WorldThe multiannual migration strategy on cooperation with Silk route region countries to be considered in Istanbul2013-12-08, 13:36Senior Officials' Meeting of the so called Budapest process is to be held in Istanbul on 9-10 December 2013. The Budapest Process, initiated by Germany in 1991, is a consultative forum involving more than 50 governments and 10 international organisations. Parliament pays tribute to Nelson Mandela2013-12-07, 13:39EU flags are flying at half-mast at the European Parliament in tribute to Nelson Mandela who died at the age of 95 on 5 December. Speaking after the death of Mandela, EP president Martin Schulz said: "South Africa today loses its father, the world loses a hero. I pay tribute to one of the greatest humans of our time." Mandela was the first recipient of the Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. On behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended sincere condolences to President Jacob Zuma on the passing of Nelson Mandela, former President of the Republic of South Africa. Results of a phone conversation between the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso2013-12-02, 18:47Today President Yanukovych of Ukraine called the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. EU-US agreements: Commission reports on TFTP and PNR2013-11-27, 19:15Today the Commission adopted the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) evaluation report and a report on the joint review of the US Passenger Name Record (PNR) Agreement. The Commission assessed the value of financial information data provided under the EU-US TFTP Agreement in the fight against terrorism and how PNR data has been used by US authorities for the purpose of fighting serious crime and terrorism. The Commission also adopted a Communication on a European Terrorist Finance Tracking System (TFTS), concluding that the establishment of such a system is not expected at this stage. Experts to discuss challenges raised by migration between the EU and Latin America and the Caribbean states2013-11-23, 15:04On 26-27 November, the VIII High level meeting of the structured and comprehensive EU-CELAC dialogue on migration between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean countries (CELAC – Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños) will take place in Brussels. Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, urging calm in the run-up to elections in Bangladesh, expressing concern about the situation of migrant workers in Qatar and calling for fair justice in Bolivia. Sakharov laureate Malala Yousafzaï: "There is poverty, lack of freedom, fear and terrorism, but there is hope"2013-11-20, 18:27Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzaï made a passionate plea for more education as she accepted the 2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Strasbourg. Ms Yousafzai, who was honoured for her fight to promote education for girls despite the threat of Taliban violence, said: "There is poverty, lack of freedom, fear and terrorism, but there is hope, because we are all here together united to help these children, to speak for them, to take action." The President extended condolences over the tragic plane crash in Kazan2013-11-18, 12:11President Dalia Grybauskaitė offered condolences to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, over the tragic plane crash in Kazan which left fifty people dead. Russia: Boeing plane crashed in central Russia2013-11-17, 21:07At least 50 people died after a Boeing passenger plane crashed while landing in the city of Kazan in central Russia on Saturday, according to the Emergencies Ministry. A doctor working at the scene said that only ashes and rubble were left from the plane. |
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