The recent severe crisis has underlined global interdependence and the need for new and more substantial forms of international cooperation. more »
Summertime always brings blue-green algae blooms feeding off the heavily polluted Baltic Sea. more »
Japan will see a historic change in government this week, making former opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama the nation's next prime minister. more »
Israeli President Shimon Peres is driven away from hospital with a clean bill of health after Saturday's scare. The 86-year-old has spent the night under observation after he fainted during a ceremony in Tel Aviv. more »
German police aim their spotlights - and water cannons - on left-wing demonstrators after a street festival in Hamburg. more »
Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is making his first visit to EU-funded operations in Zimbabwe. more »
Ahead of the Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December, the EU and South Africa both emphasise the importance of political leadership. more »
The Baltic Sea region will be in focus as the Baltic Sea Week opens on Monday. more »
The World Bank Group Board of Directors today discussed a new Country Partnership Strategy with Georgia, which provides the framework guiding the World Bank Group's assistance to Georgia for 2009-2012. more »
The European Union Military Committee (EUMC) is to visit Karlskrona on 14–15 September for an informal meeting on maritime surveillance. more »
Japan will see a historic change in government this week, making former opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama the nation's next prime minister.
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