27/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - Appointment. On Friday 27 July, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton appointed Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Peña as the new managing director for Europe and Central Asia in the European External Action Service (EEAS). Fernandez de Peña is currently Ambassador of Spain to the Russian Federation, Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (MB/transl.jl)