February 2012 Last updated at 10:57 ET Mr Piebalgs (receiving flowers) said that sanctions are affecting Burmese growth A European Union envoy has announced more aid for Burma, holding out the prospect of a further easing of sanctions, after talks in...

Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar President U Thein Sein met with visiting European Union Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday, state radio and television reported. Piebalgs was accompanied by German development minister Dirk...

European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs is the most senior European Union official to meet President Thein Sein since a civilian administration took office in the former Burma last March after almost 50 years of army rule. "There is...

Monday assured visiting EU officials that the upcoming by-election will be democratic. "We have taken the necessary measures so that the upcoming by-elections will be free, fair and credible," said the speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Shwe Mann...

REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun In a meeting that a handful of journalists were, unusually, allowed to attend, European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs told house speaker Thura Shwe Mann it was important that parliament became an active player in the...

Myanmar (REUTERS) - An European Union official arrived in Myanmar's capital on Monday for talks with a civilian government praised by Brussels for the reforms it has begun over the past year after five decades of authoritarian military rule. European...