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The Truth About Turkish Cypriot Isolation  Dear Colleagues,
Mr Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy has recently made repeated references of the necessity to “lift the isolation of Turkish Cypriots”.
Considering the high level negotiations underway for Cyprus’ reunification, TAP will start new flights to Algiers starting in June Reinforcing its growth strategy for Africa, on 1 June, Portuguese airline TAP announced on March 8 that it will offer three flights a week to Algiers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, using 45-seater Embraer aircraft. Slowing Portugal won’t hit 1.7% growth until 2013 The recently outlined macroeconomic scenario in the Stability and Growth Programme of the Portuguese government showed that the authority expects the Portuguese economy to attain a growth rate of 1.7 percent by 2013 with a Spain dismantles a big hacker network Spanish police detained three hackers suspected of infecting 13 million PCs with viruses to steal valuable personal and bank data from users in 190 countries, the German Press Agency Deutsche-Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported, citing police sources Spain says no row with Venezuela over ETA, FARC Spain is downplaying the latest suggestions of a row between Madrid and Caracas over possible links between the militant Basque separatist group ETA with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC.) Madrid and Caracas had Rome airport experiments with the see-through body-scanner Rome’s international airport recently became the first in Italy to introduce a body-scanner machine for US-bound flights. The controversial security equipment would be in use for some six weeks on an experimental basis, officials at EU court says Naples rubbish crisis was Italy’s fault The Italian government is to blame for the 2007 crisis which saw thousands of tons of domestic rubbish piling up on the streets of Naples and in the Campania region, because it did not set Sex scandals take a heavy toll on Berlusconi: record low ratings For years, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been able to shake off his playboy image and obsession with being surrounded by young, nubile women and putting them on his party’s list of candidates but Eurotunnel profits for 2009 hit by fire and breakdowns Profits at Eurotunnel, the cross-Channel link between Britain and France sank to 1.4 million euros ($1.9 million) last year, following a fire in the tunnel and breakdowns due to wintry conditions, official said. The company, BBC licence fee to increase by 2% from April The cost of the BBC licence fee in Britain will increase by two percent to GBP 145.50 from 1 April, it was confirmed on 9 March, RTE Ireland reported. This year’s rise from GBP 142.50 Glanbia in talks on Irish dairy business sale Food group Glanbia has reported a 19% drop in pre-tax profits for the year ending 2009, in what it called a very challenging environment, RTE Ireland reported on 10 March. Glanbia said its pre-tax profits Aer Lingus to cut 230 cabin crew Aer Lingus Chief Executive Christoph Mueller has notified the government of 230 compulsory redundancies among cabin crew. Mueller said that as four of the five unions at Aer Lingus had accepted its 97 million euros restructuring Northern Rock still in the red in 2009, but improving Britain’s Northern Rock bank, nationalized at the height of the credit crisis in 2008, on 10 March reported a pre-tax loss of GBP 257.5 million ($384 million) for 2009, official said.The bank, based in Newcastle Disasters not a disaster for Munich Re, which profits Germany’s Munich Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, said Wednesday it expects to post a profit of more than 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) this year, despite last month’s earthquake in Chile and a Volkswagen profits plunge 80%, but sees good times ahead Europe’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen posted a 80% plunge in its 2009 profits but said it had a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2010. Speaking at the group’s annual press conference in the German city of Wolfsburg, French leaders support EU monetary fund, stand by Greece French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has called on for strong economic governance within the European Union (EU) to complement a possible IMF-style European Monetary Fund (EMF,) while President Nicolas Sarkozy said his country would stand Cost overruns on military plan will cost EADS $1billion loss European aerospace giant EADS, staggering from giving up its bid for a $40 billion contract for a United States Air Force refueling plane, got another blow when it said it had suffered a loss of EBRD says it will give 118 mln euros to Armenian banks European Bank for Reconstruction and Development recently announced that it has allocated 118 million euros to Armenian banks under Multi-Bank Framework Facility II program, officials said. Under this program, the bank will invest 130 million The war’s over, so Burjanadze, Putin talk in Moscow Russia’s PM Vladimir Putin met with Georgia’s ex-parliamentary chairperson and leader of opposition Democratic Movement-United Georgia party, Nino Burjanadze, in Moscow, Civil Georgia reported. At the meeting, Putin said, Life moves forward and I very Tension eases, Russia, Ukraine will restart naval exercises Military forces from Russia and Ukraine will resume a naval exercise last held seven years ago, Ukrainian general staff officials said. The bilateral maneuvers, called Farvater Mira (Fairway of Peace), will take place in June Armenian leader says his country belongs in the EU Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian should eventually be admitted to the European Union, he told Wilfried Martens, a former Belgian prime minister leading the European People’s Party (EPP) visit to Yerevan recently to discuss the country’s Spanish minister sees Georgia-Russia border crossing for himself Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, whose country holds the European Union’s rotating presidency, recently paid a visit to Tbilisi as part of his trip to South Caucasus states, Civil Georgia reported. Moratinos stood in Putin says Russia getting cozy with India over nuclear power On a visit to New Delhi to visit political and business leaders, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said his country is cooperating more closely now with India on the question of nuclear energy that he Lithuanian vice-speaker visits Baku for talks The First Vice-Speaker of the Seym of Lithuania Raimondas Sukys said that the aim of his visit of the Lithuanian delegation was to exchange experience with Azerbaijan in the training projects of the European Commission, to Lufthansa restarts flights to Tashkent Following a hiatus of nine years, German Lufthansa announced that it will resume the flights between Germany and Uzbekistan, Uzbekreport.com reported. This move by the carrier company was taken to strengthen positions in Central Asia. EU, Azerbaijan to begin talks on Association agreement Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Affairs Minister Elmar Mammadyarov recently welcomed Miguel Angel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain, Trend news agency reported. Moratinos currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency. US to extend lease of Kyrgyz airbase The United States has reached an agreement with Kyrgyzstan to renew rights to an airbase, Richard Holbrooke, the US pointman on Afghanistan and Pakistan recently announced, Irinnews.org reported. The US envy said that this move 128 micro loans provided to women entrepreneurs The Women’s Council Public Association and the National Association of Microfinance Organisations and Credit Unions (NAMOCU) recently organized Tashkent’s Centre of National Art. The main goals of the competition was to assist the development of IMF welcomes consolidation of banking system Head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Azerbaijan Nienke Oomes, was on a recent visit to Baku for consultations under Article IV of the Agreement on the establishment IMF, Trend news agency reported. IMF Kazakhstan, Japan sign nuclear pact Japan and Kazakhstan signed in Tokyo a nuclear pact, allowing it to obtain stable supplies of uranium in exchange for nuclear technology, Gazeta.kz reported. The document was signed by Akylbek Kamaldinov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador in Japan, |
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 Greek Lessons for Europe Morocco needs tougher talk, sweeter carrots Without homeland, Blair says no hope for Palestinians, peace Reluctant EU tailors tough bail-out deal for near-bankrupt Greece 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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