Putin, EU leaders to meet amid disputes
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Union leaders were to hold a summit on Friday at which hosts Portugal intended to patch up relations with Moscow despite brewing disputes.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will Friday meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G8 summit, with tensions between the two countries at a post-Soviet low.
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Russia warned NATO on Tuesday against policies that could destabilise security in Europe, but both sides agreed to continue talks on deep divisions between the former Cold War foes.
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Dailies in Germany are interested in Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Putin. Their Russian counterparts continue to ponder events in Ukraine, and Turkey's bid for EU membership puts in yet another appearance.
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BRUSSELS  - EU leaders were set to resume talks on the details of a landmark offer to launch membership talks with Turkey, with the vexed issue of Cyprus clouding the historic decision.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly to The Netherlands to meet European leaders later this month, Interfax news agency said Thursday.
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The sensitive issue of energy supplies is to feature in a renewed pact between Moscow and the European Union, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said ahead of a meeting with top officials from the bloc.
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In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the U.N. Security Council.
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25 November 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has started meeting with European Union leaders today in the Netherlands. Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who holds the rotating EU Presidency
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European Union leaders meet in Brussels this week to decide whether to open talks with Turkey on its controversial bid to join the bloc.
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A European Union summit with Ukrainian leaders will discuss progress made on democratic reforms,
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EU leaders meet in Brussels amid battles over a bid to create a European government with a permanent president and its own diplomatic corps.
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Tuesday's meeting of the Finnish and Russian presidents touched upon a number of issues concerning relations between the two countries.
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"Politicians have to know how to respond to current uncertainties and tensions in the world. Nothing would contribute more to peace in the world than a good, stable and lasting relationship between the EU and Russia"  By Jeff MasonMAFRA, Portugal  - Russian President Vladimir Putin sparred with European Union leaders on Friday over EU plans to limit foreign investment in its energy markets and Russia's stalled bid to join the World Trade Organization.One EU source called the talks "tough, frank" and described the players as "still trying to make each other hear the other."Putin, in his final EU summit as president, took a swipe at proposals from Brussels that could prevent gas monopoly Gazprom from buying up power grids and pipelines while the 27-nation bloc revamps its gas and electricity markets. Read more
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The prime ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met Monday for talks on the European Union and NATO and improving transportation and trade ties between themselves and their neighbors, including Russia.
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EU leaders are set to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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Ukraine's outgoing president will meet Friday with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko in the presence of Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and European envoys in a bid to solve a political crisis over the country's disputed election, a European Union official said.