22/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - Skjold Mellbin appointed EU representative. On Monday 22 July, the Foreign Affairs Council appointed Danish diplomat, Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin the European Union's new Special Representative in Afghanistan. He will take up his post on 1 September, replacing Lithuanian diplomat Vygaudas Usackas. His duties, which include being the head of the EU's delegation in Kabul, will run until 30 June 2014. Mellbin has until now been working as Denmark's special...