In a major policy review in the wake of the Arab spring, EU institutions have pledged €250 million a year in new money for the bloc's 16 neighbouring countries, including six post-Soviet states in eastern Europe.
The funding - which is to come from unspent money in a different section in the EU's global external relations budget - is to cover the period from now until 2013.
It comes on top of previously agreed funding of €1.9 billion a year for the region and is to be topped up ...
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