The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.

Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries.

Myopia, in more than ninety-five percent of cases, begins between five and ten years of age. It increases largely because the myopic eye is given a minus lens.

Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems

That's what it's like when people have crawled very high up in a tree, then they sometimes need help to get down with ladders and ropes and other instruments.

The good thing is that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters - the core - is left.

I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan.

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.

Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

I am happy to announce that we have reached an agreement on the question of transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation.

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

Gratitude is not just a word

Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem.

Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.

Im a curvy girl, and Im a real girl.

A basic rule of baking is that, in general, it's almost impossible to make an inedible batch of brownies.

Many of you might already recognize me as the guy in the question-mark suits appearing in the late night TV commercials and on the cover of educational books and CDs.

Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional.

How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.