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Warning of palm oil threat to primates Large-scale expansion of palm oil in Africa will very likely risk the lives of primates, a study finds.

The new structure of the Juncker Commission!

Some very surprising and seemingly odd choices: 7 VP's?! environment, maritime and fisheries all together, Energy & Climate no longer under Dombrovskis as was announced earlier....

Things are being stirred up!!!

http://ec.europa.eu/about/juncker-commission/structure/index_en.htm

The new structure of the Juncker Commission - European Commission The structure

The the Egmont Institute & DGroup are hosting the 3rd Energy Symposium at the Egmont Palace on September 30th.

Focus will be on energy efficiency and what the EU can actively do to improve the current status... We look forward to participating in this discussion!
Register and save the date!

http://www.egmontinstitute.be/?events=3rd-symposium-energy-efficiency-in-the-eu-from-2020-to-2030-bridging-the-gap-between-expectations-and-realities

Egmont 3rd Symposium on the EU energy transitionLocation: Egmont Palace, 8bis, Place du Petit Sablon, 1000 Brussels (Salle Arenberg)Organisation: Egmont Institute

Tomorrow morning Bruegel, in cooperation with SEEK, is hosting a workshop on "Legal and illegal cartels in Europe" providing an in-depth analysis of the economic trends in the EU.

Legal and illegal cartels in Europe | 10th Sep 2014 at 11:30am | Bruegel.org Economists and policy analysts know very little about the conditions under which cartels are formed in different legal environments, how the...

Don't forget to connect to the Live-viewing of the "NATO - Wales Summit 2014"

right now: 15:00 - Press conference by the NATO Secretary General

http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/events_67375.htm

www.nato.int

The evolution and transformation of DDR

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13862/next-generation-disarmament-demobilization-and-reintegration?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Next-Generation Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration The notion of disarming, then disbanding and rehabilitating former fighters in the aftermath of conflict is as old as war itself, but recently the concept has assumed a kind of orthodoxy in the peace, security and development community. Since the late 1980s, disarmament, demobilization and reintegra…

http://youtu.be/O7fOwLg5T3w

Feinstein EPSS Lecture Series Q&A Session "Political Corruption and The Dangers of the Global Arms Trade" - Q&A Session Andrew Feinstein, Director Corruption Watch, UK and Author of "The Shadow World...