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Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) is a regional co-operation format that includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.Under NB8, regular meetings are held of the Baltic and Nordic countries' Prime Ministers, Speakers of Parliaments, Foreign Ministers, branch ministers, Secretaries of State and political directors of Foreign Ministries, as well as expert ...
Norway was a founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1960, which was originally set up as an alternative to the European Economic Community (EEC), the main predecessor of the EU. Norway had considered joining both the EEC and the European Union, but opted to decline following referendums in 1972 and 1994.
The summit meeting of the European Union was notable because heads of states from the EU gathered in Gothenburg, and also because the American President George W. Bush visited Sweden for the first time on the day before the summit meeting. As a reaction to this, protesters from all over the world planned to gather in Gothenburg to demonstrate ...
Macron attended the EU Social Summit for Fair Jobs and Growth. [26] Burkina Faso Ouagadougou: 28–29 November Macron met with Burkinabe President, delivered a speech about Africa, exchanged with students and visited a solar-powered plant. [27] Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan: 29–30 November Macron attended the fifth African Union – European Union ...
A meeting of the FAC during the signing of the joint notification on the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in 2017, featuring both foreign and defence ministers.. The Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) is a configuration of the Council of the European Union that convenes once a month. [1]
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry has annoyed the European Union by postponing a meeting next week with the EU's top official on Russian sanctions, ahead of a possible visit to ...
Three of the members of the Nordic Council (Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, all EU member states), the Baltic Assembly, and the Benelux sought intensifying cooperation in the Digital Single Market, as well as discussing social matters, the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union, the European migrant crisis and defense
Today, when Norway officially recognizes Palestine as a state, is a milestone in the relationship between Norway and Palestine.” ... “For the first time at an EU meeting, in a real way, I have ...