The EU's 27 states bloc's executive Commission are proposing to lay down a anti-terrorism measures that will include collecting data on air travellers and cracking down on militant Web sites.

On September 3, the European Union will convene the first-ever meeting with all of the partner countries participating in the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Ahead of the meeting, RFE/RL Brussels correspondent Ahto Lobjakas spoke with the EU's External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday amid opposition demands that he hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, which Merkel spearheaded.

The European Commission has temporarily suspended the financing of fuel oil deliveries to the Gaza Strip over plans by Hamas to impose an electricity tax in the territory, a commission spokesman said Monday.

New Formulation of Rebif(R) Designed to Improve Tolerability and Immunogenicity Profiles

India announced on Friday that there is no future for the grouping of four key WTO members as a platform for breaking the impasse in multilateral trade talks.

The IT Service Provider PC-WARE (DAX: PCW) wins the Pan-European tender of the Procurement Office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. As announced today by the Procurement Office, PC-WARE thus is the confirmed Select trading partner for the next two to three years. The contract regulates the Microsoft software licensing procurement according to public procurement law for the entire federal administration with a volume of EUR 30-50 million per year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will aim its rockets at European targets if the United States goes ahead with plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

A plenary session of a Russia-EU summit has started at the Volzhsky Utyos health spa near Samara on the Volga river, a source in the Russian delegation said Friday. An informal meeting was held Thursday evening between Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, which holds the EU rotating presidency, and the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso.

Leaders of Russia and the European Union, whose relations have lately been strained over disputes between Moscow and certain EU members, will arrive later Thursday for a summit at a health resort near the Volga city of Samara.

Interior ministers of the G-6 countries met in Venice Saturday at a summit in which they discussed how to harmonize measures to combat international terrorism. Also attending the meeting was U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and the EU Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice, Franco Frattini.

EU foreign policy and security chief, Javier Solana, praised Monday parliamentary elections in Armenia saying they were held in line with international norms and regulations, while local opposition parties said the poll was undemocratic.