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At Security Council, UN envoy appeals for Russia and US cooperation to pull Syria 'away from the brink'

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Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria, addresses the Security Council.

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More than 80% of primary school pupils in the EU were studying a foreign language in 2014

In 2014, more than 18 million primary school pupils (or 84% of all the pupils at this level) in the European Union (EU) were studying at least one foreign language, including nearly 1 million (around 5%) studying two foreign languages or more. At...

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Meeting in the Maltese capital of Valetta, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank approved more than EUR 7.3 billion of new loans for investment in strategic infrastructure, the environmental and knowledge economy as well as private sector

From Syrian refugees on their way to being resettled to Europe to Palestine refugees who have been living in camps for years: members from the civil liberties committee delegation got to speak to many different people during their fact-finding mission...

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IAEA Sees Global Nuclear Power Capacity Growing Through 2030

Nuclear power is projected to continue expanding globally in the coming years, even as the pace of growth slows amid competition from low fossil fuel prices and renewable energy sources, according to an IAEA study released on 23 September.

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