Council of the European Union

New EU chief good for ties with China

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attends a press conference after an EU summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Nov. 19, 2009. Van Rompuy was elected the first full-time EU President...

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A Puzzle for Our Time

Critics of the EU’s mild policy on Uzbekistan say it’s the Karimov regime that’s running the show, not the West. But the move also must have dismayed critics of the EU’s relationship with Uzbekistan, who had hoped for something...

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Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest ra...

November 2009 Operational issues Rating requirements for asset-backed securities in Eurosystem credit operations The Governing Council has decided to amend the rating requirements for asset-backed securities (ABSs). The...

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Report: Government Spins Media Over “Name”

Recent Macedonian media reports that Athens has radicalized its position in the name talks with Skopje are false, unnamed high ranking Brussels diplomats told local media on Thursday. The European Commission chief Jose Manuel...

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Candidacy application in mid-December?

Serbia is planning to submit its EU candidacy after the meeting of the EU Council of Ministers on December 10. This is when the Interim Trade Agreement, a part of the suspended SAA between Belgrade and Brussels, is expected to...

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Belgian PM Van Rompuy chosen as EU president, Britain's Ashton as foreign policy chief

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attends a press conference after an EU summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Nov. 19, 2009. Van Rompuy was elected the first full-time EU President...

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Dinner vacancies: president EU council, high representative foreign affairs

Tony Blair? (or David Miliband?) Herman van Rompuy? Peter Balkenende...? The culmination of a long, outdrawn and rather undemocratic process that is shaping the future of Europe is nigh; 19 November, to be precise

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Financial Sanctions: Iran

This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against Iran. The Treasury advises that following publication of Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2009 in the Official Journal of the European Union, on 18...

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Bank Data Transfer to US about to be stopped

The Swedish EU presidency and the United States government have finalized a draft agreement on bank data transfer for anti-terrorism purposes in mid-November. While the negotiations over the so-called "SWIFT agreement" were...

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A summit with focus on climate change

Swedish Presidency of the European Union A summit with focus on climate change The twenty-fourth EU-Russia Summit took place in Stockholm on 18 November 2009 under the Swedish Presidency of the EU Council. The EU and Russia...

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