Millennium development goals: time to shift gear

Recommendations on how EU countries can meet their pledges for fighting hunger, poverty and disease. more »

Abroad

Published: 22/04/2010

France moving towards burka baning

France is moving towards a ban on wearing face-covering Islamic veils in public. Next month the government set to examine a bill banning the burka, amid heated debate over womens rights and religious freedom. more »

Abroad

Published: 22/04/2010

China honours earthquake victims

Flags flew at half mast around China, as the country stopped for three minutes to honour the victims of a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Yushu, which left at least 2, 064 people dead and 175 missing. more »

Abroad

Published: 22/04/2010

First visit of Commissioner Piebalgs to Haiti: launch of the first EU-funded projects for reconstruction

Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development, will travel to Haiti on 23-24 April 2010, to launch the first projects for reconstruction that will be funded by the EU. more »

Abroad

Published: 22/04/2010

European air space gradually starts to reopen

The Spanish Secretary of State for the EU, Diego López Garrido, and the European Commissioner for Transport, Siim Kallas, in the European Parliament on Tuesday defended the management of the air crisis caused by the eruption of an Icelandic volcano and said that they were confident that the measures adopted by the EU-27 will allow air space to progressively reopen. more »

Abroad

Published: 20/04/2010

Flights in Limbo

Stranded in Frankfurt. Volcanic ash from Iceland continues to ground flights across Europe where officials say about 5,000 took off in Europe Sunday compared with the 24,000 that normally would have flown. more »

Abroad

Published: 19/04/2010

More power, less plume

Iceland’s Meteorological Office reports tremors within an erupting volcano gained power on Sunday, while the massive plume of ash above its fiery core dropped off radar. more »

Abroad

Published: 19/04/2010

Volcanic ash cloud: President Barroso launches European Commission action to address economic consequences

European Commission President Barroso today decided to set up an ad-hoc group to assess the impact of the situation created by the volcanic ash cloud on the air travel industry and the economy in general. more »

Abroad

Published: 19/04/2010

Pope visited Malta

Pope Benedict holds Sunday mass in Malta. The Pope’s visit comes at a time when the Catholic Church has been under pressure surrounding a series of sex abuse scandals, and ahead of the Pope’s meeting with sex abuse victims. more »