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Despite safety delays, EU says deadly Belgian train crash was not its fault Almost as soon as the 18 dead were counted from a Belgian train crash last week – nine years after a similar crash killed nine people, another accident in which trains in both instances were On the Ethiopian Airlines crash; a commentary  People whom have traveled extensively in Africa have a special place for Ethiopian Airways, for unlike many other African airlines, they have a quality of service and a technical support that many European airlines envy. Sabotage ruled out in Ethiopian Airways crash Ethiopian Airlines flight 409, with 89 passengers on board, lost contact with Beruit's control tower shortly after taking off and crashed into the ocean. Initial reports are suggesting that bad weather was the most likely Spanish Presidency plan for electric car development  Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a European-wide plan for the development of electric cars. The initiative is supposed to form part EU, South Korea in huge trade deal, but car dealers upset  The European Union has reached its biggest ever free trade agreement (FTA) with a third country, South Korea, paving the way for a potentially massive rise in exports in a deal that has ired auto Tata Motors pays off Jaguar debt, launches new car with Fiat  Flexing its growing strength as a major worldwide auto maker and deals with European Union companies, India’s Tata Motors raised $750 million by issuing global depository receipts (GDRs) and convertible bonds to pay off debts Germany moves to reassure EU over Opel rescue plan  Germany moved to reassure its European Union partners about its rescue plan for Opel, insisting that it would not violate the bloc's strict rules on state aid. "Every step is being co-ordinated with all of GM wants Germany’s help, but Berlin wants its assets  US carmaker General Motors Corp, which will likely be in bankruptcy by the end of this month, has pleaded for help from the German government to support its ailing European operations, but German Economics Minister Lufthansa’s bmi takeover gets the EU lift-off German airline Lufthansa has been given the go- ahead by the European Commission’s competition watchdog to take control of competing carrier British Midland (bmi.) Lufthansa, which already owns just under 30 pe cent of bmi Transatlantic airline alliances get the EU’s scrutiny  With more and more mergers between airline companies, even as some fail, The European Union said it will launch an anti-trust probe into cooperation deals between members of the Star Alliance and Oneworld airline groups Germans develop ships to build offshore windparks German companies said they are to order four new high technology ships which will be able to lower stilts 50 metres to the seabed and jack themselves up. Cranes on the vessels may need only Sweden Cyprus issue critical Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said there is now a unique window of opportunity for settling the seemingly irresolute Cyprus issue given that Turkey’s membership evaluation by the European Union will take place at The EU and Fiat wrangle over Opel After setting off an outcry in Germany, Italian carmaker Fiat sparred with a European Union official over its feelers to acquire General Motors’ Opel and Vauxhall brands in Europe at a time when the whole Germany wavers on GM's Opel unit rescue German officials are increasingly reluctant to arrange a separate rescue deal for Opel, the German subsidiary of General Motors (GM) after concluding that it has no assets, a news magazine reported. At the same time, EUROPEAN COMMISSION: Public private partnership rewritten EU commissioner Janez Potocnik and high-level representatives of the automotive, construction and manufacturing sector, which are particularly affected by the economic downturn, agreed yesterday that considerable progress in the implementation of smart investment in eco-friendly Qatar says it wants to invest in the German car industry Qatar has plans to invest in Germany, and has not ruled out a possible stake in ailing carmaker Opel, the emir of the Gulf state said in an interview. “We will definitely invest in Germany,” EIB throws a 3 billion Euro lifeline to EU’s car makers  As Europe’s car makers stumble and fall, some on the edge of extinction, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has moved to save them, approving three billion Euro in loans to right some and see if No lifeline yet for Opel, it wants out from under GM  After a meeting with the heads of the ailing General Motors, German Economics Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said there was no decision in sight on state aid for its offshoot Opel, while officials of the Greece, MIG "close deal" for sale of Olympic Airlines  Hours before Marfin Investment Group (MIG) reportedly threatened to walk away, the Greek government sealed a deal on March 6 with the countrys largest buyout firm MIG for the sale of Olympic Airlines. The Greek Volvo plan to hike bonuses slammed by Reinfeldt  Moves by Swedish heavy-vehicle maker Volvo to raise bonuses to top managers while planning to slash thousands of jobs in its Swedish home-base have been blasted by, among others, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who said |
A few years ago, the European Commission selected the company Hudson/DeWitte & Morel to organize an Assessment Centre for Senior The former leader of the European Tories Conservative party was ejected from after defeating the As Bart Staes, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium and the Group EADS learns the US fix was in for Boeing A Penalty For Missing The Millennium Development Goal? Spinning To Defeat Nuclear disarmament needs stronger leaders EU’s Arctic Policy skating on thin ice Morocco needs tougher talk, sweeter carrots Reluctant EU tailors tough bail-out deal for near-bankrupt Greece Greek Lessons for Europe Without homeland, Blair says no hope for Palestinians, peace Clear and Present Danger: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Surplus Arms and Ammunition Banks can create and destroy -... Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis, which still threatens the world Down with the bankers, loan sharks... Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of EU says ok to Greek deficit... After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to Farage To Belgium: "I'm Sorry"... Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being Spanish Presidency plan for electric... Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose country holds the rotating European Union presidency, has pledged to present a World unites in Haiti aid effort:... With the whole world watching, as Haiti tries to recover from the 7-richter earthquake that has reportedly killed 50,000, a Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look US President Barack Obama on 16 February announced $8 billion worth of loan guarantees to In what is gearing up to be the event of the Defense calendar 2010, UK Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit The Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania said on 24 February that they remained to be convinced that the sale Military forces from Russia and Ukraine will resume a naval exercise last held seven years On a visit to New Delhi to visit political and business leaders, Russian Prime Minister Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky on 10 March won libel damages of GBP 150,000 ($223,000) after Will China redefine great power politics?
China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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