Ellen O'Regan    South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan will participate in the spin-off competition.

Zia Weise, Sara Schonhardt    Saturday’s march through the streets of Belém, Brazil, was a contrast to the muzzling of dissent at past years’ U.N. summits.

Charlie Cooper    As King Charles III prepares to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump, some of Charles’ cherished charities have been devastated by U.S. aid cuts.

Carmen Paun    President Trump is taking apart one of George W. Bush’s proudest achievements.

Veronika Melkozerova    The man organized a human-trafficking corridor through Belarus to the EU, the Security Service of Ukraine said.

Veronika Melkozerova    Kyiv is desperate for more soldiers.

Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana    Applicants must prove they signed up for at least one year, according to Kremlin decree.

Veronika Melkozerova    At least six Nepalis have already been killed in Ukraine fighting for Moscow, Kathmandu Post reports.

Ilya Gridneff, Emily Schultheis, Dmytro Drabyk    War has destroyed much of the Ukrainian economy. But one key industry delivering babies via surrogates continues amid the epic strife.

Liv Klingert    Vaccinated travelers from each country can now visit Germany without quarantining.

Paul Ames    Prime Minister Costa blames ’hyper-overcrowded’ conditions for virus spread among workers.

Sabrina Rodriguez    Hell yeah, I’m optimistic. But ... I know how this works. Nothing is going to be enough.’

Bruno Maçà£es    A trip through Asia offers lessons for Europe and the United States.

Nick Cienski    The avalanche started with a soft rumble at the base camp of Mount Everest. By the time it was over, nineteen people had been killed and over 60...

European Voice Staff    The centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) has re-nominated Othmar Karas, a vice-president of the Parliament and leader of the six-member ÖVP...

Andrew Gardner    Envoys to Moldova, Nepal and Venezuela have been replaced.

Abdullah Gül, Jhala Nath Khanal, Ban Ki-moon    World leaders have a real chance to improve conditions in the world’s poorest countries.

Jennifer Rankin    Starved of resources, developing countries have struggled to put in place the infrastructure necessary to deliver healthcare.

Ian Mundell    A man tasked with improving the quality of EU auditing.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal    Nepal’s prime minister and former rebel leader argues that helping the developing world requires giving the poor the opportunity to choose their own...

Mark Latham    The European Commission has pledged 2 million in humanitarian aid to help the victims of floods in north-eastern India where around 2,000 people are...

Toby Vogel    Japan shares many of the EU’s foreign defence and peacekeeping interests. But the US still holds sway in Japan’s own backyard.

Fraser Cameron    On Monday 9 October the UN Security Council formally nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as the next secretary-general of the United...

Charles Tannock / by Marc Tarabella    Two MEPs discuss how the EU should deal with Asia

Judith Crosbie    Non-governmental organisations have belittled the European Commission’s plan to salvage development aspects from the wreckage of the suspended World...

Guy Banim    Nepal’s political order has been upended, parliament restored, and the king is probably on his way out. Along with the rest of the diplomatic corps,...

European Voice Staff    The informal negotiation and mediation of accords in war-torn regions, or so-called Track II diplomacy, has brought more peace to the world than one...

David Cronin    EU-funded aid projects in Nepal are being curtailed by King Gyanendra, according to the head of the country’s largest alliance of charities.

Bert Boer    Nepal is in chaos, on the edge of anarchy after a decade of the so-called People’s War, the Maoist insurgency campaign to try to establish a ’People...

John Wyles    Italy is a fickle, unreliable and ultimately unfaithful lover, she will break your heart, said an Italian friend to me many years ago. I know now,...

Irene Khan    THE UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) is in the news headlines for electing Libya to chair this year’s session. This scandalous election, in a...