The European Commission is increasing its funding by €7 million to provide relief to the most vulnerable populations in the occupied Palestinian territory. more »
As the COP15 Summit did not reach a legally binding agreement at international level, local and regional leaders will have to step in to make the Copenhagen deal a real success. more »
Barroso says negotiations were toughest he can remember. more »
Rapidly increasing emissions of carbon dioxide from the transport sector, particularly in urban areas, is a major challenge to sustainable development in developing countries. more »
The heads of state and government who met late yesterday evening to resolve some problems in the climate negotiations continued their meeting on Friday morning. more »
Two human rights resolutions - on anti-homosexual draft legislation in Uganda and freedom of expression in Azerbaijan - were approved by Parliament on Thursday. more »
At this moment, political leaders from the world’s largest countries are sitting in Copenhagen negotiating a global response to the threat of climate change. more »
The Moroccan and EU negotiators signed an agreed minute concluding negotiations that have been ongoing for almost four years in view of a future agreement on improving bilateral trade conditions for products from the agri-food and fisheries sector. more »
MEPs have given their backing to the Council's recent decision to prolong sanctions against certain Belarusian officials whilst suspending the application of travel restrictions until October 2010. more »
The EU and the African Union (AU) met in Copenhagen. AU chief negotiator, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, informed the meeting about the offer from the African Union that he had presented earlier in the day. more »
The EU and the African Union (AU) met in Copenhagen. AU chief negotiator, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, informed the meeting about the offer from the African Union that he had presented earlier in the day.
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