"Today,a new major threat is growing that could reach all our European allies well before it reaches the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The former Portuguese prime minister had been the only candidate for the job - and was endorsed by all 27 members of the European Union.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

U.S.airspace was closed for three days and European airlines cancelled all transatlantic flights.

VOA: standard.2010.04.17

Richard Howitt of the European Parliament's Committee on Turkey warns that Ankara is in danger of throwing away all the good work it has achieved so far.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"It's always thrilling to see the flowers that you were brought up with and that you have seen all tame and domesticated in European gardens and here they are en masse and more as you knew them."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Wang Tao,a chief economist with UBS in China, "The timing I think at the moment seems pretty good in a sense that China's economy is pretty strong and global recovery is pretty clear, despite all the uncertainties related to the European debt crisis."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"It is a double track approach,of course, to have a very clear position on sanctions, not only on Security Council, but specific new measures from the European Union on the financial side - on the oil and gas sector, in all elements that can give to Iran a very clear message that they have to move and respond to the requirements of the international community."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28