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10 September 2016: Citizens’ debate on Space for Europe in all ESA Member States

On 10 September 2016 about 2000 citizens from 22 European countries will participate in the first Citizens’ Debate on Space for Europe. In the course of the day, citizens will have the opportunity to learn, debate, have their say and participate by suggesting priorities on all aspects of current and future space programmes.

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Brexit and AE Pensions are the Biggest Concerns for UK Businesses

Recent research conducted on behalf of the insolvency trade body R3 has revealed the biggest sources of anxiety for UK businesses. Currently, the two biggest concerns facing British businesses is the possibility of leaving the European Union and the introduction of auto-enrolment pensions.

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On World Day, UN hails cooperatives as drivers of sustainable future

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Members of the Cooperative Agriculture Maraicher for Boulbi, water and hoe their vegetable fields in Kieryaghin village, Burkina Faso.

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UK Business Secretary to chair government group focused on business engagement following referendum

A new business engagement inter-ministerial group bringing together ministers from across UK government has been established.

A new business engagement inter-ministerial group, chaired by the UK Business Secretary Sajid Javid and bringing together ministers from across UK government to coordinate engagement with the business community, has been established on 30 June.

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Attack on Istanbul airport an affront to the values of democracy

Education International strongly condemns the attack which robbed at least 42 people of their lives and left another 239 injured, some critical, as they made their way through Istanbul’s busy Ataturk airport Wednesday morning.

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Hampton Court Palace flower show to highlight the plight of refugees

Conceptual garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (5 -10 July) shines spotlight on global refugee crisis.

As worldwide forced displacement is at its highest levels ever recorded, visitors to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Flower Show from 5 to 10 July will be encouraged to stop and consider the plight of the world’s refugees fleeing conflict, violence and persecution, and the risks they take to find shelter.

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UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia handing over security responsibility to national forces

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UN peacekeepers in Liberia.

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Quartet report cites violence, settlements and Gaza as barriers to Middle East peace – UN envoy

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Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, briefs the Security Council.

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Iraq Crisis: 3.6 million children now at risk from increasing violence

Call to protect children, as escalating conflict threatens to destroy childhoods in Iraq

3.6 million children in Iraq – one in five in the country - are at serious risk of death, injury, sexual violence, abduction and recruitment into armed groups, according to a new UNICEF report.

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Security Council extends mandates of UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Golan and Mali

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Wide view of the Security Council on 29 June 2016 where members took action on mandates of peacekeeping operations in Mali, Darfur, and the Golan Heights.