By Stephen Shu-hung Shen Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration Republic of China (Taiwan) Mitigating climate change—the most pressing challenge the international community is facing today—has...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a total of up to €550 million for motorways, local authorities’ infrastructure and, for the first time in Greece,...
In its immediate response to the vast devastation caused in the Philippines by the tropical cyclone Haiyan (Yolanda), the European Commission is making available €3 million...
In that context, the existence of a term of imprisonment in the country of origin sanctioning homosexual acts may constitute an act of persecution per se,...
Separating Tibet from China is the equivalent to severing an arm from a body, according to chairman Zhu Weiqun (pictured below), China’s chairman for ethnic and...
In the lead up to the high-level Climate Conference COP 19 in Warsaw, Poland the United Nations University’s Institute for Environment and Human Security today released...
During a visit to Burkina Faso, the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, announced that bilateral aid of up to €623 million would be allocated to Burkina...