20/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has condemned a series of attacks perpetrated across the country over the last fortnight. On Wednesday 19 August, two bomb attacks targeted the Foreign Affairs and Finance Ministries in the centre of Baghdad, a couple of minutes apart, killing nearly a hundred. The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission issued press releases on the same day, expressing their condolences to the families of the victims and reiterating their support to the Iraqi government. (A.B./trans.fl)