Finland

More than one in four children in Europe are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, which will have repercussions for them throughout life. On Monday 23 November MEPs debate a report urging EU countries to boost their efforts to combat child poverty and social inequalities. They will then vote on the report the following day.

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France invoked a never-before-used European Union "mutual-defense clause" to demand on Nov. 17 that its partners provide support for its operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq and other security missions in Africa in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Finland has emerged as the eurozone’s worst performing economy after contracting 0.6% in the third quarter. The union has been stagnant for the last three years. It’s economic problems are mainly due to a collapse in trade with Russia, highly uncompetitive labor costs and the decline of its successful Nokia.

Nilhan Sesalan's works are on display at the 10th Contemporary Istanbul (CI) in the Kuad Gallery, directed by Selin Yurtbilir, and under the curation of Beral Madra. 

Nilhan Sesalan's works are on display at the 10th Contemporary Istanbul (CI) in the Kuad Gallery, directed by Selin Yurtbilir, and under the curation of Beral Madra. 

The 2015 Prosperity Index is out again, ranking 142 countries across 89 variables and eight sub-indexes: the economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, education, health, safety and security, personal freedom and social capital.

Kardzhali is among the 10 European cities which have announced their candidacy for the 2016 European Green Leaf Award, the European Commission announced on Friday.

The business world is eagerly awaiting economic reforms following the Nov. 1 elections that brought the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power alone, said Güler Sabanc?, the chairwoman of one of the largest conglomerates of the country. 

Greece on Nov 4 carried out the first relocation of asylum seekers from its territory to Luxembourg, part of an EU-approved plan to ease the burden on border nations inundated by this year's influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees.

A bevy of EU officials are in Athens on Wednesday for the departure of the first relocated refugees from Greece.

On Wednesday, November 4, Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean Asselborn will travel to Greece.