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17/11/2009 - Let's embrace space
Europe needs an effective space policy that will allow the EU to take the global lead in selected strategic policy areas. Space can provide the tools to address many of the global challenges that face society in the twenty-first century: challenges that Europe must take a leading role in addressing.

16/11/2009 - First-ever European Report on Development launched in Stockholm
The first-ever European Report on Development 'Overcoming Fragility in Africa – Forging a New European Approach' has been launched during the European Development Days in Stockholm. It suggests five key policy priorities for a new European approach to fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa.

14/10/2009 - The EU Enlargement Process: A Year of Progress in the Western Balkans and Turkey
Today the Commission adopted its annual strategy on EU enlargement. The communication highlights the progress the Western Balkans and Turkey made towards European integration during a difficult year of global economic crisis, and spells out the main challenges facing them in the months and years to come. In the light of the progress achieved, the Commission decided to recommend the opening of negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In a major step forward for the region, visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans will progress substantially in 2010.

20 November - Universal Children's Day

The EU is firmly committed to promoting children’s rights and responding to their basic needs as an integral part of both its internal and external policies. Read more on one example showing how the EU helps children.