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While France is embarking on a long journey to heal its wounds after the Friday terrorist onslaught that traumatized the country, the whole world is continuing expressing solidarity with the European State and condemning the outrageous attempt that left 132 people dead and more than 350 wounded, the highest casualties ever in a terror assault […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel openly announced Wednesday that she is still opposed to Turkey’s EU membership despite the EU calling on Ankara for help to ease the refugee crisis putting the European bloc into difficult situation. Merkel has so far been cautious about opposing overtly Ankara but she spat her disdain about the Turkish regime […]
The European Union members largely agreed in Brussels on Monday to carry out military actions against migrant smugglers networks which operate from Libya. Gathered in Brussels, EU ministers of the interior agreed to move to the second phase of EU’s counter-illegal migration strategy adopted in July. The EU interior ministers deemed that “the conditions to […]
Fifteen religious leaders from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Mormon communities held on Tuesday in Brussels the European Commission-sponsored annual high-level meeting that was devoted this year to discussing the topic “Living together and disagreeing well.” This inter-religious meeting, the eleventh in the series of meetings launched by the Commission in 2005, is all […]
Libya’s ambassador to the U.N Ibrahim Dabbashi has stressed that the European Union (E.U) must only deal with the internationally recognized government in Tobruk if it wants a Security Council resolution to use force against illegal migration and human smugglers in the country’s land and territorial maritime waters. The Tobruk based government has been in […]
The EU’s defense ministers are to discuss next week the call for the Union to consider equipping African armies. This highly controversial idea that was put forward by a group of countries led by Germany is likely to trigger a sharp debate within and between the EU’s institutions. Proponents of the idea argue that the […]
Libya will be receiving technical advice and training from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in response to a request made by its Prime Minister in May. NATO will be helping Libya to organize and establish a well-structured security team to replace its many militias which tend to have an ever growing influence and authority […]
The European Union has made a contribution of approximately €20.8 million to the payment of February’s salaries and pensions of almost 82,000 Palestinian civil servants and pensioners in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and called on all other donors to provide their promised financial support to the PA, a press release announced on […]
The European Commission has approved two new cooperation programs worth € 45 million destined to help Algeria modernize its public administration and diversify its economy. The first program worth 15 million Euros will support the efforts made by the Algerian authorities for the diversification of their economy which remains heavily dependent on oil and gas […]
Tunisia has gained the European Union advanced status, becoming the 2nd North African country after Morocco to obtain such a title, the status of a privileged partner with the EU. The decision was made during the Tunisia-European Union (EU) Association Council’s 9th session held lately in Brussels. Tunisia has requested last March an EU advanced […]