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Gas talks: Oettinger proposed supply agreement for coming winter.

At the gas talks in Berlin, Vice-President Guenther Oettinger proposed a new compromise to secure gas supplies to Europe and the Ukraine during the winter season.

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On the road to Basel Ministerial Council, Swiss Chair launches discussion on ways to overcome the crisis of European security

On the margins of the UN-General Assembly in New York, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter launched a discussion on how to overcome the crisis of European security that has deepened in the face of the crisis in and...

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We Need a New, Inclusive World Security Architecture

In the referendum on the independence of Scotland, London once again got its way, by the skin of its teeth—at least for the time being—thanks to a massive campaign of scare tactics. But even the New York Times commented that the anger expressed in...

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Scrutiny time: candidate commissioners’ hearings start on Monday

Jean-Claude Juncker and the candidate commissioners.