Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Andris Piebalgs" produced 182 items.
| 1. Gates calls for increase in EU research spending | January 26, 2012 |
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Microsoft chairman says doubling EU research budget would have 'huge impact' on the world's poor. The European Union should devote more funding to research and innovation... |
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| 2. A flawed development policy | October 27, 2011 |
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Growth is necessary but not sufficient to reduce poverty and inequality. The EU's new growth-led development policy has many positive points (“Commission aims to attach... |
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| 3. The power to bring people out of poverty | October 20, 2011 |
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Development plan is good news, but there must be action. The ‘agenda for change' announced on 14 October by Andris Piebalgs, the European commissioner for development, is... | |
| 4. Commission aims to attach more conditions to development aid | October 13, 2011 |
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Funding to governments set to decrease. The European Commission wants to concentrate development aid on fewer recipient countries and to attach more conditions to the aid... |
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| 5. Aid effectiveness | June 23, 2011 |
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Providing aid directly to governments prove more effective than aid for specific projects. Your article “On the trail of ‘disappearing' aid” (16-22 June) fails to... |
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| 6. On the trail of ‘disappearing' aid | June 16, 2011 |
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Austerity measures force fresh look at aid projects. More than half of the European Commission's development aid to the world's poorest countries goes directly to their... | |
| 7. Commission denies funding government-controlled ‘charity' | June 16, 2011 |
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Alleged financial support details emerge in libel case. The European Commission has denied reports that it is providing €3.7 million to a government-controlled... |
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| 8. Commissioner on the run | May 26, 2011 |
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Šefcovic gets set for the Brussels 20km. Maroš Šefcovic, the European commissioner for administration and inter-institutional relations, will fire the starting pistol for... |
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| 9. ‘Weaknesses' in EU aid managed by UN | May 26, 2011 |
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ECA finds flaws in the design of projects funded by the EU through the UN. The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has found major shortcomings in the way that close to a... | |
| 10. While the dust is settling | May 26, 2011 |
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EU looking at changes to its aid policies as the world's poorest states are increasingly unable to cope. Last week (20 May), the European Union pledged €54.5 million to... |
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| 11. Commission announces opening of ECHO office in Côte d'Ivoire | April 20, 2011 |
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Commission announces €240m in total aid. The European Commission's humanitarian aid department, ECHO, is to open an office in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's commercial... |
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| 12. Asking the right questions | April 14, 2011 |
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Valentina Bonaccorso on why she made the move from Sicily to Brussels, and how she now has her ‘dream job'. It is a long way from Catania to Brussels, and from the warmth... |
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| 13. Development should help the poor, not big business | March 24, 2011 |
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The EU should make economic development more pro-poor and sustainable. In the article “Helping out or muscling in?” (17-23 March), you rightly raise questions about the... | |
| 14. The issues for the EU | February 24, 2011 |
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Energy security and oil prices Oil prices have soared in recent days because of fears over the impact of the unrest on Libya's oil and gas supplies. Several European energy... |
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| 15. How to help Haiti help itself | January 13, 2011 |
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The EU has been generous to Haiti, but has not shown itself capable of helping the country's longer-term recovery. In the year since an earthquake struck Haiti, the EU has... |
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| 16. EU, Africa to focus on economic ties | November 25, 2010 |
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Talks between the European Union and Africa could be undermined if too many EU leaders decide to stay away. Next week's summit of leaders from the European Union and Africa... |
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| 17. Making the EEAS reshuffle work | November 11, 2010 |
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The EU's diplomatic service must have a strong development base. In response to your article “EEAS appointments trigger mini-reshuffle” (28 October-3 November), I would... |
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| 18. Commission to back EU-Africa proposals | November 4, 2010 |
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Development commissioner stakes out course for relations with Africa The European Commission is next week expected to endorse proposals by Andris Piebalgs, the European... |
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| 19. The systems are in place, now Africa needs proof | November 4, 2010 |
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What matters is not who draws up the EU's strategy for Africa, but whether the plan links development and foreign policy goals. Next Wednesday, the European Commission will... |
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| 20. Too much Strasbourg | September 23, 2010 |
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Two trips in one month causes problems. Scheduling two trips to Strasbourg in the space of a single month seems to have been a challenge too far for the European... |
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