EuropeanVoice.com April 8, 2010 The European Union’s Lisbon treaty is to be revised by an intergovernmental conference (IGC), it was decided this week, a mere four months after the treaty came into force. more
The Guardian April 8, 2010 Within a short space of time, the relationship between President Hamid Karzai and his US and UN backers has plummeted. Soon after Barack Obama’s flying visit to Kabul, Mr Karzai told a meeting of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) – misnamed because it is packed with Karzai loyalists – that […]
The New York Times April 8, 2010 PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia signed a nuclear arms control treaty on Thursday and opened what they hoped would be a new era in the tumultuous relationship between two former cold war adversaries. more
Euractiv.com April 7, 2010 Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov told EurActiv yesterday (6 April) that his country welcomed recent proposals by the new government in Kiev for a “three-sided” plan to modernise Ukraine’s gas pipeline network, with Moscow’s involvement. more
EuropeanVoice.com April 7, 2010 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and US President Barack Obama will sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) in Prague on Thursday, 8 April. That agreement is an historic achievement, and an inspiration for further progress in global arms control. But at the same time, here and now, we must also […]