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