Leading European think-tanks propose new approaches in development policy to cope with future challenges. The EU should take on more prominent role in the area, argue this week's commenators Sven Grimm and Simon Maxwell.

• Date: 23.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.02.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Western diplomats express deep concern at a decree by Afghan President Hamid Karzai giving him control of the election watchdog.

• Date: 23.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 23.02.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

European Union foreign ministers condemn the use of forged passports in the assassination of a top Palestinian militant.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk

Two men and a woman, all German citizens, have been arrested for allegedly sending money to the Islamic Jihad Union. The organization is alleged to have planned attacks on German targets.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2010  |  Security  |  from Deutsche Welle

European Union foreign ministers condemn the use of forged passports in the assassination of a top Palestinian militant.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2010  |  from bbc.co.uk

Over a week into the joint allied offensive in Helmand province, NATO commanders have been cautioning that the true success of the mission cannot be fully gauged for months to come and indeed possibly beyond that.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2010  |  External Relations  |  from Deutsche Welle

Iran says airlines will be banned from flying into its airspace unless they use the term "Persian Gulf" on in-flight monitors.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 22.02.2010  |  Security  |  from bbc.co.uk

Israel's prime minister announces a controversial plan to add two West Bank religious sites to the country's national heritage list.

• Date: 22.02.2010  |  Published on EGF: 21.02.2010  |  External Relations  |  from bbc.co.uk