Full Coverage: Western Europe

05/14/2008 Global production of photovoltaic or solar cells -- which convert the sun's light directly to electricity -- increased 51 percent in 2007, reports an environmental research institute.

05/06/2008 Coca-Cola is looking to make huge profits as one of the three primary sponsors of the Olympic Torch Relay despite flagrant human rights abuses perpetrated by China, writes grassroots activist Amit Srivastava.

04/23/2008 Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.

04/16/2008 Brittiläisen kansalaisjärjestö Oxfamin mukaan saksalaiset kauppaketjut, myös Suomessa toimiva Lidl, pitävät hedelmien hintaa alhaisena riistämällä työvoimaa Ecuadorissa ja Costa Ricassa.

04/07/2008 Security measures for the Olympic torch relay’s passage through Paris are "shameful", according to an international media freedom group.

03/26/2008 British and French leaders Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy will this week sign up to an entente atomique and herald a new era of cross-Channel cooperation.

03/18/2008

03/11/2008 President Bush rallied rich nations last week to join the the U.K., Japan, and the United States in committing billions of dollars for developing countries to expand their renewable energy capacity.

03/10/2008

02/19/2008 La Svizzera lo scorso anno ha esportato armi e materiale bellico per complessivi 464,5 milioni di franchi (oltre 290 milioni di euro) con un aumento del 16,8% rispetto al 2006. Se i cinque principali clienti sono sono stati la Germania (62 milioni di franchi), l'Irlanda (51 milioni), gli Stati Uniti, la Danimarca (42 milioni di franchi ciascuno), e la Gran Bretagna (40 milioni) al sesto posto vi è il Pakistan al quale sono stati forniti sei sistemi di difesa antiaerea per un importo di 38 milioni di franchi. Ma lo scorso novembre il Consiglio federale ha sospeso le autorizzazioni di esportazione e ogni ulteriore consegna di materiale bellico al Pakistan. Una richiesta di sospensione delle forniture al Pakistan era stata avanzata lo scorso novembre anche in Italia dalla Rete Disarmo, ma non è stata resa nota alcuna decisione da parte del Governo italiano.

01/28/2008 Eurooppalainen oikeusistuin päätti Hollannissa ensimmäistä kertaa historiassa, että julkisissa hankinnoissa saa vaatia reilun kaupan kriteerien täyttämistä.

01/18/2008 NEW YORK, Jan 18 (OneWorld) - London and Paris were given a prestigious award this week for their innovative citywide programs to improve public transit and reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

12/27/2007 Six French aid workers have been sentenced to eight years of forced labour for attempting to kidnap more than 100 African children, who they said were Darfuri orphans.
From Earth Times

11/30/2007 Sweden tops a new Humanitarian Response Index, followed by Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the European Commission.
From: Dara International

11/15/2007 Thirty years after the Baader-Meinhof Group rocked West German democracy with a series of terrorist attacks, an ICA film season takes a look at the role of women in the revolutionary struggle, both politically and personally.

11/13/2007 Ranskalaisen Zoén arkki -nimisen järjestön työntekijöitä pidätettiin Tšadissa epäiltynä 103 lapsen sieppaamisesta ja yrityksestä lennättää heidät Ranskaan.

11/05/2007 Chad's release of two French journalists arrested in a controversy over an attempt to transport 103 African children to France has been welcomed by international media organisations.

11/04/2007 A piece of verbatim theatre based on the words of prisoners and guards from Nazi concentration camps has been given a twist in a current London production - it is performed by Rwandans and Congolese who bring to the stage their closeness to a more recent genocide.

10/31/2007 Spain's new electronic ID cards will reach 30 million citizens soon. The Interior Ministry has already distributed 1.2 million chip-based cards and expects to issue at least 800,000 more by the end of the year.

10/31/2007 Three French journalists have been charged in Chad with kidnapping minors and fraud for covering the alleged attempt by Arche de Zoé (Zoé’s Ark) to evacuate 103 African children to France.