Tuesday 8 December

Photo: Gunnar Seijbold/Regeringskansliet

Adaptation and young people’s involvement in Copenhagen20:23

Funding for climate change adaptation by the developing countries was one of the discussion topics on the second day of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The EU’s Chief Negotiators also met with a series of European environment and youth organisations for a dialogue on the upcoming week’s negotiations.

EU concerned over lack of progress in Middle East peace process18:45

Webcast: Climate negotiators sit down at the table16:41

Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt and Commissioner Olli Rehn to chair conference on the Western Balkans09:00

Free trade area around the Mediterranean a priority at trade ministers’ meeting08:45

Three questions to Armenian Foreign Minister on the Eastern Partnership10:30

The EU in our daily lives: Cooperation in crime prevention and the rights of victims of crime 10:30

Discrimination against marginalised groups a widespread problem in the EU 11:22

Statement during the Meeting of States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention14:24

Presidency Statement on the recent terrorist attacks in Baghdad 15:02

A step towards an EU arctic policy15:38

Stopping off in Malmö on the road to Copenhagen19:04

Presidency Statement on the terrorist attack in the Tokat province in Turkey18:59

Panel discussion: “Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”21:31

Webcast: Packed programme with COP-15 side events19:58

Support for increased cooperation across the EU’s eastern borders21:07

Wednesday 9 December

Photo: Gunnar Seijbold/Regeringskansliet

Webcast: Climate discussions during the autumn’s last EU summit17:14

In the middle of the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, the EU’s heads of state and government are meeting in Brussels for final discussions on the EU’s position on the climate change issue. It is time for this autumn’s and the Swedish Presidency’s final EU summit. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt talks about what it feels like to soon be vacating the Presidency chair and how pleased he is about the progress made in some of the Presidency’s priority issues: the economic crisis and the Stockholm Programme. These issues are also on the Summit agenda.

Minister for Trade reports to the European Parliament on the Swedish Presidency 08:43

The Swedish Presidency’s last summit 10:09

Gunilla Carlsson to head EU Troika to Kenya13:00

Minister for Foreign Affairs to report to the European Parliament on the Swedish Presidency12:37

Carbon dioxide tax saves the rainforest13:07

Webcast: “Cities both part of the problem and part of the solution to the climate change issue”14:20

The Swedish Presidency’s last summit 10:09

Free trade area around the Mediterranean a priority at trade ministers’ 15:14

Webcast: “Without shipping, one half of the world’s population would starve and the other freeze”16:31

Adress by Joakim Stymne at conference “Women in Warzones”16:33

Female display of strength in Malmö16:36

Speech by Beatrice Ask at the conference Preventing Crime and Victimisation among Children and Young People 17:10

Civil protection cooperation between the EU and six neighbouring countries17:12

Climate Change Conference: Island nations protest19:15

Manifesto for creativity and innovation in Europe19:30

Creative pupils create concept for closing conference20:05

Webcast: Climate-friendly tips from the people of Malmö during ‘Green Light’22:15

Finland best at crime prevention efforts among young people 22:00

EU Statement at the UNIDO General Conference, 13th session, 8 December 200910:52

Thursday 10 December

Photo: Charlotte Nording Gabrielsson/Regeringskansliet

Climate Change Conference: Dramatic day in Copenhagen17:40

Yesterday’s differences continued during the fourth day of negotiations at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Today’s negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol had to be adjourned.

“Human rights should be integrated into EU foreign policy”09:57

EU-Armenian Human Rights Dialogue11:30

Andreas Carlgren receives youth declaration11:37

Nobel menu at summit20:00

“To see more light than darkness is a sign of optimism”15:03

Focus on incentives and indicators for new arrivals 14:55

Speech by Minister for Trade Ewa Björling at the European Parliament International Trade Committee15:02

EU Troika on the situation in Kenya15:08

Ministerial meeting between the EU and the Palestinian Authority 16:13

Webcast: Daily lives affected by climate change16:51

The climate came home to Malmö17:19

Webcast: Summit under way18:12

Presidency Statement on the situation of Aminetu Haidar20:32

EU statement on the 2010 Unified Budget11:51

EU statement on the treatment of human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan13:39

EU Statement in the OSCE on the Swiss referendum banning the construction of minarets (in French)13:42

EU Statement on the International Day for Human Rights 14:24

EU statement in response to the report by the ODIHR Director, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, on the activities of the ODIHR election support team to Afghanistan14:40

EU Statement in the OSCE in response to the Special Representative for Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings (in French)14:48

Friday 11 December

Photo: Fredrik Goliats/Regeringskansliet

Climate Change Conference: Money for the climate and texts on the table17:52

The fifth day of the summit saw two contributions that will revitalise the negotiations. At the EU summit in Brussels, the EU heads of state and government agreed on what is known as fast start funding and, in Copenhagen, draft texts were presented.

EU to agree on fishing quotas14:35

Discussions on climate funding continue01:29

Presidency Statement on death penalty and execution in Saudi Arabia09:50

Press invitation: Ministerial meeting between the EU and New Zealand 09:27

Meet the Chair: Intensive work to increase protection for experimental animals10:45

Memorable summits11:06

Agriculture ministers discuss sound animal husbandry and healthy animals 10:57

Lucia brings light in the darkness of winter11:45

Press release: Three-day meeting for EU agriculture and fisheries ministers11:30

EU Conference on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 15:00

Webcast: Important to try to predict climate change13:07

Andreas Carlgren back to Copenhagen13:57

Agreement on climate funding14:12

Linking biodiversity to climate change mitigation and adaptation15:32

Meet the Chair: “Almost all EU fishing quotas will be decided for 2010”15:56

Gunilla Carlsson to attend Copenhagen climate meeting16:27

“The whole of Europe has potential for growth and development”16:50

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on the general elections in Bolivia17:06

Fiji joins EU-Pacific regional trade agreement17:17

Presidency statement on the vandalisation of a mosque in Kfar Yasuf on Occupied Palestinian Territories17:58

Presidency Statement on the closure of Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey21:41

Foreign Minister Bildt meets Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad, 11 December23:24

Monday 14 December

Carl Bildt to participate in panel discussion on climate and security at the Copenhagen meeting09:59

On Tuesday 15 December, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt is to take part in a high-level panel discussion on climate and security in connection with the ongoing climate change conference in Copenhagen.

Climate change conference: “Time is short”12:02

Northern Dimension and sub – regional cooperation with special focus on the Baltic Sea region – seminar in Helsingborg on 26 November13:10

How to construct a space of shared prosperity13:35

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on “presidential elections” in Abkhazia, Georgia, 12 December 200914:20

Danish–Swedish initiative for climate and development14:27

“The business sector wants long-term rules”15:42

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the human rights defender Liu Xiaobo18:00

Climate change conference: “We want to get the work started!”19:50

Tuesday 15 December

Press release: Decision on sustainable fisheries22:17

During today’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the EU fisheries ministers made a decision on fisheries in the North Sea in 2010. The decision includes a ban on the fishing of spiny dogfish and porbeagle.

Press invitation: Creativity and innovation in the EU – closing conference 16–17 December11:32

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty12:00

Letter from Reinfeldt and Barroso ahead of meeting in Copenhagen11:23

Press invitation: Creative concept by young people – recipe for final conference for European Year12:43

Ewa Björling to host meeting with New Zealand09:30

EU Presidency statement in the OECD on Chile’s accession to the OECD15:21

Meet the Chair: “Trade policy is governed by details”15:52

Presidency Statement on the second round of local elections in Kosovo16:13

Fredrik Reinfeldt to report on Presidency for European Parliament16:21

Fredrik Reinfeldt to lead EU during climate change conference22:15

EU institutions in discussion on transparency16:29

Climate change conference: Less than 48 hours left16:37

Enhanced awareness among human rights duty bearers important17:15

Better protection for laboratory animals and rules against illegal timber20:19

Climate and security close connected21:12

Wednesday 16 December

“The fight against climate change has always been top of our agenda”09:24

When Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt meets the European Parliament in Strasbourg today to report on what the Swedish Presidency has achieved, the climate is on the agenda more than ever. With the climate negotiations in Copenhagen entering their final phase, Mr Reinfeldt said in his speech that the world needs binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Creativity must constantly be encouraged”09:30

Copenhagen: Dress rehearsal ahead of final negotiations10:37

“We must be better at making the most of the skills of newly arrived immigrants”10:45

EU Demarche on breach of de facto moratorium on executions in the State of Louisiana10:25

Council to agree on passenger rights for travel by bus10:00

Carlgren speaks in Copenhagen11:17

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union with regard to the presentation of the EU Election Observation Mission final report 11:42

Outcomes of the Swedish EU Presidency13:20

Statement by Sweden on behalf of the European Union and its member states13:54

Press release – EU supports the continuation of the Internet Governance Forum in a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon14:09

Calls for a breakthrough in Copenhagen17:32

Rural development and reasonable food prices18:30

Better protection for experimental animals and a stop to illegal logging19:15

New climate offer from African Union19:40

Webcast: FaceSchool and YouSchool a way to get students involved in their education09:30

Webcast: Fusion of Minds – a digital exhibition of creative and innovative projects10:35

Thursday 17 December

Photo: Gunnar Seijbold / RK

Copenhagen conference: Time is running out11:47

Time is starting to run out for the climate negotiations. The Danish Presidency, led by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, is now making major efforts to get negotiations started on the key issues.

“IT is a democratic tool”09:00

Environment Council: “Combinations of endocrine disruptors must be dealt with in existing EU legislation”11:00

EU-Georgia Human Rights Dialogue10:16

Climate issue sums up the Swedish Presidency in the environmental field12:50

Tobias Billström to take part in welcome ceremony for Serbian citizens13:40

EU Statement on the negotiations in Copenhagen14:15

Webcast: EU comments on US offer14:25

Webcast: The cube that gets us thinking15:20

EU Ministerial meeting with Burma/Myanmar15:43

Webcast: From Kendo to classical guitar 15:50

How do you measure integration?14:55

Panel Discussion on “Opposing grave Human Rights Violations on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity”15:40

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the EU on the adoption of Security Council resolution 1904 (2009)16:29

Webcast: MP3 inventor in Stockholm 17:11

Strengthened rights for bus and coach passengers21:30

EU calls for an extra meeting in Copenhagen21:10

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