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NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday affirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile defenses in Europe despite Russia's strong opposition.
NATO is unlikely to follow the European Union in quickly re-establishing contacts with Russia that were suspended after the war in Georgia, senior U.S. officials said Friday.
The European Union announced Friday the resumption of partnership talks with Russia that had been put on hold over the war in Georgia, a move Washington and other critics view as bowing to Russian aggression.
The European Union ordered Polish authorities to recover subsidies pumped into two ailing shipbuilding companies Thursday, effectively forcing the privatization of the Baltic yards which were in the forefront of the country's struggle against Communism in the 1980s.
Travelers passing through airports in the European Union have one less issue to worry about — they won't be subject to full body scanners just yet.
China's government reacted angrily Thursday to the European Parliament's decision to give its top human rights prize to jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia, with Beijing calling him a criminal and the award interference.
EU lawmakers have joined U.S. civil liberty campaigners in criticizing a new scanner that allows airport security to see through passengers' clothes, calling it a virtual strip search that should only be used as a last resort.
Leaders of the 27-nation European Union pledged Thursday they will stick to a pricey plan for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, saying the recent meltdown of financial markets must not deter efforts to combat global warming.
NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to US$100 million (euro74 million) a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters.
A leading Iranian nuclear envoy on Thursday suggested the country could reconsider its uranium enrichment program if it gets cast-iron guarantees of regular international fuel supplies for its nuclear power plants.
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Wednesday he accepts a reduction of Turkey's military contingent but that his side will still need security guarantees from Ankara as part of a deal to unite the divided island.
NATO pulled its punches against Russia on Tuesday, suspending formal contacts as punishment for the Georgia invasion but bucking U.S. pressure for more severe penalties.
The wording in a cease-fire agreement between Russia and Georgia may have given Russians a loophole to send their troops into points into the former Soviet republic and continue their action there.
European Union foreign ministers agreed to consider sending a mission to monitor a fragile peace deal between Russia and Georgia — but were divided Wednesday over whether to punish Moscow for taking military action against its ex-Soviet neighbor.
At the National Botanical Gardens, office windows are cracked, doors are broken and two greenhouses have collapsed in recent years.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday defended his decision to attend the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing, saying it would be wrong to "humiliate" China with a boycott.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted Thursday that the European Union will not be able to take in new members without the treaty that Irish voters rejected last month.
European Union leaders will threaten authorities in Zimbabwe with more sanctions Friday amid reports of escalating violence against the opposition before next week's presidential election, a draft EU statement says.
Britain's drive for tighter EU sanctions against Iran's oil and gas sector slowed Thursday as European diplomats — facing consumer protests over soaring fuel prices — said any new measures in that area were unlikely for months.
NATO nations agreed Thursday to broaden their peacekeeping mission in Kosovo to include training for the newly independent nation's security forces.
European Union defense ministers agreed Monday to keep the bloc's 2,500 peacekeepers in Bosnia, citing concern that tensions in Kosovo could spill over into other parts of the Balkans.
NATO said Thursday that it will expand its mission to train and equip the Iraqi army, which is struggling with problems that include weak leadership, rundown infrastructure and low troop morale.
The United Nations should take a bigger role in Afghanistan and work harder with NATO to boost efforts to stabilize the country, new U.N. envoy Kai Eide said Thursday.
NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.
NATO leaders risk enflaming tensions in the Black Sea region if they bow to Russian pressure and reject the membership aspirations of Georgia and Ukraine, Georgia's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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