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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), as the first EU institution, rose to the challenge of providing a comprehensive vision for the future of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), in advance of the European Commission's papers on the matter, due to be issued later this year and in 2011.
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The European Union and Argentina have today signed in Buenos Aires a final settlement of the WTO dispute that Argentina brought against the EU in May 2003 regarding the application of its legislation on biotech products.
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The outlook for primary energy supplies, heat, and electricity is questionable for the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, despite Russia and Central Asia’s current role as a major energy supplier to both Eastern and Western Europe.
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In a classroom of seventh-grade students divided equally between girls and boys, Tim Sophanny, a 30-year-old teacher at Sre Preah Secondary School in Keo Seima district of Mondulkiri, is writing the lesson on a dark-green board with one hand while covering her nose with the other to avoid inhaling chalk dust.
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a 36-month, SDR 513.9 million (about US$790 million) Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for El Salvador to help the country mitigate the adverse effects of the global crisis.
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The mission held constructive discussions with Prime Minister Emmanuel Nadingar, Finance Minister Gata Ngoulou, Infrastructure Minister Adoum Younousmi, and other senior officials.
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The EBRD is supporting the rehabilitation of the water and wastewater system in the city of Aktau, in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan, with a loan in Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT) equivalent to €5.8 million (KZT 1.2 billion) to Aktau TVS&V, the municipal water and district heating company serving the city.
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The EBRD is helping to improve the quality of power supply and stimulate renewable sources of energy in the Caucasus with an €80 million sovereign loan to Georgia for the construction of a new high voltage transmission line - the Black Sea High Voltage line, which will interconnect Georgia and Turkey.
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The EBRD is helping to improve the infrastructure of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, with a €100 million loan for the construction of a new railway route bypassing the city.
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The inauguration of Chile's new president was a moving moment for the EU's new commissioner for humanitarian aid - in more ways than one.
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Beaches in India’s Orissa state stirred as thousands of female sea turtles came ashore to lay eggs.
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The world’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day parade bathed New York’s Fifth Avenue in a sea of green.
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One of the men considered to be the founding fathers of the euro currency met MEPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday (16 March) to talk about transatlantic relations.
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Fears that draconian measures to check your internet use, laptop, smart phone or other equipment may work themselves into a new international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) lay behind recent attempts by MEPs to be consulted in any deal.
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EU animal welfare rules must be more rigorously enforced, with more inspections and effective penalties, said the Agriculture Committee on Wednesday.
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Following the first ever meeting with the College of European Commissioners in Brussels, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said: "This was a very successful meeting.
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Hold onto your hats, it s the surfing alpaca. Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi, not satisfied with catching waves with dogs, has now trained -- for lack of a better word... his pet alpaca, Pisco, to ride with him on his 10-foot long surfboard.
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Fifty-three year old Rasima collects dirt everyday from a paddy field in Indonesia’s east Java province, turning it into a snack made entirely from soil, called "ampo."
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Up to three and a half million dollars – that’s how much this rare pinkish orange diamond ring is expected to fetch at the Magnificent Jewels Auction in New York.
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China again warned Google on Tuesday to obey the nation’s law with its web search engine results, amid mounting signs the world No.1 could soon shut its mainland website.
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