ReutersJanuary 15, 2009 The European Union’s top business group said on Thursday the escalation of a trade row between the 27-nation bloc and the United States was “unfortunate at a time of economic difficulty. more
Financial Times January 15, 2009 Valdas Adamkus, the Lithuanian president, on Thursday urged the west to respond to Russia’s heavy-handed tactics in the ongoing gas dispute by throwing open the door to Ukrainian membership in the European Union, Nato and the trans-Atlantic alliance. more
International Herald Tribune January 15, 2009 More than a week after the European Union put its credibility on the line by intervening in an energy dispute between Russia and Ukraine, the diplomatic gamble has failed to get the gas flowing – damaging the prestige of the 27-nation bloc in the process. more
The Guardian January 14, 2009 John Hutton, the defence secretary, will tomorrow accuse Britain’s European allies of “freeloading” on the back of the US, and claim that if they fail to contribute more to Nato operations – in Afghanistan in particular – the entire western security alliance will be at stake. more
Associated PressJanuary 13, 2009 The U.S. State Department on Tuesday flatly rejected an assertion by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel that he had caused the Bush administration to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza last week and that the abstention had embarrassed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice more