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Don’t lose faith in a legally binding climate agreement being reached in Copenhagen. That was the core issue on Wednesday as a large group of island nations called for harder work to get such an agreement into place by appointing a special group. more »
The first Meeting of Foreign Ministers in the framework of the Eastern Partnership on 8 December 2009 in Brussels will gather foreign ministers of 27 Member States, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, as well as EU institutions. more »
The UN Climate Change Conference opened on 7 December with a film about climate change from the perspective of a child. The call from coming generations was clear: “Please, help save the world”. more »
On Tuesday, the EU’s foreign ministers and the foreign ministers from the six countries involved in the Eastern Partnership are to meet. It is the first meeting of foreign ministers for the Partnership since its launch in May. more »
The Chair of the UN panel on climate change has told us that he is optimistic that a change in public opinion will lead to a breakthrough at the Copenhagen climate summit. more »
On 9 December, the European Commission's DG Enlargement and the Swedish Presidency of the EU are organizing a Conference on “The Western Balkans: Overcoming the economic crisis, from regional cooperation to EU membership”. more »
Turkey's progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief negotiator Egemen Bağış and Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on 2 December. more »
The 13 th EU-Ukraine Summit will take place in Kyiv on 4 th December. The Summit will be hosted by President Viktor Yushchenko. more »
Ahead of the Spanish presidency of the Council, which begins in January, EP President Jerzy Buzek and leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament will be in Madrid on Thursday and Friday for meetings with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, other ministers and members of the Spanish Parliament. The delegation will also be received by King Juan Carlos. more »
U.S. President Barack Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan will include sending an additional 30,000 U.S. troops by the summer of 2010. more »