Cuba Announces Formal Ties With All of EU
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Cuba said Monday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the firing-squad executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Monday to invite a Cuban delegation to Brussels to  explore the scope for a gradual thaw in ties but chose not to  end a four-year-old freeze in contacts.
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European Union leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon on Thursday to reform the bloc's institutions and give it stronger leadership, marking the end of a difficult process that has lasted nearly a decade.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro scoffed at moves by the European Union to offer improved ties with the communist country based on its human rights record, and said Cuba does not need Europe.
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Spain and Germany signed an agreement Monday to exchange lists of suspected terrorists.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 18 Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment
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Hundreds of flag-waving people rallied in Cuba's capital on Tuesday to publicly declare their support for ailing leader Fidel Castro, as assurances he was recovering began to ease Cubans' worries about their long-ruling leader.
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Cuba restores contacts with eight EU embassies in Havana, ending a bitter row over "dissident cocktail wars".
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The European Union is considering a  shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking  terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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The Cuban government announced it was renewing diplomatic contacts with eight European Union countries that have stopped inviting dissidents to official embassy functions.
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Havana ends its "cocktail wars" with Brussels, resuming ties with the EU and four of its member states.
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European Union ambassadors approved  a last-minute deal clinched on Friday with the United States on  the transfer of personal data on transatlantic air passengers  to U.S. authorities to help combat terrorism, an EU presidency  spokesman said.
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China News, HAVANA - Chinaâs President Hu Jintao arrived in Cuba on Monday on his first visit as Chinese leader to offer the Western Hemisphereâs only communist state closer political and economic ties.
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European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana wrote on Wednesday to the incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai congratulating him on his victory in the firstdirect presidential elections in Afghanistan.
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HAVANA, Sep 29 (IPS) - Several agreements designed to bolster bilateral  trade have breathed new life into relations between Cuba and  Russia, in which the pragmatism of business has replaced the  ideological affinities of the past.
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The European Union is considering a shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's departure opens the way for a peaceful transition to democracy on the island state, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official spokesman said Tuesday.