Andrew Wilson has formed an advisory group to launch a substantive intra-EU dialogue on Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood. The group met for the first time in Brussels last week.

The Head of ECFR’s Sofia office has been appointed spokesperson for the Bulgarian MFA.

A panel discussion on EU-US relations announces the establishment of ECFR’s representation in the Italian capital.

On 21 January ECFR’s Berlin office held a reception to officially mark the opening of their new offices. Opening remarks were giving by ECFR co-chair Joschka Fischer and German Minister of State Dr. Werner Hoyer.

With support from Council Members Albert Rohan and Ivan Krastev, ECFR hosted a brainstorming about the Western Balkans in Vienna. A policy brief will follow…

ECFR Council Member Nickolay Mladenov was today nominated for the role of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister. Together with new commissioner designate Kristalina Georgieva, Mladenov presents Bulgaria’s new foreign policy team.

Along with other top foreign policy experts and officials, ECFR Executive Director Mark Leonard and Policy Fellow Nicu Popescu discuss international and security policy at Lithuania’s ‘Snow Meeting’.

The EU will send policy advisors to Moldova - something Nicu Popescu and Andrew Wilson suggested in ECFR’s eastern neighbourhood report. 

ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney and Executive Director Mark Leonard speak at a European conference in Helsinki.

ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Nick Witney gives oral evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Commons on 2 December 2009.

During his visit to Warsaw earlier this week, Finnish Foreign Minister and Member of the ECFR Council Alexander Stubb publicly supported recommendations made in the Nick Witney and Jeremy Shapiro’s report “Towards a Post-American Europe: A Power Audit of EU-US Relations”.

In partnership with CER, ECFR organised a successful roundtable on ‘Achieving Energy Security in Europe’ on 17 November 2009.

On 6-7 November 09, ECFR Members and experts gathered in Madrid for the 6th Meeting of the ECFR Council.

Pods from ecfr.eu on the big global issues and why they matter to Europe.

ECFR Council Member Gijs de Vries speaks at the Royal Society of Arts in celebration of the British Council’s work in cultural relations.