Full Coverage: Europe

28.09.2008 The Battle of Ideas is a two-day festival of social, political and cultural discussion taking place in London, 1 & 2 November.

27.09.2008 Climate change, habitat destruction and disease could wipe out more than half of Europe’s amphibians by 2050, according to scientists from the Zoological Society of London.

24.09.2008 The British government might use a new international agreement to avoid strict legal controls on UK private military and security companies, a development charity has warned.

23.09.2008 The UN Children's Fund has welcomed the British government's decision to grant children seeking asylum, migrant children and those who have been trafficked into the UK the same rights as British children, including their right to education, health care and social services.

22.09.2008 The 16th Raindance Film Festival runs in central London on 1-12 October.

18.09.2008 The European Union and the US have lost influence on human rights issues at the United Nations in the last decade, while that of China and Russia has grown, according to a new report based on analysis of a decade of UN voting statistics.

17.09.2008 Corruption is a serious threat in humanitarian assistance, Sarah Bailey of Britain’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI) told a meeting in London.

17.09.2008 Britain's aid minister Douglas Alexander today urged industry leaders and businesses to scale up their engagement with Fairtrade in order to help tackle poverty in developing countries.

16.09.2008 A European Roma Summit starts tomorrow amidst alarm over recent attacks on Gypsies.
* European Roma Rights Centre

14.09.2008 Here it comes again - the London International Film Festival, 15-30 October.

12.09.2008 A “Conflict Children” campaign to raise awareness of the effects of war on children and put an end to the use of child soldiers has been launched by a children’s newspaper, Save the Children and the UK Department of International Development.

12.09.2008 Britain’s fashion industry is split on paying garment factory workers more in developing countries, a survey of 27 of the top fashion brands reveals today.

11.09.2008 A call by independent expert panel for the suspension of all Mediterranean bluefin tuna fisheries has been welcomed by a leading conservation organisation, which recommends the urgent establishment of sanctuaries in main spawning areas.

10.09.2008 Ethical fund chiefs should review investment in British mining giant Rio Tinto after Norway excluded the multinational from its pension fund over controversial Indonesian operations, a development charity urged today.

10.09.2008 The EU-UN protection mission in eastern Chad is unable to deal with spiralling insecurity leaving 500,000 people vulnerable to attacks and abuse, warns an international development group.

09.09.2008 On Saturday 27 September, the streets of London will be invaded by gorilla-suited runners, going ape for a day to help to save the world’s last 720 mountain gorillas.

09.09.2008 Caribbean heads of government should refuse to sign a new trade deal that the European Union is attempting to force on the region, says a leading development charity.

08.09.2008 "It's one world!" reports from the Curzon cinema in London, where more than 150 NGO representatives discussed how they might use a new film, The Age of Stupid, as a climate change campaign tool.

08.09.2008 An all-party parliamentary group of MPs and peers has recommended immigration controls similar to those seen in countries such as Australia.
+ EU asylum ministers asked to do more for refugee journalists

04.09.2008 New advice to consumers on fish sustainability - including fish to "eat" and "avoid" - has been issued by the Marine Conservation Society, which warns that inadequate labelling will continue to lead to confusion among shoppers.