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Yannis Vardakastanis, president of the European Disability Forum, on how childhood misfortune led to a fulfilling life and career helping others. When Yannis Vardakastanis...

Commission report to support higher carbon emission reduction targets for 2020. A report to be issued by the European Commission in the coming weeks will bolster the case of...

German diplomat to represent EU in peace talks between Israel and Palestine. National foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (23 January) have appointed Andreas...

Latin America's financial woes led to a ‘lost decade'. The situation in Europe today looks much worse. Turning-points are easy to identify with hindsight, but not in real...

UN chief hopes talks in New York produce a breakthrough. Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, will urge the leaders of Cyprus's Greek and Turkish...

The West and Iran are playing with fire. So turn to Brazil and Turkey for help. The West and Iran are playing a dangerous game. In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close...

The EU's foreign and security policy often lacks an effective response. For most of the past decade, the European Union has provided leadership in efforts to stop Iran...

Danish presidency cuts out the waste. More than two years have passed since Denmark was last in the global spotlight, when it was hosting the inconclusive UN talks on climate...

There is much to praise in the EU institutions' response to the Arab uprisings, but directionis still lacking. In the past year, democratic uprisings in the southern...

Economists fail to appreciate adequately that people are fundamentally social creatures. Modern macroeconomics often seems to treat rapid and stable economic growth as the...

A delicate understanding of national identity in the Balkans helped Kiro Gligorov keep Macedonia out of the Balkan wars. Angelina Jolie's new film, “In the Land of Blood...

The European External Action Service has had a difficult first 12 months, and hopes have faded that Catherine Ashton will settle into her role as EU foreign policy chief. The...

The EU's Special Representative to the southern Mediterranean has won praise throughout his career. Within his inner circle, Bernardino León is likened to Mr Wolf, an...

Status of 3,000 opponents of Iranian regime to be checked before transfer or re-settlement. The EU has welcomed an agreement between the United Nations and the Iraqi...

Climate negotiators could take a leaf out of the global postal sector's book. The two weeks of tortuous negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Slovenia's foreign minister is new EU envoy to Kosovo; posts in Macedonia and Palestine. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, today (21 December) appointed three...

Agreement in Durban on a roadmap to a future global treaty will see Europe continue a second period of binding emissions cuts, but Green groups say the deal is...

Date of 1 July 2013 set for Croatia to be 28th member. Croatia is set to join the European Union on 1 July 2013 after President Ivo Josipovic and Prime Minister Jadranka...

Denmark's position at the forefront of environment policy is likely to have a strong influence on its presidency. In 1973, when the world was in the throes of a global energy...

Connie Hedegaard's risk in Durban was redemption for the EU after its embarrassing failure at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009. Connie Hedegaard, the European...