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EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND MEMBER STATES TO RAISE CONSUMER CONCERNS WITH APP INDUSTRY
NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FINLAND IN NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR
Books: Waiting for Assad
ROME- Syria has long used inertia and stalling to their intended effect, and in the case of handing over its chemical weapons the regime seems to be continuing successfully in the same mold.
Exclusive: UN probes FAO nepotism
ROME– United Nations anti-corruption investigators have opened an inquiry into allegedly blatant job rigging by the “Latin Mafia” at the Food and Agriculture Organisation, UN sources say.
Kurdistan prosperity offers hope for Mideast maelstrom
ROME– In a rare Middle East success story, the Kurdish Regional Government today carries more diplomatic weight than many members of the UN, its High Representative to Italy, Rezan Kader, says.
Analysis: The decline of the Middle Class
Sant’Egidio Colombia peace appeal
ROME– The Sant’Egidio Community has appealed for the resumption of peace negotiations in Colombia amid signs an end to 50 years of bloody internal conflict is near.
EIGHT EU MEMBER STATES WITH OBSERVER STATE OF THE PACIFIC ALLIANCE
FINLAND -- Finland's application to become an Observer State of the Pacific Alliance (Alianza del Pacífico) was approved at the VIII Summit of the Pacific Alliance in C
FAO's "hyped" profile of media wizard
ROME—As Mario Lubetkin took over FAO’s spin operation, ex IPS colleagues poured scorn on the "hyped" biography the UN agency issued to justify the dlrs 25,000 a month hire of the unctuous Uruguayan
Solar energy plan to save Sahel
Queen to visit Italy in April
LONDON– Queen Elizabeth II will visit the Eternal City in April for a private meeting with President Napolitano and an audience with Pope Francis, Buckingham Palace announced.
EU decision due on Italy Lettori shame
Piero della Francesca at New York Met
Claudio Abbado, conductor, dies at 80
New Year`s Eve sackings rile FAO staff
ROME –FAO management issued another burst of job cuts on New Year`s Eve, despite pledges by “DG” Jose Graziano da Silva that his purge of the UN agency was over, FAO sources say.
Beijing Dance enchants Italy
ROME–Beijing's Academic Dance Company is performing at Genoa's Carlo Felice Theatre, revealing China's stunning dance tradition.
Letters: Maximum transparency at IPS
Dear Mr Philips, your allusion to a major fraudule
Comment: Scotland secession could re-balkanize Europe
Italy "won't abandon Afghans" -- Alfano
Kyenge in 100 most influential thinkers
ROME– Foreign Policy Magazine has included Cecile Kyenge, Italy’s first black Cabinet minister, on its the list of 100 most influential global thinkers.
Bust Lula croney heads FAO "partnerships
ROME–FAO has hired Brazil`s controversial former agrarian reform guru Rolf Hackbart to head the UN agency`s partnership division in yet another nepotistic top appointment, FAO sources say.
THE LONG-LASTING LEGACY OF 2013
IPS defends DG, questions remain
Letter to Editor: From the IPS Board Executive Committee
Dear Mr Philips,Reference is made to the letter of the co-founder of IPS, published by you on 23rd December 2013- We are writing to you to clarify a series of mistakes published by your site concer