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Van Rompuy is likely to be reappointed president of the European Council at a European Union summit next week, an EU official has said. A former Belgian prime minister, the 64-year-old was virtually unknown on the world stage when he was appointed as...
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Germany could cause the deal to unravel if it continues to oppose the euro zone creating a €750 billion ($A930 billion)fund to act as a firewall against spreading of financial woes. At a G20 summit of finance ministers in Mexico that starts on...
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Germany could cause the deal to unravel if it continues to oppose the euro zone creating a €750 billion ($A930 billion)fund to act as a firewall against spreading of financial woes. At a G20 summit of finance ministers in Mexico that starts on...
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Economic sanctions on Iran are being felt as the country also faces losing oil exports to an EU boycott from July 1. Photo: AFP AN IRANIAN military official has threatened pre-emptive action against any country that threatens Iran's ''national...
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The 17th international conference on Somalia is opening in London on February 23. Hosted by the UN Security Council member state, this high-level meeting is taking on a particular meaning. The London conference on Somalia brings together delegations...
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European commission has flexed its new fiscal surveillance muscles by proposing to suspend almost €0.5bn (£421m) in structural aid to Hungary for persistently breaching budget deficit rules. This is the first time the European commission has proposed to...
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MOSCOW: Countries opposed to an EU law which forces the world's airlines to pay for their emissions have agreed a basket of retaliatory measures but will leave it up to each country to chose among them, Russia's deputy Transport Minister said on...
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And since last July, with the massacre of 77 Norwegians by Anders Behring Breivik, the concept has become Europeanised. Indeed, in the aftermath of the terrible attacks in Norway, the European Union exhorted member states to be wary of ‘lone-wolf...
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Athens agreed to cut spending and wages, and to permit outsiders to supervise its finances through the presence of European Union and International Monetary Fund officials permanently stationed in Greece. The rescuers also demanded a separate account...
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The mobile operator, in an open letter to the culture minister Ed Vaizey, argued that the proposed moves by the EU will hardly be of any use in lowering the costs for existing data roaming charges in the region. Expressing the company's dissatisfaction...
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Europe has 186 nuclear power plants in operation and 19 new plants under construction and there is only one operating uranium mine within the European Union, in the Czech Republic. Clearly, Europe, a region with the world’s largest per capita...
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Europe has 186 nuclear power plants in operation and 19 new plants under construction and there is only one operating uranium mine within the European Union, in the Czech Republic. Clearly, Europe, a region with the world’s largest per capita...
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday proposed that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus be made the World Bank President, months after he was eased out as the head of the pioneering micro-lending 'Grameen Bank' following a protracted row with her...
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Serbian chief negotiator Borislav Stefanovic said on February 22 that both sides expect the talks to resolve the sensitive issue of how Kosovo should be represented internationally. Also to be discussed will be the question of joint management of...
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Hundreds of opposition supporters clashed with Senegalese security forces in the capital on Tuesday as European Union observers criticised a ban on protests and an African envoy jetted in to try and stem rising violence. REUTERS/Joe Penney (SENEGAL -...
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The price increase comes on the heels of news that Iran is ceasing oil shipments to Great Britain and France, a perceived pre-emptive move against the European Union, which imposed sanctions on the Middle East's fuel exports. Mike Means, whose family...
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Toxicologists have been concerned that up to 54 million animals could be required for extra tests mandated by the European Union's sweeping 2007 chemicals legislation — with most of the increase down to reproductive-toxicity tests that have to be done...
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Economy Minister Luis de Guindos will present the new target, above the current official 4.4 percent estimate, in Brussels within 10 days, the daily reported, citing unnamed government sources. The government has said...
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Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos speaks to the media after a parliamentary session in Madrid February 22, 2012. A darkening economic horizon may persuade the EU to give countries such as Spain softer deficit targets but there will be no let-up in the overall austerity drive as...
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EU commissioner Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn (R) and EU commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn (L) give a press conference on February 22, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. Brussels is proposing a freeze on 495 million euros ($654.9 million) of EU funds...
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EU commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn (L) gives a press conference on February 22, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. Brussels is proposing a freeze on 495 million euros ($654.9 million) of EU funds destined for Hungary in 2013, the European Commission said Wednesday,...
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A European Union flag is seen in front of the Parthenon temple in Athens February 21, 2012. Euro zone finance ministers sealed a 130-billion-euro ($172 billion) bailout for Greece on Tuesday to avert a chaotic default in March after persuading private bondholders to take greater losses...
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ATHENS, GREECE - FEBRUARY 18: A general view of the Acropolis Museum, which was co-financed by the Greek government and the European Union's Regional Development Fund, on February 18, 2012 in Athens, Greece. In 2004 the Olympics returned to Greece, the birthplace of the ancient and...
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ATHENS, GREECE - FEBRUARY 18: A woman walks past a derelict building and the Acropolis Museum (R), which was co-financed by the Greek government and the European Union's Regional Development Fund, on February 18, 2012 in Athens, Greece. In 2004 the Olympics returned to Greece, the...
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King Abdullah II of Jordan meets with Catherine Ashton, the European Union policy chief, at a Dead Sea resort, 34 miles (55 kilometers) southeast of Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012.
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EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs speaks to Reuters during an interview at Chatrium hotel in Yangon February 13, 2012. The European Union should respond fast to changes under way in Myanmar driven by a former military junta leader and "key reformer" committed to democracy...
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