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• December 11, 2006

  Turkey May Face Setback In EU Accession Talks

  BRUSSELS, December 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss Turkey's progress toward meeting the bloc's demands it recognize member state Cyprus.

• December 05, 2006

  U.S., Russia Clash Over Future

  An Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ministerial meeting threw into sharp relief divisions over the organization’s future.

• December 04, 2006

  Nazarbaev Talks Energy, OSCE With EU

  BRUSSELS, December 4, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The main focus of the Kazakh president's visit to Brussels has been energy.

• November 29, 2006

  Riga Summit Stresses Afghan 'Progress'

  NATO has sent an upbeat message on the alliance's first-ever mission outside Europe.

• November 28, 2006

  NATO: Afghanistan's Fate Intertwined With Alliance

  Drug trafficking is one of the problems NATO must deal with in Afghanistan (AFP) RIGA, November 28, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A high-level conference organized by the German Marshall Fund ahead of the formal start of the two-day NATO summit in Riga today highlighted the extent to which Afghanistan's future remains intertwined with the alliance for the foreseeable future.

• November 24, 2006

  Walking A Tightrope Toward The West

  Despite pressure from Russia, Tbilisi says EU and NATO membership remain its "primary focus."

• November 23, 2006

  Russia Summit Tests Bloc's Unity

  Renewing its partnership accord with Russia is proving to be a severe test of unity for the European Union.

• November 22, 2006

  Making The Best Of A Difficult Neighborhood

  Caught politically between Russia and the West, Yerevan is trying to achieve a balancing act and continue growth as an export economy.

• November 21, 2006

  Coping With The Oil Windfall

  The minute you arrive in Baku, you can smell the oil. But this is an economy in transition and its future demands diversification.

• November 09, 2006

  Uzbekistan: 'Channels Of Communication' Key In EU Sanctions Debate

  BRUSSELS, November 9, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Ambassadors from the 25 EU member states met today in Brussels to discuss the future of sanctions the bloc imposed on Uzbekistan after the May 2005 Andijon killings.

• November 08, 2006

  EU Inches Toward Easing Andijon Sanctions

  After a meeting of EU and Uzbek officials in Brussels, EU representatives said a decision will be made within a week.

• November 07, 2006

  EU Taking Note Of Baku's Strength

  A confident Azerbaijani president visits Brussels to sign a deal marking a new stage in a key strategic relationship.

• November 07, 2006

  EU: Activists Urge No Letup In Uzbek Sanctions

  HRW's researcher in Uzbekistan said prisoners are treated "like dogs" (RFE/RL) BRUSSELS, November 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S.-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW), one of the few Western nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with representatives working in Uzbekistan, warned on November 6 that the EU will be making a major error if it decides to relax or abandon the sanctions in place against the country.

• October 31, 2006

  Talking Free Trade, Conflict Resolution

  A Georgian minister says his most important discussions in Brussels concerned the possibility of establishing free trade with the EU.

• October 27, 2006

  EU Set To Ease Pressure On Uzbekistan

  BRUSSELS, October 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The European Union has announced that its call for a special meeting with Uzbek officials to decide whether to extend sanctions that followed a bloody crackdown in eastern Uzbekistan. Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on October 26, EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said the meeting will clarify the Uzbek stance and provide a forum for registering EU discontent.

• October 26, 2006

  Kyiv Steps Up Drive For EU Membership

  Kyiv has reignited the controversy over its potential membership aspirations of the bloc ahead of an EU-Ukraine summit.

• October 25, 2006

  For Brussels, Not All Frozen Conflicts Are Alike

  During an EU parliament session today, the bloc sent distinctly different messages on Transdniester and the breakaway regions of Georgia.

• October 21, 2006

  Energy Talks With Putin End Inconclusively

  EU leaders presented a united front in their talks with the Russian president, but he did not yield any ground.

• October 17, 2006

  EU Criticizes Russia

  EU ministers have shown "total unanimity" in an unusually sharp criticism of Russia's actions against Georgia.

• October 13, 2006

  EU Set To Criticize Moscow Over Georgia

  October 13, 2006 -- The European Union is set to voice "grave concern" over Russia's economic blockade on Georgia and its recent mass expulsion of Georgians.

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