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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels on Monday, March 19, 2018. European Union foreign ministers on Monday are set to discuss Ukraine, Syria, Korea and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU condemns spy hit as Britain slams ‘absurd’ Russia denials

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

CAPTION CORRECTS POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER'S FIRST NAME FROM JACK TO JACEK Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, left, speaks with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during a round table meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels on Monday, March 19, 2018. European Union foreign ministers on Monday are set to discuss Ukraine, Syria, Korea and Iran. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU reluctant to amend Iran nuclear pact, sees security risk

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A police car is parked at the British Consulate General, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Russia on Saturday announced it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further measures in retaliation in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

The Latest: German, Polish leaders back UK after poisoning

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Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko arrives for a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The EU will meet with Japanese and US officials on Saturday to seek more clarity on US tariffs on steel and aluminum. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Steel standoff: EU, Japan trade chiefs meet Trump envoy

By DANIELA BERRETTA and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstroem, center, Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko, right, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, pose for photographers prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Saturday, March 10, 2018. The EU is still seeking clarity from Washington about whether the 28-nation bloc will be exempt from U.S. President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: No steel tariff exemption for EU granted yet

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European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstroem speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The European Union will set out its strategy Wednesday on how to counter potential U.S. punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU seeks clarity on whether it will be hit by US tariffs

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstroem speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. The European Union will set out its strategy Wednesday on how to counter potential U.S. punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU ready for a ‘stupid’ trade war if Trump slaps on tariffs

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, speaks with Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos during a meeting of EU defense ministers at the Europa building in Brussels on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. EU defense ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss shortfalls in the bloc's training missions in Africa, plans for new joint military projects and relations with NATO. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Greece seeks EU, NATO help over soldiers arrested in Turkey

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Greek Prime minister George Papandreou, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao pose for a picture in front of the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill in Athens, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Wen vowed Saturday to double trade with Greece within five years, and to buy Greek bonds when the crisis-hit country returns to international markets. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

China’s investment in Greece tangles Europe relations

By Nikolia Apostolu — Special to The Washington Times

EU Commission chief urges Macedonia to resolve name dispute

By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES and DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU-Sahel meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. European Union leaders meet Friday with counterparts from Africa's Sahel in a show of support for the impoverished region fallen prey to extremists and a key transit point for migrants heading to Europe. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Donors pledge $510 million for West Africa anti-terror force

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

President of Niger Mahamadou Issoufou speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU-Sahel meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. European Union leaders meet Friday with counterparts from Africa's Sahel in a show of support for the impoverished region fallen prey to extremists and a key transit point for migrants heading to Europe. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The Latest: $510 million pledged for West Africa’s Sahel

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A demonstrator carries a poster reading: 'We Love War' as they protest against the Security Conference, MSC, in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018. (Sebastian Gabriel/dpa via AP)

Top German diplomat: ‘We no longer recognize our America’

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a meeting in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop)

The Latest: Kosovo president laments EU disunity on status

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Pristina, Kosovo - February 17, 2017 - School children march in downtown Pristina with Kosovo flags on the ninth anniversary of independence from Serbia. Kosovo is the newest nation in Europe and the second newest in the world after South Sudan. On February 17, 2018, Kosovo will mark its 10-year-anniversary as an independent nation.Valerie Plesch/Special to The Washington Times

Kosovo marks 10th anniversary of independence amid political, economic uncertainty

By Valerie Plesch - Special to The Washington Times

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. NATO defense ministers begin a two-day meeting Wednesday to focus on military spending, cooperation with the European Union, and assistance to the Iraqi army. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

US warns EU against defense market protectionism

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Poland and Immigration Policy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Separating myth from reality in Polish immigration policy

By Anna Maria Anders

Turkey's President and leader of Justice and Development Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the members of his ruling party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey says it’s met EU criteria for visa-free travel to EU

By SUZAN FRASER and LORNE COOK - Associated Press

EU warns Balkans hopefuls no entry until disputes resolved

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, Junior National Health Service (NHS) doctors wave placards referring to British Conservative Party Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, during a protest outside St Thomas Hospital in London. This winter has brought a daily drip of grim stories from Britain's health care system, and experts say alarm bells should be ringing across the entire system. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

Winter flu, Brexit put beloved UK health service on sickbed

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press