Asia Bibi thanks EU’s Figel in her first live message from exile
“I want to thank an angel, a person who helped me from my imprisonment until now: that person is Jan Figel, the EU’s special envoy for Religious Freedom,” says Asia…
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Tensions in Mediterranean increase over drilling by Turkey
By staff writer Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean have increased after the European Union responded with the threat of sanctions, if Turkey goes ahead with plans to start drilling for…
EU to fund €50 million programme to support Libyan Ministry of Local Government
The European Union, Italy, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have met in Tripoli for the second meeting of the Steering Committee of…
Why the European Union should tread softly on defence
PARIS — Whether by design or coincidence, the European Union’s nascent involvement in defence coincides neatly with the decline in its popularity in its member states. A cynic would say…