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European Union offers big new trade aid boost
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:39 am | European Union
On 13 December, the European Union announced further substantial commitments to providing Trade-Related Assistance (TRA) to developing countries. Last night, the EU Council of Ministers, comprising the twentyfive EU Member States, committed to ... More >>
EU radically reforms its sugar sector
Friday, 25 November 2005, 1:02 pm | European Union
The 25 European Union Agriculture Ministers have reached political agreement overnight on a wide-ranging reform of the sugar sector. The reform will enhance the competitiveness and market-orientation of EU sugar. More >>
EUROPE UPDATE seminar: Current Challenges
Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 10:21 am | European Union
The Foreign Minister of Sweden, Laila Freivalds, will join a host of other high-profile speakers including the Chairman of Ericsson, Michael Treschow, and Chief Executive of the Minerals Council of Australia, Mitch Hooke, in a three-hour seminar on contemporary ... More >>
Doha Round: EU offer in agricultural negotiations
Monday, 31 October 2005, 10:13 am | European Union
The G20 want the highest agricultural tariffs cut by 75%. The US has proposed cuts of 90% Why have you not matched these offers? More >>
EU tables new offer in Doha World Trade talks
Monday, 31 October 2005, 10:11 am | European Union
EU tables new offer in Doha World Trade talks; calls for immediate movement on services and industrial goods More >>
Peace In A New Era Of Global Politics: Op-Ed
Friday, 9 September 2005, 4:53 pm | European Union
What, in this day and age, is the United Nations for? That is the question that has teased governments and students of international politics alike since the fall of the Iron Curtain. More >>
Achieving The UN’s Millennium Declaration Vision
Friday, 9 September 2005, 4:50 pm | European Union
Next week, leaders from around the world will gather in New York at the UN General Assembly for a review of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). More >>
EU & 05 UN Summit: Addressing global challenges
Friday, 9 September 2005, 4:46 pm | European Union
The United Nations Summit in New York from 14-16 September will provide the international community with an opportunity to agree on new and effective ways of meeting the challenges of today’s world. A firm supporter of effective multilateralism, the European Union ... More >>
EC reaches agreement w China on blocked textiles
Tuesday, 6 September 2005, 12:35 am | European Union
The European Union and China have come to a resolution on the issue of blocked Chinese textiles imports at the EU border. More >>
EU welcomes Israeli disengagement from Gaza
Friday, 26 August 2005, 4:52 pm | European Union
European Commission welcomes Israeli disengagement from Gaza and prepares further measures to support the peace process More >>
EU: support for independent broadcasting, Belarus
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:10 am | European Union
The European Commission has granted a €138.000 contract to Deutsche Welle Radio to broadcast via radio and Internet into Belarus. These programmes will be in an initial stage primarily in Russian, one of the state languages of Belarus, though ... More >>
EU: aid following storm disaster in N. Europe
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:06 am | European Union
EU Solidarity Fund: Commission proposes € 93 million of aid following storm disaster in Northern Europe More >>
EU on Iran's Resumption of Uranium Conversion
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:56 pm | European Union
Declaration on behalf of the European Union on Iran's Unilateral Resumption of Activity at the Uranium Conversion Facility in Esfahan More >>
London Bombings An Attack On Europe
Friday, 8 July 2005, 12:32 am | European Union
The European Union has condemned the terrorist bombing in London overnight. Calling the attack outrageous and unjustifiable, the European Commission said it was not only an unconscionable assault on innocent civilians, but on the values of all Europeans. More >>
EU sugar sector set for significant reform
Thursday, 23 June 2005, 8:50 am | European Union
The European Union will cut its price for white sugar by 39 percent and plans to abolish intervention as part of a host of radical reforms to the EU sugar sector, to be announced in Brussels overnight. More >>
Netherlands Say No To EU Constitution
Thursday, 2 June 2005, 12:14 am | European Union
Joint Statement of President of the European Parliament Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Council Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso on the results of the referendum in the Netherlands ... More >>
EU jumps on the Eurovision bandwagon
Monday, 23 May 2005, 11:15 am | European Union
Crack out the fake tan and plug in the crimping iron, the Eurovision Song Contest is on again, this time coming to you from the glitzy Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Yet half a world away in Australia, hordes of Eurovision devotees will also be cheering ... More >>
Common future of the EU and Turkey: will there be one?
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:45 pm | European Union
"Common future of the EU and Turkey: Roadmap for Reforms and Negotiations" I am very pleased to meet you here in Istanbul during my first official visit to Turkey as the Commissioner for Enlargement. Istanbul has a particularly significant standing ... More >>
Women’s rights in the EU - progress but too slow!
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:42 pm | European Union
And as my friend’s daughter asked - are all other days’ men’s days, then? More >>
The Non Proliferation Treaty must be preserved
Wednesday, 9 March 2005, 5:36 pm | European Union
The Commission agrees with the Council that the NPT must be preserved by all means, and strengthened if possible. This is recalled in the EU Strategy against the proliferation of WMDs adopted by the Council in December 2003. The Commission is contributing, ... More >>