EU wants a Middle East free of WMDs
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The European Union called Thursday for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, responding to recent comments by the Israeli prime minister that have been interpreted as acknowledging his country has a nuclear arsenal.
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The top U.S. missile defense official is  in Europe this week to try to convince skeptics like Germany  that the plan will not provoke a new arms race between the West  and Russia, U.S. and European officials said.
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"Decisions that have consequences for all of Europe must not be allowed to undermine European unity"  A senior Council of Europe official warned Monday that U.S. plans for a missile defense system based in eastern Europe could undermine the continent's unity.The Czech Republic has agreed to start negotiations on building a radar base southwest of Prague, while Poland is considering a proposal to host interceptor missiles.'The proposals to base part of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic risk creating new tensions,' said Dutch Senator Rene van der Linden, who chairs the Parliamentary Assembly of the 46-nation Council of Europe. Read more
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The top U.S. missile defense official is in Europe this week to try to convince skeptics like Germany that the plan will not provoke a new arms race between the West and Russia, U.S. and European officials said.
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Germany's foreign minister on Monday called for a calm debate within the European Union, the NATO alliance and with Russia on U.S. plans to develop an anti-missile shield in Europe.Comment
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The European Union has agreed in principle to lift an 18 year arms embargo on Tripoli. The European bloc has bowed to pressure from Italy which wants to help the former pariah state fight illegal immigration.
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A study commissioned by the EU calls for a major rethink of security within its borders and beyond.
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Negotiations with Turkey over possible membership of the European Union could help make Europe a safer place, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said in an interview to be published Monday.
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Eurocrats, terrorists vie for techno-dunce supremacy The European Commission (EC) has announced plans to frustrate terrorism by suppressing online guides on bomb-making.â¦
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Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Aladdin Borujerdi said on Monday that the European Union should understand that it can not talk to Iran with the language of force or threaten to ...
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister urged Europe on Thursday to lay aside qualms over the US-led invasion of Iraq and join forces in the rebuilding effort.
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The European Union condemned on Friday  the detention of terrorism suspects by the United States in  secret overseas prisons, whose existence U.S. President George  Bush first acknowledged last week.
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Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder warns plans for a European anti-missile system in the Czech Republic and Poland may trigger a new arms race.Comment
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The European Union on Monday opens two days of talks with Israel and its Arab neighbors to take stock of fresh chances for Mideast peace less than three weeks after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Europe Tuesday to put aside differences over the Iraq war and open a new chapter in relations with the United States to help it spread democracy worldwide.
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Tehran, Oct. 21 (NNN): European states are to offer Iran a final chance to provide assurances that its nuclear energy programme is not aimed at acquiring weapons.
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BRUSSELS, Jul 25 (IPS) - The European Union's foreign policy supremo  Javier Solana this week declared himself "fully behind"  the call for an international conference on the Middle East made  recently by U.S. President George W. Bush. But is it time for the  EU to cease being guided on the Israeli-Palestinian question by  the United States, which as the main supplier of weapons to the  Israeli military is partisan by definition?