo) (epa) BRUSSELS, July 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Until now, the European Union has been a firm supporter of resolving the dispute over Kosovo's future status in the UN Security Council.
July 10, 2007
UN Chief Warns EU Unity At Risk Over Kosovo

BRUSSELS, July 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed fears the EU's common stance on Kosovo could crumble if the status of the breakaway Serbian province is not resolved quickly. Although the EU officially supports a plan drawn up by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari to give Kosovo internationally supervised independence, which has been rejected by Serbia, a number of the bloc's member states are known to remain skeptical of it.
July 03, 2007
NATO | Alliance wary of entering missile-defense dispute

July 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- NATO is reacting warily to Russia's proposal to build a joint missile-defense project as an alternative to the system the United States wants to install in Poland and the Czech Republic.
July 03, 2007
Portuguese Presidency To Focus On Developing World

The new EU presidency believes the bloc has become too preoccupied with Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
June 22, 2007
Germany May Press EU Reform Despite Poland Veto Threat

BRUSSELS, June 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski told reporters in Warsaw tonight that his government is prepared to veto a proposed reform plan to how European Union member states vote within the bloc.
June 20, 2007
EU: Poland Tests Limits Of Bloc's Solidarity

German Chancellor Merkel (left) with Polish Prime Minister Kaczynski in Warsaw in March (epa) BRUSSELS, June 20, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- On the eve of a two-day European Union summit in Brussels, the bloc's quest for a new treaty to improve the bloc's functioning hangs in the balance. Poland says it will block the talks unless it is given more power in EU votes -- and Germany less.
June 18, 2007
Ministers Approve Bloc's Central Asia Strategy

EU foreign ministers have approved the bloc's first-ever strategy for cooperation with Central Asia.
June 15, 2007
Afghanistan: NATO Focuses On Training, Minimizing Civilian Casualties

Afghan Defense Minister General Rahim Wardak (file photo) (epa) BRUSSELS, June 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- NATO defense ministers agreed in Brussels on June 14-15 to step up the training of Afghan security forces and on measures to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan.
June 14, 2007
NATO, Russia Seek Missile-Defense Solution

June 14, 2007 -- NATO officials meeting in Brussels say the United States will continue talks with Poland and the Czech Republic on missile-defense basing.
June 13, 2007
NATO: U.S. Missile Shield, Afghanistan To Dominate Ministerial Meeting

NATO officials have expressed doubts that Azerbaijan's Qabala radar station would a good site (RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, June 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. missile-defense plans for Central Europe and NATO's difficulties in Afghanistan will top the agenda at the alliance's annual meeting of defense ministers, which opens in Brussels on June 14.
June 07, 2007
Turkey: Ankara Seeks To Turn Geography Into Influence

Turkish, Georgian, and Azerbaijani officials at the opening of the BTC pipeline in July 2006 (epa) ISTANBUL, June 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Straddling a promising energy corridor running from east to west, Turkey is keen to turn its geographical position into political capital.
May 30, 2007
Afghanistan: EU Prepares To Launch Police-Training Mission

Afghan police officers in Herat Province (file photo) (AFP) May 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union is preparing to launch a police-assistance mission to train and advise police officers in Afghanistan.
May 24, 2007
Bloc Seeks 'Single Voice' In Dialogue With Russia

Relations with Moscow are increasingly testing Europe's ability to "sing from the same songbook."
May 22, 2007
EU Suspects Political Motives In Russia-Poland Meat Row

(epa) BRUSSELS, May 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The EU's public health commissioner Markos Kyprianou has said that Russia must make clear in its farm-trade row with Poland whether it wants to "find a solution, or to maintain the problem."
May 17, 2007
Bleak Forecast For Summit

The agenda for the EU-Russia summit in Samara on May 18 includes long-standing disagreements over Kosovo, trade bans, and energy politics.
May 16, 2007
Analysis | What's lost in failure to reach strategic partnership?

BRUSSELS, May 16, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Brussels and Moscow have both taken steps to reassure observers that their May 18 summit in the Volga River city of Samara will be cordial, warm, and productive.
May 14, 2007
Little Hope For Summit

EU leaders have expressed little optimism that the upcoming EU-Russia summit in Samara will be able to produce a strategic agreement.
May 14, 2007
German Push Leads EU To Ease Uzbek Sanctions

May 14, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- EU foreign ministers have decided to scale back sanctions against Uzbekistan, imposed over a government crackdown on protesters two years ago.
May 09, 2007
Local Russians Celebrate End Of World War II

Veterans pay their respects amid a controversy over the relocation of a Soviet war memorial.

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