EU signs deal with supplier nations in bid to reduce energy dependence on RussiaPRAGUE — The European Union is seeking to reduce its energy dependence on Russia at a conference meant to lock in supply commitments from eight southern gas producing nations. European Union tries to draw ex-Soviet republics closer into EU orbit with Prague summitPRAGUE — Despite deep Russian misgivings, the European Union and six former Soviet republics formally agreed on Thursday to pursue a new partnership meant to draw the eastern nations closer into the EU orbit. EU, Canada to start talks on free trade agreement, Canada to defend right to seal huntPRAGUE — The European Union and Canada delayed the signing of a deal Wednesday to open their aviation markets to each other — for procedural reasons, an official said — as strains over a new EU ban on seal products intensified. EU, Canada to sign deal to open aviation markets, start talks on free trade agreementPRAGUE — The European Union and Canada were expected to sign a deal Wednesday that would open their aviation markets to each other and begin free trade negotiations, despite strains over a new EU ban on seal products. Czech official expects some Guantanamo detainees will come to EuropePRAGUE — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asked European officials Tuesday to accept some freed Guantanamo Bay detainees, and one government official at the meeting predicted he’ll get his wish. Meeting with a number of European officials to update extradition and legal cooperation treaties, Holder asked for their help in closing the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. US attorney general hails progress on extradition, legal treaties with EuropePRAGUE — U.S. and European investigators will move more quickly to catch and prosecute international terrorists, drug dealers and child pornographers under new agreements to be sealed Tuesday. Belarus leader takes advantage of end of 10-year EU travel ban, visits Italy, sees popeROME — Belarus’ authoritarian president met with the pope Monday on his first trip to Western Europe since the European Union lifted a travel ban imposed a decade ago over his dismal human rights record. Detained former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke ordered to leave Czech RepublicPRAGUE — Czech authorities have released former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke from detention and ordered him to leave the country. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke detained in Prague on suspicion of Holocaust denialPRAGUE — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke was detained by police in the Czech Republic on Friday on suspicion of denying the Holocaust. 26 injured in scramble for money vouchers in Czech RepublicPRAGUE - Twenty-six people were injured as a crowd scrambled for money vouchers being distributed by a local radio station in southern Czech Republic, officials said Wednesday. Obama urges UN to punish North Korea for missile launchPRAGUE - US President Barack Obama has said that North Korea violated international rules when it tested a rocket capable of sending weapons at long range, and called on the UN Security Council to take action, a media report said. Obama gives vision of a non-nuclear worldPRAGUE - US President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious plan to rid the world of atomic weapons in Prague Sunday, evoking his successful election campaign slogan of ‘Yes, We Can’ to call for world action to face up to the nuclear threat. Of Coke and Communists: memories of the Iron CurtainPRAGUE - Ask a citizen of the former Communist world what they longed for most before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the answer may well surprise you: not ‘Capitalism’ but ‘Coca-Cola’. Heavy metal song behind EU-US ‘road to hell’ spatPRAGUE - Mirek Topolanek, the Czech Republic’s premier, has conceded that his ill-timed remark suggesting that the US measures to battle the global economic crisis would lead to ‘a road to hell’ were inspired by heavy metal band AC/DC. Domino effect of resistance toppled Eastern European regimesBERLIN/WARSAW/BUDAPEST/PRAGUE - When the world marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism this year, attention will focus on the Berlin Wall, a potent symbol of that system. Qureshi says US drone strikes are causing “alienation” in PakPRAGUE - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that US drone strikes are causing “alienation” within his country. Train-bus collision kills 10 in SlovakiaPRAGUE - At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured Saturday when a train collided with a bus carrying 35 people at a railway crossing in central Slovakia. Russian gas from Ukraine reaches Czech RepublicPRAGUE - Russian natural gas flowing via Ukraine has reached the Czech Republic, nearly two weeks after a shutdown of supplies forced the country to tap its underground reserves, a gas importer said. Computer bugs bite the EU’s Big BrotherPRAGUE - Big Brother would like to watch you. But he can’t, because his computer has crashed. EU struggles to save new security databasePRAGUE - The European Union’s plan for a new database to monitor the fingerprints and photographs of people entering the bloc is so far behind schedule that a crisis is looming, an EU interior ministers meeting in Prague said Thursday. Medvedev rescinds agreement on gas monitorsMOSCOW/PRAGUE - Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has rescinded a European Union (EU)-brokered accord for monitors to measure gas flow to Europe, citing changes by Ukraine. Ukraine to sign fresh accord on gas monitorsMOSCOW/PRAGUE/BRUSSELS - Ukraine has agreed to sign a fresh accord for monitors to measure gas flow to Europe, minus the declaration that led Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to rescind the agreement, the European Commission said Monday. EU repeats calls for ceasefire in GazaPRAGUE - The European Union (EU) Thursday repeated its call for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East after a UN driver bringing aid to Gaza was killed in Israeli fire. Czech Republic takes over EU chair amid crisisPRAGUE - The Czech Republic assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) Thursday, nearly two decades after communism collapsed in the central European country of 10 million. EU urges Russia, Ukraine to return to negotiating tablePRAGUE - The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU) and its Czech presidency Thursday urged both Russia and Ukraine to return to the negotiating table and reach a deal so that ‘gas supplies to the EU are not affected’. |
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