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• EU High Rep. Ashton on the Situation in Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain (10/12/11)
• EU Response to Arab Spring: Package of Support for North Africa and Middle East ; The Civil Society Facility; Erasmus Mundus; SPRING Program (9/27/11)
• EU Council Bans Investment in Syrian Oil Industry (9/23/11)
• EU Expands Restrictive Measures against the Government of Syria (8/19/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on behalf of the EU on EU Action following the Escalation of Violent Repression in Syria (8/18/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on the Terrorist Attacks in Israel  (8/18/11)
• Statement by EU High Rep. Ashton on Settlement Expansion in East Jerusalem (8/4/11)
• Statement by EU High Rep. Ashton on Syria ; Restrictive Measures Against Syria (8/1/11)
• EU Extends Sanctions against Syria (6/23/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Visits Jordan, Egypt, Israel and Palestine (6/15/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Syria Situation (6/11/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Creates S. Mediterranean Task Force; 6 Libyan Ports Targeted by New EU Sanctions (6/7/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Violence & Necessary Reform in Syria (6/6/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen Situation (6/3/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen Situation (5/31/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Libyan Ambassador to EU's Defection; EU Rafah Crossing (EUBAM) Mission Extended (5/26/11)
• New EU Neignborhood Policy; Press Conference Video; EU High Rep. Ashton; EU Enlargement/European Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle; EU Commission President Barroso (5/25/11)
• EU Council on Middle East Peace Process (5/23/11)
• EU Strengthens Restrictive Measures against Syria (5/23/11)
• Middle East Quartet Statement (5/20/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on the Speech by President Obama (5/20/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on League of Arab States New Secretary General (5/18/11)
• EU International Cooperation/Humanitarian Aid/Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva Urges Immediate, Sustained, Unconditional Gaza Stip Crossings' Opening (5/17/11)
• EU International Cooperation/Humanitarian Aid/Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva Urges Mideast Evictions' & House Demolitions' End (5/15/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on US Mideast Envoy Mitchell's Departure; EU International Cooperation/Humanitarian Aid/Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva & UN Humanitarian Affairs Under-Secretary/Emergency Relief Coordinator Amos Raise West Bank & Gaza Humanitarian Issues (5/13/11)
• EU Mideast/North Africa Entrepreneurship/Jobs Push (5/12/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen; EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström on Refugees' Deteriorating Situation in Libya (5/11/11)
• EU Development Commissioner Piebalgs in S. Sudan, May 12-14
• EU Imposes Restrictions on Syria; EU High Rep.Ashton on Syria; Texts; EU High Rep. Ashton on Cairo Violent Clashes (5/9/11)
• EUR 85 Million More to Support Palestinian People; Details (5/6/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton after Contact Group on Libya Meeting (5/5/11)
• EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle Visits Egypt; Video (5/3/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Unfolding Situation in Syria; EU-Syria Relations; EU High Rep. Ashton on Reported Use of Cluster Munitions in Libya; European Commission President Barroso & EU High Rep. Ashton on Marrakech Terrorist Act; European Council President Van Rompuy; EU-Morocco Relations (4/29/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Palestinian Interim Government Agreement (4/28/11)
• EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva on Misrata, Libya, Situation; EU High Rep. Ashton on Gulf Cooperation Council's Peaceful Transition Agreement for Yemen (4/27/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Syria (4/23/11)
• EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Meeting Results; EU High Rep. Ashton; Video; EU-GCC Relations (4/20/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton in Qatar (4/19/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Visits Saudi Arabia (4/18/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Visits the Gulf Region (4/17/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton at Libya Conference, Cairo; Video; Press Conference Video; EU High Rep. Ashton on Tunisian Elections' Parity (4/14/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Palestinian Territories' Donor Coordination Group Meeting; Videos; EU Opens Market to Palestinian Exports; Libya: More EU Humanitarian Aid for Those Impacted (4/13/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton after Foreign Affairs Council Meeting; EU Foreign Affairs Council: On Libya; On Yemen; On Syria; On Bahrain; Foreign Affairs Council Meeting Videos; EU Justice & Home Affairs Council on N. Africa Situation; Palestine Territories Donor Coordination Group Meets April 13 (4/12/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Gaza Area Violence; EU on Migratory Flows from N. Africa (4/8/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on E. Jerusalem Settlement Expansion (4/6/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen (4/5/11)
• European Council President Van Rompuy after Meeting with African Union Commission Chairperson Ping (4/4/11)
• Possible EU Military Operation to Support Humanitarian Aid in Libya; Text; EU in Libya (4/1/11)
• EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström on Tunisia Trip (Video) (4/1/11); EU Commissioners Füle & Malmström in Tunisia (Video) (3/31/11); EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle & EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström on Tunisia Trip (3/30/11)
• EU High Rep Ashton, after London Conference on Libya (3/29/11)
• Additional EU Libya Sanctions (3/28/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton: More on Violence in Syria (3/26/11); EU High Rep. Ashton on Continued Violent Crackdown on Syrian Demonstrations (3/24/11); EU High Rep. Ashton on Syrian Violent Crackdown on Peaceful Demonstrators (3/22/11); EU High Rep. Ashton on Syrian Crackdown on Demonstrations; EU-Syria Relations (3/18/11)
• March 24-25 European Council on Libya & Southern Neighborhood (3/25/11)
• EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström on Egypt Trip (Video); EU Libyan UN Sanctions Council Implementing Regulation; Council Decision (3/24/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Jerusalem & Gaza Attacks; EU Implements UN Libya Sanctions (3/23/11)
• EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström to Egypt; EU Libyan & Egyptian Restrictive Legislative Texts (3/22/11)
• EU Foreign Affairs Council on Libya; Further Libya Restrictive Measures; EU High Rep. Ashton's Post-Foreign Affairs Council Remarks; On Bahrain; On Yemen; Videos; EU High Rep. Ashton; EU Freezes Egyptian Assets (3/21/11)
• European Council President Van Rompuy at Paris Summit to Support Libyan People; EU High Rep. Ashton (3/19/11)
• EU Leaders on UN Security Council Vote on Libya; EU High Rep. Ashton's Additional Remarks; Video; EU Response Overview (3/18/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen Violence; EU-Yemen Relations (3/18/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Bahrain Continued Unrest; EU-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Relations (3/17/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Bahrain Violence (3/15/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Met with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa; Video (3/14/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Travels to Egypt, G8 Foreign Ministers Meeting (3/13/11)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement on West Bank Family Killings (3/13/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen (3/12/11)
• Extraordinary European Council Meeting on Libya & North Africa; Videos; Council Declaration; European Council President Van Rompuy; European Commission President Barroso (3/11/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen; On Egypt; On Bahrain (3/10/11)
• Libya: EU Extends Restrictive Measures to Key Financial Entities; European Council President Van Rompuy's Video Message on "This Arab Spring"; EU High Rep. Ashton on S. Neighborhood & Libya at EU Foreign Affairs Council (3/10/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Southern Neighborhood & Libya; Video (3/9/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on the Middle East Peace Process (3/9/11)
• EU-Southern Mediterranean Partnership for Democracy & Shared Prosperity; Text; European Council Meeting (3/8/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Sends Fact-Finding Team to Libya; Updated EU Response (3/6/11)
• EU International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva on Tunisia/Libya Border Humanitarian Situation; EU's Response to Libyan Humanitarian Crisis (3/4/11)
• EU Steps Ups Libya Humanitarian Crisis Response; EU Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva to Tunisia/Libya Border; Georgieva Video; Georgieva Blog Post; EU High Rep. Ashton Convenes Extraordinary March 10 Foreign Affairs Council Meeting; EU Libya Actions; Restrictive Measures Text; More (3/3/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Egyptian Prime Minister's Resignation (3/3/11)
• European Commission President Barroso on N. Africa; Video (3/2/11)
• EU Imposes Libya Arms Embargo & Targeted Sanctions; EU High Rep. Ashton; Video; EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle on N. Africa to European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) (2/28/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on UN Security Council Resolution on Libya; On Tunisian Prime Minister's Resignation (2/27/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Libya; Video; EUR 3 Million for Libyans' & Neighbors' Humanitarian Needs (2/25/11)
• EU & Russia on N. Africa & Mideast (2/24/11)
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• EU High Rep. Ashton on Libya; EU Facilitates Europeans' Evacuation;
• European Commission President Barroso on Libya (2/23/11)

• EU High Rep. Ashton on Egypt & Tunisia (2/23/11)
• European Council President Van Rompuy on N. Africa; Video; EU Foreign Affairs Council on N. Africa/Mideast; EU-Libyan Relations; EU-N. Africa/Mideast Relations (2/23/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Visits Egypt (2/22/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Libya (2/20/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Yemen; On Bahrain (2/17/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Jordan (2/16/11)
• EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle on Egypt (2/16/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Visits Tunisia and Wider Middle East; EU Supports Tunisians' Freedom & Democracy Aspirations (2/14/11)
• European Council President Van Rompuy, European Commission President Barroso & EU High Rep. Ashton on Events in Egypt; Ashton Press Briefing (Video) (2/11/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Following President Mubarak's Speech; EU High Rep. Ashton on Current Events in Egypt (2/10/11)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement; Video (2/5/11)
• Tunisia: EU Freezes Assets (2/7/11)
• European Council Declaration on Egypt (2/4/11)

• EU High Rep. Ashton Speaks with Egyptian Vice President Suleiman; EU High Rep. Ashton on Egypt (2/3/11)

• EU High Rep. Ashton on Egypt & Tunisia; Video (2/2/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Meets with Yemeni Foreign Affairs Minister Al-Qirbi; EU-Yemen Relations (2/2/11)
• Egypt: EU Urges Orderly Transition & Free & Fair Elections (2/2/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Meets with Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Ouneies; Press Conference Video; Details; EU-Tunisia Relations (2/2/11)
• EU Council on Egypt; EU High Rep. Ashton; EU-Egyptian Relations (1/31/11)
• EU Council on Tunisia (1/31/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Tunisia & Egypt (1/28/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Egypt (1/27/11)
• EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle on Situeation in Tunisia; European External Action Service Senior Officials to Tunisia (1/26/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Abdallah Abu Rahma Case (1/21/11)
• EU & UNHCR Act on Yemen's Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis; Details; Video (1/13/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton & EU Enlargement/Neighborhood Policy Commissioner Füle on Tunisia (1/10/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Demolition & Settlements in East Jerusalem (1/9/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton Regarding Mideast Visit; Video (1/6/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton to Mideast (1/4/11)
• EUR 100 Million for Palestinians in 2011 (12/22/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Middle East (12/16/10)
• EU Council on Middle East Peace Process (12/13/10)
• Spokesperson of EU High Rep. Ashton on Exports from Gaza (12/9/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Middle East Peace Process (12/8/10)
• EU Supports Israel in Combating Forest Fires; EU High Rep. Ashton on Forest Fires in Israel (12/3/10)
• EU & Mediterranean Countries Reinforce Trade Partnership (11/11/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on East Jerusalem Israeli New Housing Construction (11/9/10)
• EUR 61.4 Million More to Support Palestinian People; Details; EU Delegation (10/6/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Mideast Visit (10/1/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton to Mideast to Support Direct Talks; Washington Post Video Interview (9/29/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on the Middle East Peace Talks (9/27/10)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement on Current Peace Talks (9/21/10)
• EU Council on Relaunched Mideast Peace Process (9/16/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Mideast Peace Talks Launch's Outcome (9/3/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Direct Mideast Peace Talks; European Parliament President Buzek (9/2/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Mideast Attack (9/1/10)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement on Sept. 2 Peace Talks; EU High Rep. Ashton on Sept. 2 Talks (8/20/10)
• EU Supports UN Gaza Flotilla Probe; EU on Israel-Lebanon Border Incident (8/3/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Syrian Human Rights Cases (7/26/10)
• EU Foreign Affairs & Security Policy High Rep./European Commission VP Ashton Meets with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad (7/17/10); Visits Gaza UNRWA School & Summer Camp; Meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman (7/18/10)
• Continued EU Support for Palestinian People (7/14/10)
• European Commission President Barroso Meets with Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Fayyad (7/13/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Israel's Gaza Blockage (7/5/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Peace Talks (6/30/10)
• EU Opens Full EU Market to Palestinians  (6/10/10)
• EU on Israeli Military Operation & "Freedom Flotilla": EU High Rep. Ashton on Israeli Decision on Gaza; Quartet Statement on Israeli Announcement on Gaza (6/21/10); EU Council on Gaza (6/14/10); EU High Rep. Ashton (6/3/10); European Council President Van Rompuy; EU High Rep. Ashton & Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov (6/1/10)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement on Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks (5/11/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Iraeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks (5/10/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Mideast Situation (4/27/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Gaza Area Violence (3/26/10)
• Op-Ed: "Lessons From a Gaza Trip," By Catherine Ashton, New York Times, March 21, 2010 (The International Herald Tribune, March 22, 2010)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement (3/19/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on EU & Mideast Peace Process (3/15/10)
• Mideast Quartet (EU, US, UN & Russia) Statement (3/12/10)
• EU High Rep. Ashton to Mideast, March 14-18, 2010; Details
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Israel's East Jerusalem New Housing Decision (3/10/10)
• THE EUROPEAN UNION’S PEGASE MECHANISM: AT THE SERVICE OF THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION, OPEN TO ALL DONORS: A Guide to Donors Wishing to Contribute through PEGASE to the Early Recovery & Reconstruction of Gaza (3-09)
• EUR 300 Million under PEGASE & UNRWA for Palestinian People; PEGASE Overview; PEGASE Origin; PEGASE & Institution-Building; PEGASE & Donor Contributions; PEGASE & Palestinian Reform & Development Plan; PEGASE & Temporary International Mechanism (1-28-08); THE EUROPEAN UNION’S PEGASE MECHANISM: AT THE SERVICE OF THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION, OPEN TO ALL DONORS: A Guide to Donors Wishing to Contribute through PEGASE to the Early Recovery & Reconstruction of Gaza (3-09)

EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana (left) & Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat, just prior to Annapolis Mideast Peace Conference.

• Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) (6-17-06)

Lebanon 

• EU-Lebanon: Turning Challenges into Opportunities (10/28/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Formation of New Government in Lebanon (6/14/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton, after Lebanon Visit; Video (2/16/11)
• EU Council on Lebanon (1/31/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on New Lebanese Government (1/25/11)
• EU High Rep. Ashton on Situation in Lebanon (1/12/11)
• EU-Lebanon Relations 

EUROMED:

• EU and Mediterranean Countries Reinforce Trade Partnership (11-11-10)
• EUROMED Progress & Achievements (10-31-07)
• 10 Years after the Barcelona Declaration (11-24-06) 

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