European Directorate-General Transport and Energy

EU Energy: EU Signs Up To International Renewable Energy Agency

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and the Swedish Secretary of State Ola Alterå have signed today in Berlin the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). By their signing the European Union has become the...

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EU marks 20 years of Child Rights Protection and Looks Ahead

Last Saturday, the world celebrated the 20 th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) – the most universally ratified human rights treaty. The Convention is the first international legally binding...

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Barroso warned not to split environment, climate portfolios

A leading group of MEPs on Friday (20 November) warned European Commission President José Manuel Barroso not to create a separate climate action department in the next EU executive, as rumours abound in Brussels that the...

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Re: fydo

malkis, As a PS: Turkmenistan - World leading oil and gas companies attend "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan - 2009" exhibition The 14th International Exhibition "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2009" and the international...

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UK Ex-Pats to Hold Silent Protest over Bulgaria Property Fraud

The Forginers Acossication in Bulgaria is set to hold a silent protest outside Dobrich District Court in East Bulgaria Monday in support of a UK couple who had their house 'stolen' from them in 2007. The planned protest at 8:30...

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The Modern Iron Curtain Is Made of Gas Pipelines (at The Wall Street Journal Online)

The prospect of shivering through another January without gas for heating fills many people in Eastern Europe with understandable horror. Yet, a fight is shaping up between Russia and Ukraine that could leave them without vital...

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High-level conference to mark 20th anniversary of UN Convention on t..

Vrijdag 20 november 2009 | Swedish Presidency of the European Union ] On the day of the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the permanent intergovernmental working group `L'Europe de l'Enfance' met...

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"Draw me a right!" ? European Commission launches the 4th edition of..

Vrijdag 20 november 2009 | European Union ] The 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" is the theme of a poster competition launched today, 20 November 2009, by Vice-President Jacques Barrot

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EU seeks Russian gas stability

Europe's need for stable deliveries of Russian gas will loom large at an EU-Russia summit in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Wednesday. The EU does not want another Russia-Ukraine gas crisis this winter The August 2008...

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Energy and Global Warming News for November 19: E.U. to mandate “nearly zero” power use by...

E.U. to Mandate ‘Nearly Zero' Power Use by Buildings European legislators and countries struck a deal last night to introduce tough new energy-efficiency regulations for all electricity-using appliances and buildings within the...

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