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The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) added to debate this week over climate change and the recent catastrophic weather in the Southern Hemisphere (see EUAustralia Online, “Torrid Times”, 14.1.11), affirming 2010 was one of the hottest years ever. … Read More »
“Greetings me old China” might have been a theme of the conversation in Strasbourg this week when the President of the European parliament, Jerzy Buzek, met his visiting counterpart, Harry Jenkins, Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives (18.1.11). … Read More »
A new deal has been set up (15.12.10) between the European Union and Pacific nations, to collaborate on dealing with impacts of climate change – as a flow-on from the UN conference at Cancun. … Read More »
The Saturday night (13.11.10) liberation from home detention of Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar has been welcomed with stern reservations by democratic governments. … Read More »
The European Union is this week launching, and funding a new program to help coordinate migration among African, Caribbean and Pacific countries, with a pilot scheme to include Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: A welcome mat has gone out for Julia Gillard, at the Asia- Europe Meeting in Brussels, her first appearance as Australian Prime Minister at an international gathering – though not the greatest of summits in terms of the attendance of heads of government this time.
Ms Gillard stopped en route to Europe, in Afghanistan, where she saw the President, Hamid Karzai, the ISAF Commander General David Petraeus, and several Australian soldiers watching the AFL Grand Final; she is also visiting Zurich to talk to the Football organisation, FIFA, about Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup. … Read More »
The European Union is extending the measures taken to put pressure on the military regime in Fiji to hand over to a democratic system. … Read More »