Brussels - The European Union is to put pressure on Moldova not to demand visas from Romanian citizens following the two countries' row over Moldova's election violence, the EU's foreign affairs commissioner said Thursday.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, is "dismayed" by Moldova's decision to demand visas from Romanians, Benita Ferrero-Waldner told journalists in Brussels.
Brussels - The European Union and Ukraine could sign a new strategic deal by the end of the year, bringing Kiev and Brussels even closer on issues such as trade and travel, the EU's foreign-affairs commissioner said in Brussels on Thursday.
"If things do not slow down for political reasons, hopefully we will be done by the end of the year," Benita Ferrero-Waldner told journalists in Brussels.
Brussels - Politicians and donors from around the world gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a conference aimed at raising funds to boost security in Somalia and crack down on the epidemic of piracy in the country's waters.
The Horn of Africa country is widely-regarded as a "failed state", and one of the most dangerous places on earth, with warring militias exerting more power than central government.
Brussels - Russia is welcome to send observers to a set of NATO military exercises in Georgia which have provoked outrage in Moscow, but it has so far shown no interest in doing so, NATO's top spokesman told journalists on Wednesday.
"If Russia chooses to send observers, I think the alliance would look on it quite positively," James Appathurai said in Brussels.
Brussels - NATO could curtail or scrap a planned goodwill visit of a flotilla of warships to Pakistan, Singapore and Australia in a bid to fight pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia, the alliance's spokesman said Wednesday.
NATO currently has four frigates in the Gulf of Aden fighting piracy. They are set to leave the region on Thursday and visit Karachi, Singapore and Perth in a show of diplomatic goodwill, before returning to anti-piracy tasks in late June.
Brussels - Europe's fish stocks are desperately over-fished, and the best solution is to scale back the continent's fishing fleets dramatically, the European Union's executive said Wednesday.
"We need to get out of the current situation, where too many fishing vessels are chasing too few fish," EU Fisheries Commissioner Joe Borg told reporters in Brussels.
Brussels - The European Union is to put pressure on Moldova not to demand visas from Romanian citizens following the two countries' row over Moldova's election violence, the EU's foreign affairs commissioner said Thursday.
Brussels - The European Union and Ukraine could sign a new strategic deal by the end of the year, bringing Kiev and Brussels even closer on issues such as trade and travel, the EU's foreign-affairs commissioner said in Brussels on Thursday.
Brussels - Politicians and donors from around the world gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a conference aimed at raising funds to boost security in Somalia and crack down on the epidemic of piracy in the country's waters.
Brussels - Russia is welcome to send observers to a set of NATO military exercises in Georgia which have provoked outrage in Moscow, but it has so far shown no interest in doing so, NATO's top spokesman told journalists on Wednesday.
Brussels - NATO could curtail or scrap a planned goodwill visit of a flotilla of warships to Pakistan, Singapore and Australia in a bid to fight pirate attacks in the waters off Somalia, the alliance's spokesman said Wednesday.
Brussels - Europe's fish stocks are desperately over-fished, and the best solution is to scale back the continent's fishing fleets dramatically, the European Union's executive said Wednesday.
