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Union for the Mediterranean (UfM)

UFM: Women in the Mediterranean and Development

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 24, 2016 | Features

Barcelona- More than 400 women from 40 Mediterranean and European countries met in Barcelona for two days as part of the third Women Forum entitled “Women of the Mediterranean: Development Incentive, Stability Polar” organized by the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM)....

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File photo of European Parliament Vice President Gianni Pittella. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)

EU Parliament VP: The Union for the Mediterranean has failed

by Nadia Al-Turki | Feb 23, 2014 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—European Parliament Vice President Gianni Pittella said that Europe and the Arab world must look to develop a new “project of cooperation” following the failure of the Union for the Mediterranean. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat in...

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Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdelaziz gestures in Moscow on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Libyan FM on Border Security, Militias

by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 26, 2013 | Interviews

Barcelona, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two years after the fall of the Gaddafi regime, Libya continues to face an uphill battle to address the lack of security, border weakness, and the proliferation of armed militias. In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat against the...

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Fathallah Sijilmassi. (Courtesy of the Union for the Mediterranean)

UfM Secretary-General: The View from the Mediterranean

by Michel Abu Najm | Sep 29, 2013 | Interviews

Tunis, Asharq Al-Awsat—Policy-makers from the Mediterranean region have been busy over the past few weeks, first attending a Paris conference on strengthening the role of women in society before heading to Tunis for the Mediterranean Economic Conference. Amid that...

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A worker on the roof of the Museum of Civilizations from Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM) in Marseille, April 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

A Wave Of Citizenship Breaks Across the Mediterranean

by Martin Schulz & André Azoulay | Apr 4, 2013 | Opinion

The Mediterranean stands torn between renewal and crisis. New political, social and cultural realities struggle through the pain of birth. Both north and south of the sea, there is a palpable sense of expectation and uncertainty, and no clear path to follow. The debt...