The Euro-Burma Office (EBO)
was established in Brussels in 1997 to promote the development of democracy in
Burma.
The
work of the EBO is:
1. To help the Burmese democracy movement prepare
for a transition to democracy;
2. To keep the international community informed
about the situation in Burma.
*New*
Council
conclusions on Burma/Myanmar - 3142th FOREIGN AFFAIRS Council meeting - 23
January 2012
Interview with Harn Yawnghwe: Ceasefires are not enough - The
Myanmar Times – 12 December 2011
Peace hopes grow, but snags ahead - The Myanmar Times – 12 December 2011
Interview
with Harn Yawnghwe in 7 Day News (Burmese) – 7 Day News – 8 December 2011
Interview with Harn Yawnghwe in DVB (Burmese) – DVB – 6 December 2011
DAILY NEWS – 27 January 2012
News – General & International
US Lawmaker Notes Progress in Burma
- VOA - 26 January 2012
Meeting Suu Kyi was ‘quite a moment’: McConnell - Irrawaddy - 27 January 2012
UN official calls on Myanmar to foster
private-public partnerships to support reforms - UN News Centre – 26 January 2012
Up to 900 political prisoners may remain in
Burmese jails - Mizzima - 27
January 2012
George Soros meets Dr Cynthia
- KIC -27 January 2012
News – Ethnic nationalities / Border conflict / Ethnic
Armies
Burma army redeploys troops to Kachin
frontline - KNG - 26
January 2012
Burma Army out of step with government
reforms - KIC - 27
January 2012
DKBA put the hard word on the KNU for ‘peace
talks’ to be open and honest - KIC - 27 January 2012
Internal refugees need help: KNU -
Mizzima - 27 January 2012
Jailed Karen Leader Facing Trial Again
- Irrawaddy - 27 January 2012
Dam to endanger Nagas in Burma
- Morung Express - 26 January 2012
Thein Sein urged to investigate human rights
violation in Namkham - Shan Herald -27 January 2012
News – Elections / Government / Political Parties
Veterans of 1990 polls to re-register
- DVB - 27 January 2012
Joint parliament session to debate budget on
Tuesday - Mizzima -26
January 2012
Preaching to Different Choirs
- Irrawaddy - 27 January 2012
In Myanmar, a "sham" parliament
stirs to life - Reuters
- 26 January 2012
Mind the Gap, Tint Swe Tells Rangoon Journals
- Irrawaddy - 27 January 2012
News – Business / Economy / Industry
Myanmar
banks to launch money exchange services with 3 ASEAN nations - Xinhua
– 26 January 2012
Analysis / Opinion
OpEd: Imagine: The Burmese Regime Swindling
The European Union – By Kanbawza Win - Eurasia Review - 26 January 2012
Burma and the debates to come - By Nicholas
Farrelly - New
Mandela - 27 January 2012
Burma’s blacklisting of Muslim babies
reveals entrenched racism - By Francis Wade - Asian Correspondent - 27 January 2012
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Recent EBO Analysis papers, articles, interviews & speeches
EBO Analysis Paper No.
3/2011 - The Burma Army’s
Offensive Against the Shan State Army - North – July 2011
EBO Analysis Paper No.
2/2011 - President Thein
Sein’s Inaugural Speech – April 2011
EBO Analysis Paper No. 1/2011 – The
Situation in Karen State after the Elections – April 2011
See also: EBO Articles
Recent statements and press releases
Council
conclusions on Burma/Myanmar - 3082nd Foreign Affairs Council meeting - Luxembourg, 12 April 2011 – Full entry in the
Official Journal of the European Union: Council Decision 2011/239/CFSP
See also: Statements and
Press Releases