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South Africa and Brazil are now prepared to sign up to a roadmap, but other major countries are holding out. The EU has made a final appeal to large economies to sign up to a...

Little prospect of a deal at Durban conference. The mood darkened at the  climate-change summit in Durban, South Africa, yesterday (7 December) as negotiators failed to...

Many donors are making the switch from disease-specific funding to general health funding, a move that some campaigners fear will cost lives. The discovery of AIDS and HIV...

Germany's remaining hard-coal mines are under threat, with state subsidies on the way out and a push for greener types of fuel. A visit to the Auguste Victoria mine shows...

EU struggles to define strategic partnerships while summits highlighted problems with China. Last month, the leaders of the EU's 27 member states met in Brussels to discuss...

Commission to provide €122 million in educational support. The European Union and South Africa have their third-ever summit in Brussels today (28 September). The talks...

South African leader will be urged to help deal with difficult neighbour. European Union leaders will next week call on Jacob Zuma, the president of South Africa, to become...

How countries outside the European Union are participating in EU research projects. Up until 2007, there were two main ways for non-EU countries to participate in framework...

The lack of fuss about the EU's foreign policy chief's employment history is symptomatic of the West's amnesia about the Cold War. Imagine a British Conservative politician...

South Africa and Korea are among the countries already demonstrating that there is a green lining to these grim times. With unemployment soaring, bankruptcies climbing, and...

Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton wants to replicate South African deal with rest of the region. The European Commission is pressing South Africa to give its support to a...

Growing consumption means greater liability. The rich world is mostly responsible for global warming, but it will be impossible to stop runaway climate change unless...

The EU also calls on Pretoria to put pressure on Sudan's president in wake of genocide charge. The EU today threw its backing behind South Africa's efforts to act as a...

African hotspots grab agenda at Bordeaux event. EU and South African leaders will gather next week (25 July) in Bordeaux, France, for their first-ever summit, amid rising...

The EU's stated aid goals sit uncomfortably with its trade policies, leaving the poor with a raw deal. What can developing countries expect from regional trade deals with...

Negotiations over Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the European Commission have divided the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that are the ostensible...

It will soon become apparent which of the six regions currently negotiating controversial Economic Partnership Agreements with the EU are to meet the deadline of the end of...

The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa are expected to join forces in Pretoria next week to send a strong political message to the EU and US on world trade talks....

10 May: Parliament mini-plenary, Brussels. On the agenda: regional policy, simplification of community legislation;10-11 May: Meeting of ministers responsible for...

The inclusion of mineral and ore imports in EU chemicals legislation REACH will raise costs for exporters and could even damage third world communities, Australia and South...