News by region: EUROPE


News by region: EUROPE

20 November – The number of elderly people in Europe is on the rise and responding to their changing needs is one of the biggest challenges that governments have to face this century, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said today.

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20 November – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced the hope for increased cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations following the appointment of Herman van Rompuy as the first EU President and Catherine Ashton as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

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18 November – The United Nations Security Council today extended for another year the European Union stabilization force (EUFOR) entrusted with ensuring continued compliance by all sides in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the ethnic war there.

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17 November – Property issues were once again the focus as Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to continue United Nations-backed reunification talks.

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17 November – Political disputes in Bosnia and Herzegovina are impeding the return of over 117,000 people, dooming them to endure the consequences of wartime atrocities 14 years after the end of the Balkan conflict that drove them from their homes, an independent United Nations expert said today.

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Cyprus leaders centre ongoing UN-backed talks on property issues - 13 November

UN war crimes tribunal reduces sentence of convicted former Bosnian Serb general - 12 November

Maternal mortality in Eastern Europe, Central Asia halved but still high – UN report - 12 November

Talks on Russian-Georgian conflict resume in Geneva under UN co-sponsorship - 11 November

UN official lauds role of sport in European Union development programmes - 10 November

Independent UN expert urges greater efforts to help South Ossetia’s displaced - 10 November

UN officials remember fall of Berlin Wall, 20 years on - 9 November

Working together, nations can tackle today’s major challenges – Ban - 5 November

UN’s Balkan war crimes tribunal decides to appoint defence counsel for Karadžić - 5 November

Era of increased mobility requires better protection of migrants’ rights, says Ban - 4 November

UN’s Balkan war crimes tribunal re-elects President and Vice-President to new terms - 28 October

Cyprus: UN deminer killed in accidental bomb blast - 28 October

Cyprus talks on federal government continue under UN auspices - 27 October