EU president wants to avoid UK-Russia row damage
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The European Union regrets Russia&#39;s  refusal to extradite a murder suspect to Britain but wants to  prevent the standoff further damaging already strained  EU-Russia relations, an EU presidency official said on Friday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that European Union leaders should avoid &quot;a historic mistake&quot; when they discuss Turkey's membership bid next week.
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The European Union will try to avert a  damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers  debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of  independence by the breakaway Serbian province.
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin went &quot;too far&quot; in a warning to the West not to adopt a colonial attitude toward Ukraine&#39;s election wrangle, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Wednesday of "consequences" for the European Union's political and trade relations with neighboring Ukraine if the government there does not allow a full review of contested presidential election results.
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PRAGUE, June 5 -- President Bush sought to assuage Russian concerns about U.S. plans for a Europe-based anti-missile system Tuesday, restating his position that the project is aimed at rogue regimes that could launch an attack on Europe.
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European Union foreign ministers appealed Friday for calm and expressed solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin after a school hostage crisis came to a violent end.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia threatened to point Russian missiles at Europe if the U.S. builds its missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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EU leaders, meeting in Brussels on today, criticized Ukraine for its recent presidential election and urged the government to ensure that the 21 November runoff is free and fair.
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The events in Ukraine have revealed serious problems in relations between Russia and the European Union. It has become obvious that declarations about building a single European home, about unified spaces
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New EU member states must not be sidelined say Tony Blair and his Hungarian counterpart.
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Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has been trying to defuse a row over a European Union statement on Russia&#39;s handling of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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The European Union presidency on Friday cautioned against an early decision to impose economic and other sanctions against Iran, saying that "for the EU, diplomacy remains the Number One way forward."
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The European Union and Russia urged Ukraine leaders Thursday to find a nonviolent solution to the election standoff gripping the former Soviet republic.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday called on his fellow European Union leaders to end wrangling over a new EU treaty and concentrate on the bloc's future.
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EU external relations commissioner Chris Patten warned Wednesday that Russian authorities should do more than simply bolstering the powers of the Kremlin in response to the Beslan tragedy.
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President Vladimir Putin said in a veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic ...Comment