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European Union leaders worked at a summit Thursday to come up with money to help pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change. Here are some of the pledges made by the 27 EU members so far, to cover the next three years until a new climate pact being negotiated in Copenhagen comes into effect in 2012:
The European Union warned Israel on Thursday not to play "divide and rule" with the 27-nation bloc over the EU's new position that Jerusalem should be the shared capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state.
Washington - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated US support for Croatia's entry into the European Union and NATO during a meeting with her Croatian counterpart in Washington on Thursday. We think that Croatia has an important role t...
The European Union ’s top antitrust official said Wednesday she was ‘’still optimistic” that regulators could resolve a bitter dispute over an EU investigation into Oracle ’s planned takeover of Sun Microsystems , The Associated Press reported.
KABUL, Afghanistan, 8 December 2009 – Representatives for the European Commission, the European Union and UNICEF came together late last month to sign a joint Declaration that reaffirmed the importance of child rights in Afghanistan. The conference was part of the month-long worldwide celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
Brussels - The European Union announced on Friday in Brussels that it was prepared for further United Nations sanctions against Iran should the Islamic Republic refuse to cooperate with the international community. The EU would support action by the...
The EU's self-proclaimed position as global leader in the fight against climate change was rocked Thursday by the bloc's failure to agree on how much they are willing to pay as a continent to help poor countries cope with and fight global warming. "You will... Gordon Brown - European Union - Nicolas Sarkozy - History - Parliament
European Union leaders will call for a global financial transaction levy in the hopes it could help buffer against and cope with future market crises, according to a draft statement published Friday.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders called on Greece to get to grips with its fiscal crisis on its own, concerned that an offer of emergency aid might fail to calm markets.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders set a seven- week deadline for Iran to return to talks over its nuclear program or face stiffer sanctions, according to a draft of the conclusions at a Brussels summit that ends today.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Speculation that climate talks in Copenhagen will produce a global commitment to cut emissions has sparked a rally for European Union carbon dioxide allowances at a time when power and gas prices indicate falling demand.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The European Union’s anti-piracy operation may expand the area it patrols because Somali pirates have begun to threaten ships as much as 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) from shore, according to the mission’s commander.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European Union leaders say government measures to stimulate the economy should stay in place until the “ recovery is fully secured,” according to a draft of the conclusions at a Brussels summit that ends today.
London - Britain Thursday urged fellow European Union (EU) governments to consider introducing special taxes on the financial sector to prevent a return of excessive risk-taking and bonus payments in the banking sector. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, i...
The European Union accused Israel on Thursday of trying to divide the 27-nation bloc to stop it passing a resolution calling for Jerusalem to be the shared capital of Israel and a future Palestinian state.
Brussels - European Union leaders hope to give UN climate talks in Copenhagen a boost on Thursday with an offer of billions of euros to help developing countries deal with global warming. The EU has quantified the amount of immediate worldwide fundin...
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