Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known ...
EU leaders picked little known Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as Europe's first president with a mission to give the continent a ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union says it finally has the answer to a question long attributed to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger: Who do I call if I want to call Europe? That answer is simple. The secretary of ...
Several hundred people including Islamists demonstrated in Morocco's northern city of Tangiers on Thursday against the presence of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni. The demonstrators, 250 according to police, 1,000 according to the organisers, condemned Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories ...
EU leaders chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy Thursday as the European Union's first president, diplomats said, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. Britain's change of heart, backing its current EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton for the new post ...
Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy emerged Thursday as a near certain choice to become the European Union's first president after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. The move left Van Rompuy and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as the only ...
Diplomats say EU leaders chose unknown Belgian for new full-time president post Diplomats say EU leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy to become the bloc's first full-time president. Envoys added that the 27 leaders have also ...
European leaders gathered on Thursday to choose a first-ever EU president with little sign of consensus, amid fears they could miss a historic opportunity to boost the bloc's clout on the world stage. At a working dinner, shaping up as all night ...
Obama says envoy will go to North Korea in early December for bilateral talks President Barack Obama says his envoy on North Korea will travel to the country early next month for the first bilateral talks with the communist regime since he ...
FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses the media in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) Copyright 2009 AP News
EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter. Sweden, current holder of the rotating European Union presidency, is ...
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt appealed Wednesday for a new effort by EU leaders to agree the name of the first president of the revamped European Union. At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, the 27 heads of state and government want ...
