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Lisbon Treaty comes into force today
01/12/2009 - IN THE PAPERS

Lisbon Treaty comes into force today

Today sees the Lisbon Treaty coming into force and interviews with EU big wigs abound in papers across the continent to mark the occasion.
NUCLEAR
Six powers to meet Iranian negotiator on October 1
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana (pictured) will take part in nuclear talks, scheduled for October 1, between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili.
LEBANON
Top EU diplomat Solana holds first-ever talks with Hezbollah official
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has held unprecedented talks with a Hezbollah official during a Beirut visit to show support for Lebanon after last week's election. Unlike the US, the EU does not blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation.
EUROPEAN UNION - ZIMBABWE
Solana calls for pressure on Mugabe to step down
Arriving in Brussels for talks with EU foreign ministers, European foreign policy chief Javier Solana said it is time to increase pressure on President Robert Mugabe to step down so that the people of Zimbabwe can begin to "move the country forward."
GEORGIA
EU monitors deploy in Georgia
EU observers monitoring a ceasefire between Russia and Georgia entered a Russian-controlled buffer zone around South Ossetia on the first day of their peacekeeping mission.
GEORGIA
Solana in Tbilisi ahead of EU monitoring mission
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is to meet with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and address European monitors who will be overseeing compliance that Georgia and Russia are honouring the EU-brokered peace plan.
IRAN - TALKS
EU and Iran agree to pursue nuclear talks
Iran's negotiator Saeed Jalili and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana agreed to pursue talks on Tehran's nuclear programme, though no breakthrough in the dispute has been reported.
IRAN - NUCLEAR
World powers considering new Iran sanctions
The White House said the US and its allies had agreed to press for punitive measures against Tehran for failing to freeze the country's nuclear program.
IRAN - NUCLEAR
Russia: no accord on Iran sanctions
Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, told reporters that the six major powers had not come to "agreements or understandings," despite claims to the contrary by the US and UK.
IRAN - NUCLEAR
Major powers to discuss possible Iran sanctions
Negotiators from six world powers will hold a conference call to decide on whether to impose fresh sanctions on Iran in reaction to its ambiguous response to their "incentives" for halting the country's nuclear enrichment programme.
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