EU Foreign Policy

Member of Hamas' political bureau, Ezzat al-Reshq, said on Monday night that the remarks by the head of the EU's foreign policy, Catherine Ashton, regarding the Palestinian hunger strikers...

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for asking EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton not to issue a statement which is critical of settlements....

The EU decision to boycott Israeli settlements is expected to take effect on the ground on Friday and has aroused outrageous comments by Israeli officials. According to the decision,...

Israel's deputy Foreign Minister, Zeev Elkin, has said that his country and the EU would continue to drift apart if they don't find a compromise solution on the new...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the European Union's opposition to Israel building or expanding settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. He is said to be...

A delegation of senior African officials headed by former Mali president Alpha Oumar Konaré has met the ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi at the secret location where he is...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton completed a two-hour visit to the deposed Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi, on Monday afternoon at an unknown location.   Ashton, who met Egyptian...

VIDEO Egyptian Salvation Front spokesman, Azzazi Ali Azzazi, has said that the EU foreign policy chief Catharine Ashton is an overseas spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood. Speaking to local...

The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Egypt says that its meeting with Cathy Ashton was an opportunity to exchange views, "but no new initiative was proposed" by the...

Libyan officials charged with preventing illegal migration have revealed that the administration has deported more than 30,000 illegal migrants out of the 40,000 who were arrested in 2013. Most...

A Swedish citizen imprisoned at a Cairo prison called on the Swedish prime minister and Cairo's ambassador to intervene to free him from his unjust imprisonment. In a leaked...

Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni warned on Monday that Israel might face a European economic boycott if it does not make progress in the peace process with the Palestinians,...

The European Union (EU) have drafted a decision, that was endorsed by 27 countries, to put a commercial label on the products of Israeli settlements in the West Bank...

The European Union is to start treating Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as separate from Israel and exclude them from all kinds of cooperation. According to Tuesday's...

The Settlements Council has called on the Israeli government to stop all ongoing European projects in the West Bank until the European Union reverses its decision to prohibit all...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton's meeting with deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, was due to take place in secret, chief editor of Middle East News Agency, Abdul-Wahed Ashour, has...

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad Al-Haddad, said he accompanied the EU envoy, Bernardino Lion, to Rabaa Al-Addawiyya to verify whether or not there were weapons hidden by pro-Morsi supporters. Speaking...

Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering a boycott of the EU Research and Development Horizon 2020 programme. The move is being seen as a possible response to Europe's...

In the wake of the EU decision to boycott Israel's settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli scientists and research institutes have warned that cutting academic ties with the...

In a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catharine Ashton on Monday, the National Alliance against the military coup asserted the need to regain constitutional legitimacy by reinstating the...

Sources in Egypt claim that ousted President Mohamed Morsi told EU Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton that he holds European and American support for the coup which removed him...

Reuters have reported that Israel has asked the European Union to rethink its plans to impose sanctions on Israeli organisations based in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, a step that...

Tzipi Livni has told Germany's Foreign Minister that it is none of the EU's business to interfere in the drafting of any future borders between Israel and a Palestinian...

The European Union's Foreign Policy chief has condemned the state of emergency announced by the Egyptian regime on Wednesday, as it leads Egypt to an uncertain future. "It could...

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth has claimed that several European countries have warned their businessmen against trading with companies based in or producing goods on Israeli settlements. The newspaper said...

The European Union urged the interim Egyptian government to lift the state of emergency as soon as possible and to release those held without charges, stressing a desire to...

A group of 15 former EU officials sent a letter on Sunday to EU foreign policy chief Katharine Ashton and to the foreign ministers of the 28 EU member...

A convoy of diplomats was allegedly attacked by Israeli soldiers on Friday as they oversaw the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians whose West Bank homes had been destroyed....

The European Union is demanding that Israel provide a full clarification over the Israeli army's assault against European diplomats on Friday, especially the manhandling of a French diplomat. The...

The Sunday Times newspaper in the UK has obtained a draft report by the EU that underlines the concern that the Palestinian Authority has lost 2.5 billion euros in...

Germany's Foreign Minister has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to attend a UN Human Rights Council hearing next Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle warned the Israeli prime minister that if Israel boycotts the...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Monday that the crisis between Israel and the European Union over the EU's imposition of economic sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West...