EU to help Lebanon cope with major oil spill

Lebanon has requested urgent help from the EU’s civil protection mechanism to contain environmental damage caused by a major oil spill off the coast of Lebanon. The Ministry of Environment of the

Cyprus seeking to spread refugee burden

Cyprus will seeking to spread the refugee burden across all 25 member states at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday. Cyprus has handled an estimated 50,000 refugees from Lebanon since

EU in Middle East visit Thursday-Friday

Pledges of aid Foreign Minister if EU Presidency holder Finland Erkki Tuomioja and EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner are due to travel to the Middle East