Abbas calls on EU to support Palestinian UN membership

President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday travelled to Brussels in an attempt to get European support on Palestine’s UN membership bid. “We raised the Palestinian flag [Read more...]

Battle against HIV/AIDS delivers results, says UN report

2011 was a game changing year for the international response to AIDS and HIV, according to the latest report by the United Nations. The UN says there is is unprecedented [Read more...]

Van Rompuy at UN: EU is ‘Fatherland of democracy’

European Council President Herman van Rompuy, speaking to a camera crew at the United Nations on Wednesday, said that the European Union is the ‘fatherland’ of democracy.

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Ashton pressures Israel, Palestinians to resume talks

Europe’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton travelled to Israel and the Palestinian territories this weekend in an attempt to get the parties to return to the negotiating table and get [Read more...]

Ashton, Hague both back Obama’s ’1967′ Middle East solution

The European Union and the United States of America have found some common ground on a two state solution to the Isreal-Palestine conflict. President Obama this week called for a [Read more...]

EU’s CAP reform poised to include climate measures – workshop interviews

‘Towards climate-smart agriculture? Post-Cancun and farm policy’ is the title of this 31 March 2011 EurActiv Stakeholder Workshop in Brussels. Despite being responsible for 20-30 percent of total greenhouse gas [Read more...]

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EU’s CAP reform poised to include climate measures – workshop interviews

‘Towards climate-smart agriculture? Post-Cancun and farm policy’ is the title of this 31 March 2011 EurActiv Stakeholder Workshop in Brussels. Despite being responsible for 20-30 percent of total greenhouse gas [Read more...]