EU invites Cuba for talks despite contact freeze
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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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A leading human rights group urged the European Union on Monday not to normalize economic relations with Cuba unless Fidel Castro's communist regime releases dozens of dissidents and introduces legal reforms.
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The European Union held informal  exploratory talks with Cuba on Monday on resuming closer ties  after years of tension over human rights issues, an EU diplomat  said.
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Cuban authorities denied entry to a conservative Spanish politician and two Dutch colleagues hoping to meet with dissidents, Spain's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
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European Union leaders were locked in intense talks on the second day of a summit Friday seeking to break a deadlock with Britain and Poland over a new reform treaty.
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While the Washington debate on US Cuba policy remains stuck on the issue of trade sanctions, the world has not stood still. At a recent meeting sponsored by the Czech government in Prague, a
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European and U.S. security officials were locked in talks in Brussels Monday to replace a passenger data sharing agreement that wasÂ outlawed by a European courtÂ in May.
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Hugo Chavez has made an unannounced visit to Cuba to meet his friend and ally Fidel Castro.
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Europe failed to reach a deal with Iran   on halting nuclear enrichment during talks in Berlin on   Thursday, but progress was made and further discussions will   take place, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said.
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MADRID : A political row erupted after Spain and the Netherlands vehemently protested Cuba&#39;s refusal to grant entry to three parliamentary deputies who had arrived in Havana to meet Cuban dissidents.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union foreign ministers agreed yesterday to restore normal diplomatic relations with the Cuban government while pledging to increase contacts with critics of President Fidel Castro.
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The European Union Monday offered Serbia a political cooperation deal, as Dutch objections held up the signing of a wider-ranging agreement on closer ties.
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Cuba has released five political prisoners, including poet and journalist Raul Rivero, in recent days, in an apparent attempt to improve ties with the European Union.
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Cuba ended a diplomatic deadlock with  eight European Union nations on Monday in response to proposals  by EU officials to stop inviting dissidents to National Day  receptions in Havana.
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Cuba ended a diplomatic deadlock with eight European Union nations on Monday in response to proposals by EU officials to stop inviting dissidents to National Day receptions in Havana.
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The European Union said on Tuesday it  made &quot;substantial progress&quot; in talks with Libya this week to  secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian  doctor held in Libya, but more talks were needed.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with President Fidel Castro and other Cuban leaders Wednesday as the countries worked on re-creating more modest versions of political and economic alliances that unraveled after the Soviet Union's collapse.