http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSun, 22 Nov 2009 00:23:16 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/eu-backs-prague-canada-visa-row/article-185665?Ref=RSSJacques Barrot, the European Commission vice-president in charge of justice, freedom and security, said yesterday (21 September) that he would ask EU countries to adopt retaliatory measures against Canada if it does not move to lift visa restrictions on Czech citizens by the end of the year.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-185665-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/russia-join-wto-months-us-help/article-185650?Ref=RSSRussia has expressed renewed interest in joining the World Trade Organisation, saying that with US help, this could be achieved in three months. However, US officials said on Monday (21 September) that progress depended on Moscow's "dedication" to achieving that goal.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:45:00 GMTtcm:29-185650-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/russia-asks-west-recognise-sphere-influence/article-185626?Ref=RSSRussia has welcomed a "new beginning" in relations between NATO and Russia after the announcement by President Barack Obama last week that the US would rethink a missile defence system imagined by his predecessor. Moscow is now asking for recognition of its own regional sphere of influence.Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:48:18 GMTtcm:29-185626-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/nato-alarmed-lack-cooperation-eu/article-185563?Ref=RSSThe fact that the EU and NATO are unable to share counterterrorism information due to an internal political blockage between Cyprus and Turkey is "alarming" and "unacceptable", a top official from the Atlantic alliance told an audience in Brussels yesterday (16 September).Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-185563-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/warsaw-prague-alarmed-us-plans-scrap-missile-shield/article-185550?Ref=RSSPolish and American officials discussed plans for a US missile defence shield on 17 September amid rising concerns in Warsaw that President Barack Obama will shelve the project in order to improve ties with Russia.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:14:57 GMTtcm:29-185550-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/sudan-european-ignorance/article-185236?Ref=RSSAfter decades of bloody conflict in Sudan, Europe is still applying double standards to Africa and does not recognise the right of the South Sudanese to decide their own future, wrote Savo Heleta, author of the book 'Not My Turn to Die: Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia', in a letter to EurActiv. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-185236-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/leaders-urged-unblock-turkey-eu-bid/article-185202?Ref=RSSNobel peace prize winner Marti Ahtisaari and several other personalities that are members of the EU's 'Independent Commission on Turkey' urged European leaders to unblock negotiations with Ankara, warning that any other alternative runs contrary to the Union's interests. EurActiv spoke to former French prime minister Michel Rocard, a member of the Commission, in an interview.Tue, 8 Sep 2009 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-185202-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/eu-firms-voice-fears-trade-secret-leakage-china/article-185148?Ref=RSSMon, 7 Sep 2009 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-185148-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/afghan-air-strike-reverberates-germany-ahead-poll/article-185154?Ref=RSSBerlin's involvement in a NATO air attack in Afghanistan on 4 September that killed dozens of people, including civilians, sparked antiwar sentiments in Germany ahead of national elections on 27 September and put the government on the defensive.Mon, 7 Sep 2009 06:35:00 GMTtcm:29-185154-16http://euractiv.com/en/foreign-affairs/nabucco-fail-eu-commissioner/article-185056?Ref=RSSEnergy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told the European Parliament today (2 September) that the EU-sponsored Nabucco gas pipeline could not fail, despite attempts by Russia to undermine the project by speeding up work on the rival 'South Stream' pipe.Wed, 2 Sep 2009 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-185056-16