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• May 08, 2007

  Estonia | War anniversary exacerbates ethnic divisions

  TALLINN, May 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Estonia today marks the end of World War II in Europe with a Memorial Day for all its victims.

• May 02, 2007

  EU: European Officials Intervene In Russian-Estonian Dispute

  Russian activists speak to the media after disrupting a speech by Estonia's ambassador today (ITAR-TASS) BRUSSELS, May 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union today called on Russia to guarantee the safety of Estonian diplomats on its territory as the two countries continued their standoff over a contentious Soviet war monument.

• April 28, 2007

  Kabul's Record Criticized

  Some international officials had questions for Afghanistan's government at an international conference in Brussels.

• April 26, 2007

  EU: Russia, Iran Expected To Top Agenda At EU-U.S. Summit

  Russian law enforcement is increasingly meeting opposition with force (AFP) BRUSSELS, April 26, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Concerns over Russia's democratic record will be on the agenda of the twice-yearly U.S.-EU summit -- where, in the words of one senior EU official Russia now occupies a "prominent" place.

• April 25, 2007

  NATO: Afghanistan, Missile Defense Top Meeting Agenda

  Turkish soldiers in the NATO-led mission in Kabul (file photo) (epa) BRUSSELS, April 25, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- NATO foreign ministers will attempt to look beyond military solutions in Afghanistan at their informal meeting in Oslo on April 26-27, according to an alliance official.

• April 24, 2007

  EU Relations With Russia Turning Frosty

  LUXEMBOURG, April 24, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Senior EU officials are acknowledging that the EU-Russia summit next month could founder over a Russian import ban on Polish meat.

• April 23, 2007

  Ministers Discuss Strategy For Central Asia

  Some are concerned that the EU's desire for access to Central Asian energy could lead to the bloc's overlooking human rights abuses.

• April 20, 2007

  Central Asia Strategy Could Shape Uzbekistan Policy

  Some are concerned that the EU's desire for access to Central Asian energy could lead to the bloc's overlooking human rights abuses.

• April 11, 2007

  EU: European Commission Seeking To 'Add Value' To Black Sea Cooperation

  (RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, April 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Commission today unveiled plans for a new strategy to improve the EU's cooperation with countries in the Black Sea region.

• March 30, 2007

  Breathing Life Into The Neighborhood Policy

  The European Commission has identified two key areas in its efforts to revitalize the European Neighborhood Policy.

• March 30, 2007

  EU: Experts Warn Europe Must Hurry To Secure Energy Supplies

  (ITAR-TASS) BRUSSELS, March 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union has said diversifying energy supplies and transit routes is one of its most urgent priorities.

• March 27, 2007

  EU Takes Its Case To Astana

  A high-level EU delegation is in Kazakhstan to discuss the bloc's relations with the entire region.

• March 22, 2007

  Malaise | Has the EU lost its momentum?

  BRUSSELS, March 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- With the European Union's first half-century drawing to a close, few are in a mood to celebrate, despite a long list of achievements. Paradoxically, one of the EU's biggest successes -- enlargement -- has led to deep divisions within the bloc over its future course.

• March 20, 2007

  Baku Urges EU To Reject Kosovo Precedent

  A senior official is in Brussels to explain why Kosovo should not be seen as a model for the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute.

• March 20, 2007

  Expansion | Europe ponders where its borders lie

  BRUSSELS, March 20, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- European Union enlargement officials are trying salvage what they can from a situation that could potentially sour relations with many important neighbors.

• March 09, 2007

  EU Summit Backs Carbon-Dioxide Cut

  March 9, 2007 -- European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels have agreed on a package of binding measures to combat global warming.

• March 07, 2007

  EU | Summit focuses on energy security

  BRUSSELS, March 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union's two-day spring summit, due to begin in Brussels on March 8, will focus on the bloc's energy concerns.

• March 05, 2007

  EU Gets Promises From Tashkent

  Germany's foreign minister says Uzbekistan might be prepared to meet some of the EU's human rights demands.

• March 02, 2007

  Uzbekistan: Amnesty Presses For Concrete Demands On Human Rights

  Andijon, May 2005: Rights groups insist the casualties keep coming (RFE/RL) March 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Critics of Uzbekistan's human rights record appear to have won a minor victory this week. A leaked EU draft declaration suggests the bloc will put off a planned review of its sanctions against Tashkent until May.

• February 28, 2007

  Uzbekistan: Rights Activists Call For Continued EU Sanctions

  Activists say many Uzbeks are jailed and even executed for practicing their religion (file photo) (RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, February 28, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Human rights groups are sounding the alarm ahead of a meeting on March 5 at which EU foreign ministers will review sanctions against Uzbekistan, which were imposed after government troops brutally suppressed a demonstration in the eastern Uzbek city of Andijon in 2005.

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