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18 February Feb 2016 0921 18 February 2016 Paolo Gentiloni: “More development cooperation on migration and Isis”
From migration to Syria and Libya: The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs speaks exclusively to Vita International outlining the Italian development cooperation strategy to address the current international crisis and its root causes. “The challenges associated with the management of refugees and migrants mean that a new, combined approach is urgently needed in order to ensure the conditions for safe, orderly and legal migration that respects human rights”, says the minister.
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17 February Feb 2016 0932 17 February 2016 Zombie attack! TTIP corporate super rights come back from the dead
The European Commission’s “new” investor protection proposal brings the same controversial corporate super rights back from the dead according to a new report by Corporate Europe Observatory and 16 other organisations. The study’s release comes just before talks on this controversial issue resume in Brussels for the first time after a two year halt.
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16 February Feb 2016 0954 16 February 2016 EU launches new European Medical Corps to respond faster to emergencies
Medical teams and assets will be available for rapid deployment when an emergency strikes inside and outside the EU.
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10 February Feb 2016 1243 10 February 2016 Community transport could save public services £1.1 billion
The findings of a new report by ECT Charity, one of the leaders of community transport in Great Britain
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10 February Feb 2016 1009 10 February 2016 Why economic growth doesn’t always translate to happiness
“Happiness does not mean being ecstatic: it is the avoidance of misery, the gaining of long-term life satisfaction, the feeling of fulfilment, of worth, of kindness, of usefulness and of love. We need new measures of what matters most to us”, says Danny Dorling
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3 February Feb 2016 1342 03 February 2016 Still 1 in 4 deaths caused by cancer
According to Eurostat, In the European Union, cancer was the cause of death for almost 1.3 million people in 2013, responsible for just over a quarter (26%) of all deaths. Main fatal cancer: lung cancer for men, breast cancer for women.
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1 February Feb 2016 1453 01 February 2016 Syrians in need are waiting for actions not just kind words
As donor countries prepare to meet on February 4 in the British capital to pledge support for Syria and its neighbours, Oxfam urges parties to commit to changes that will improve lives of Syrians.
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25 January Jan 2016 1036 25 January 2016 It is time to combat corporate tax avoidance
In an age of deep public spending cuts and real austerity, addressing tax evasion and avoidance through use of tax havens is a moral issue. Actions by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the G-20 industrialised nations have endorsed a package of measures to tackle corporate tax avoidance: companies should pay tax in the countries where they conduct business.
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19 January Jan 2016 1535 19 January 2016 Amnesty International: tech giants exploit children to mine cobalt that ends up in smartphones
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products, said Amnesty International and Afrewatch in a report published today.
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19 January Jan 2016 1411 19 January 2016 MSF: European policies guilty of making the refugees crisis worse
The report "Obstacle Course to Europe" released today by Médecins Sans Frontières, blames Europe for turning its back on refugees as its focus shifted from a humanitarian to a security-driven response.