Brussels welcomes Nordic culture
Brussels will play host to more than 400 Nordic artists and creative practitioners this autumn, organised by one of Europe's most influential cultural institutions, BOZAR.
News in Brief
- Finland: EU should have anti-money laundering agency
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- France approves budget for medical cannabis research
- Police make arrests in migrant lorry deaths
- EU states want to reduce emissions from shipping sector
- Von der Leyen to meet French and Hungarian candidates Monday
- EU ambassadors delay decision on Brexit extension
Nordics could be first carbon-negative region in world
It is very unlikely that the climate target of the Paris agreement can be met without a system that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – we need negative emissions.
Stakeholders' Views
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Real risks to peace and stability in the South China Sea
Real risks to peace and stability in the South China Sea come from power outside the region, writes Zhang Ming, head of mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union.
Common-sense approach needed for EU energy reform
Access to safe, sustainable and cheap energy is a dream of all European Union member states, and also a goal that Poland is steadfastly seeking to accomplish.
Nordic electricity market presented to global energy ministers
Energy ministers from the world's biggest economies, including the G20, were shown how co-operation works in the Nordic electricity market. This co-operation is unique by international standards and is held up as a model globally.
Nordic region to become world's most sustainable and integrated
The Nordic region will become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world.
Transforming the EU's response to forced displacement
Only through joining up external policies to ensure no one is left behind, establishing a humane and predictable asylum system, and recognising humanitarian emergencies are a political emergency, can the EU champion the humanitarian response globally.
The truth and reality of China's social credit system
In the digital age, to update and improve the credit system is a common task for all countries.
FIFA's schools programme aims to reach 700m children
Football clubs today invest huge sums of money in youth development and court talented young players from an early age. Children are the future – not only where football is concerned, but also for society in general.
Climate policy in Nordics: how to maximise global impact?
To maximise the global impact of climate policy, Norwegian economists recommend a shift of focus - from national emissions reductions, to clean technology development and better use of international emissions-trading systems, notably EU market mechanisms.
A new strategy to promote gender equality through football
Recognising the passion for women's football and its potential offers vast untapped opportunities, FIFA is committed to reaching an ambitious goal: by 2026, the number of women's footballers is to be doubled from 30 million to 60 million players worldwide.
Digital 'Iron Curtain' makes no sense in 5G era
5G technology is a product of global innovation and cooperation. Drawing an Iron Curtain would therefore have an impact on all: Chinese, Europeans, Americans, and others alike.
Startups told to pack their bags after three years
Politicians need to stop romanticising past economic ideas and establish rules that allow the next generation of success stories to happen in Europe.
Podcast: Do dads hold the key to sustainability?
Find out in a new Nordic podcast series.
Help consumers take cruelty away from EU's Xmas buffet
Will commissioners Phil Hogan and Vytenis Andriukaitis help consumers take cruelty away from the EU's Christmas buffet? Some 80 MEPs have asked the EU commission to delete the requirement of minimum liver weights for foie gras
COP24 Nordic Pavilion: sharing climate solutions with the world
The Nordic Pavilion at COP24 is dedicated to dialogue – TalaNordic – about key themes regarding the transition to a low-carbon society, such as energy, transport, urban futures, the circular economy and green financing.
Stakeholders' Highlights
- UNESDA welcomes Nicholas Hodac as new Director General
- Brussels welcomes Nordic culture
- UNESDA appoints Nicholas Hodac as Director General
- Soft drinks industry co-signs Circular Plastics Alliance Declaration
- Engineers Europe Advisory Group: Building the engineers of the future
- New programme studies infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance
- UNESDA reduces added sugars 11.9% between 2015-2017
- EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue: EU to raise key fundamental rights issues
- No evidence that social media are harmful to young people
- Canada to host the joint Nordic cultural initiative 2021
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A touch of football at this year's G20 summit
FIFA president Gianni Infantino addressed the G20 leaders and placed football at their disposal as a powerful tool to help them address the challenges facing the world today.
An open China brings opportunities to Europe
Some 60 years ago, the first major World Fair after World War II was held in Brussels. Sixty years on, China International Import Expo (CIIE), the first world expo dedicated to expanding imports, will open in Shanghai, China.
ASEM: Global Partners for Global Challenges
As anti-globalisation and protectionist sentiments threaten to come back, it is more important than ever for ASEM members to come together, think in the long term, and take coordinated actions to resist unilateralism and uphold multilateralism.
Time is ripe for an overhaul of the football transfer system
A new accreditation, registration and disclosure system is to be put in place to ensure that agents are regulated to the highest standards. Greater transparency relating to fees is to be introduced, with agents' commissions going through a clearing house.
Brussels deflating children's balloons
Well-meaning intentions on reducing plastic waste in our seas and oceans risks leading to job losses and depriving millions of European children of joy and celebration - without tangible environmental gain.
How the European soft drinks industry generates revenue for economies across the EU
From farming to research and development, the soft drink sector's impact on industries is equivalent to 1.24 percent of EU GDP.
China supports and upholds multilateral trading system
China significantly lowered import tariff rates and non-tariff barriers, liberalised the right to trade, boosted the services sector and reduced restrictions on foreign investment.
China: work together for a better globalisation
Four steps towards making globalisation work better, and improving cooperation between China and the EU.
Green stadiums at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
By the time the tournament kicks off on 14 June, all twelve stadiums will all have undergone a standards certification process for sustainable buildings.
Life is possible for patients with severe asthma
On World Asthma Day, European asthma patients are joining voices under the theme "Never too early, never too late" to ask for more research on the causes of asthma.
Openness for greater prosperity, innovation for a better future
Reform and opening-up is a great process that has seen China and the world achieve development and progress together, with more than 700 million Chinese people lifted out of poverty, China's president Jinping told the Boao Forum for Asia.
Recycling at the FIFA World Cup in Russia
With this year's FIFA World Cup in Russia fast approaching, the impact of major sports events on society and the environment is an important topic in the public discourse.
Icelandic green biotechnology
Barley possesses unique characteristics and qualities that make it perfectly suited to our biotechnology needs.
Poland is no 'energy island' but key piece in Europe energy map
A new expert report firmly dismisses suggestions that Poland is an 'energy island'.
An open China will foster a world-class business environment
China is expanding market access for foreign enterprises and creating a world-class environment where businesses are assured a high-level of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and equal access to opportunities.
An opportunity to help shape a better future for Europe
Political events of the last 18 months have prompted much soul searching and debate over the future of Europe. Romanian MEP, Laurentiu Rebega, believes that the European Conservatives and Reformists Group will best serve his constituents.
Stakeholders' Highlights
- Sign the petition to help reform the EU’s Bank
- Child rights organisations encourage candidates for EU elections to become Child Rights Champions
- UNESDA Outlines 2019-2024 Aspirations: Sustainability, Responsibility, Competitiveness
- Record citizens’ input to EU bank’s consultation calls on EIB to abandon fossil fuels
- Annual EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue takes place in Ashgabat
- New campaign: spot, capture and share Traces of North
- Leading Nordic candidates go head-to-head in EU election debate
- New Secretary General: Nordic co-operation must benefit everybody
- MEP Kati Piri: “Our red line on Turkey has been crossed”
- 2018 deadliest year yet for children in Syria as war enters 9th year
- Nordic commitment to driving global gender equality
- Meet your defender: Rasul Jafarov leading human rights defender from Azerbaijan
Stakeholders' Highlights
- UNICEF Hosts MEPs in Jordan Ahead of Brussels Conference on the Future of Syria
- Nordic talks on parental leave at the UN
- Trial of Chechen prisoner of conscience and human rights activist Oyub Titiev continues.
- Nordic food policy inspires India to be a sustainable superpower
- Milestone for Nordic-Baltic e-ID
- EU bank urged to free itself from fossil fuels and take climate leadership
- Roundtable: Muslim Heresy and the Politics of Human Rights, Dr. Matthew J. Nelson
- Turkey suffering from the lack of the rule of law
- Soft Drinks Europe welcomes Tim Brett as its new president
- Nordic ministers take the lead in combatting climate change
- European Parliament takes incoherent steps on climate in future EU investments
- Kyrgyz authorities have to immediately release human rights defender Azimjon Askarov
