3 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to russia later this week to take part in the opening…
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1 February 2014 – Amid a global landscape filled with both volatility and opportunity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged leaders…
31 January 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the start of dialogue between President Viktor Yanukovych…
31 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for the observance of the Olympic Truce, calling on everyone engaged…
30 January 2014 – The United Nations must use science and technology to strengthen its policy-making on sustainable development, reducing…
30 January 2014 – The Security Council today extended the long-running United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 31…
29 January 2014 – With a little over a week to go before the Winter Olympics open in Sochi, Russia,…
27 January 2014 – The United Nations today paid tribute to the 6 million Jews and countless others massacred in…
Eurozone countries are “worried” by the problems hitting emerging economies but do not believe there is a risk of contagion, senior officials said Monday. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the Eurogroup which gathers the finance ministers of countries…
21 January 2014 – Urging restraint amid widespread anti-Government protests in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner…
European stocks pulled back on Thursday, failing to gain traction from a surprise drop in US unemployment claims, while Citigroup earnings disappointed. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down just 0.07 percent at 6,815.42 points. Frankfurt…
US President Barack Obama will head to Brussels on March 26 to attend an EU-US summit, a European source told AFP Friday. The meeting is expected to give Obama the opportunity to mend ties with the 28-nation bloc, after tensions over revelations that…
The EU food safety watchdog warned Friday that exposure levels to Bisphenol A (BPA), already implicated as a health concern for babies, should be cut by a factor of 10. The European Food Safety Authority said a review of recent studies showed “exposure…
10 January 2014 – United Nations independent human rights experts today urged the Spanish Government to reconsider its decision to…
European stock markets rose on Thursday as investors awaited monetary policy decisions from the ECB and Bank of England and reacted to an upbeat outlook from the US Federal Reserve. Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index advanced 0.43 percent to 9,538.92 points and…
The European Commission cleared on Thursday a merger between France’s Publicis and US peer Omnicom which will create the world’s biggest advertising company. The nature of the market, “the presence of other large competitors, the relatively low barriers…
European stock markets advanced on Tuesday alongside brighter eurozone economic data and as Ireland successfully tapped the bond markets for the first time since exiting its EU-IMF bailout. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.37 percent…
A rare opportunity to change the path of copyright in Europe has emerged, but there’s not much time to take advantage of it. The European Commission (EC) has opened up for public comment copyright policy across the European Union for the first time…
European stock markets moved higher on Friday in low-volume trade, aided by upbeat Spanish unemployment figures, but gains were capped after sharp losses elsewhere following more weak data from China. In afternoon deals, London’s benchmark FTSE 100…
BRUSSELS, Belgium — After five years of economic headlines dominating Europe, politics could be back in 2014. The states of southern Europe will be hoping their fragile signs of recovery after years of recession will firm up in 2014, but no one’…