Brussels - There can be no alternative to a two-state solution for the Middle East, said Quartet envoy Tony Blair in Brussels on Wednesday, a day after the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in.

"There is no alternative to a two-state solution, except the one-state solution. And if there is a one-state solution, there's going to be a big fight," Blair said after a meeting with European Union officials in Brussels.

London, Feb. 28 : Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has set up a company that will advise governments on ''good governance''.

According to his spokesman, Tony Blair Associates, as the commercial partnership is called, has already signed up its first client, the Government of Kuwait, which is understood to have agreed a seven-figure deal for continuing advice from the former Prime Minister.

London, Feb. 17: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has won a million-dollar prize for "achievements that shape and enrich society today".

Blair is to receive the 697,000 pound award from the Dan David Foundation based at Tel Aviv University which describes him as "one of the most outstanding statesmen of our era."

There was praise for his roles in Northern Ireland and Kosovo, but there is no mention of the conflicts in Afghanistan or Iraq.

London, Feb 10: Winston Churchill would have never become the British Prime Minister had he been alive today, says Alastair Campbell, former PM Tony Blair''s director of communications.

He said that Churchill, who led UK during World War II, would have been stigmatised because of his depression, which he called as his "black dog".

In a report highlighting the issues around mental illness, Campbell said other great public figures such as Florence Nightingale, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin and Marie Curie had some form of mental problem.

And he claimed that all the above people might never have achieved great things if they had been subjected to today''s intense media glare and harsh public scrutiny.

Washington  - Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Thursday warned US President Barack Obama of the dangers of the public eye, telling him to rely on his faith and friendships when times get tough.

"Should it ever be tested, I hope your faith can sustain you and your family. The public eye is not always the most congenial," Blair told Obama during his keynote speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

London, Jan 31 : Former British Prime Minister and Quartet envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair, has said that Hamas must be involved in the peace process in the region.

Blair said that in the past, the issue of the Gaza Strip had been neglected in an effort to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank.

Such an effort "was never going to work and will never work," The Times quoted Blair, as saying.