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March 11 - Today in History A great day for the press! In 1702, The Daily Courant, the UK's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time. It was based, in a time honoured journalistic tradition, in a pub, March 2 - Today in History  A great day for communication in 1791, when rench engineer Claude Chappe unveiled his semaphore machine. Essentially this was a series of towers with a combination of black and white panels, clocks, telescopes, and codebooks Condemned to stay in Afghanistan  The year 2011 will mark the 10th anniversary of the international community’s initial intervention into Afghanistan, and therefore 2010 provides an ideal moment both to review the degree of progress made so far, and to From Vancouver to Vladivostok: Russia’s proposal for a new security treaty puzzles Europeans  ATHENS - As the Russia-NATO Council met at the level of Foreign Ministers on 4 December in Brussels for the first time after the five-day war in the Caucasus last year, Russia’s proposal for a From Berlin to Athens: Thoughts on the Wall By Kostis Geropoulos From the end of the summer there was a wave of fear, said Petra Rochner, a high school teacher, providing a personal account of what it was like living in East Germany in The Berlin Wall has fallen, but not the ideas that built it  If you thought the blows of the sledgehammers that helped knock down the Berlin Wall 20 years ago were powerful, you should have seen the pats on the back European Union leaders gave themselves standing Gorbachev praises Honecker’s ‘character’ FORMER Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has praised his old East German counterpart Erich Honecker during an interview, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. “Honecker was a serious politician, he had character and Cyclists trek along green zone that was once Iron Curtain Cyclists from six central European countries started on a 1,600-kilometre trek along the former Iron Curtain on August 18, in an event that highlights the transformation of the former border into a band of untouched Obama wants more trade between US, Russia US President Barack Obama called for more business deals between US and Russian companies. We want Russia to be selling us goods and we want Russia to be buying from us, Obama told an economic One step closer to Peace; with Water  Water was at the highest levels of the political agenda last week, the culmination being the Peace with Water conference held in the European Parliament, bringing together politicians, academics, humanitarian and philanthropic organisations, church, citizens Relaxed European parliament security raised concerns On February 12 at about 4 pm an unidentified man reported to be masked as a woman entered the European Parliament building and carrying what appeared to be a gun, passed through all the security Why does Graham Watson want to be the next EP President?  Taking time out from a hectic schedule between Committee meetings and approximately two hours after delivering a speech at the “Water for Peace” Conference organised by a foundation of Mikheil Gorbachev’s and with special guest Evening Standard goes to Russian billionaire  Russian billionaire businessman Alexander Lebedev has bought a controlling share in London’s Evening Standard newspaper that has suffered sliding sales, its publishers confirmed on January 21, as reported by Deutsche Presse Agentur (dpa) reported. The Europe has a lot to observe in 2009 With the arrival of 2009, the Old Continent is set to mark a series of major anniversaries this year, defining moments both in terms of European as well as world history. Besides the 70th anniversary Putin calls for EU “reasonable attitude” on Georgia crisis Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on August 29 for the European Union to take a “reasonable attitude” on the Caucasus conflict at an EU summit this week and not impose sanctions. He was speaking Solzhenitsyn is praised even as he is mourned  In a country synonymous with the giants of world literature, Russia lost a titan among them with the death of Soviet dissident and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn, known as his country’s moral conscience for When the tides turn, nuclear waves come in  For most people Mikhail Gorbachev is a key historic figure who shaped the politics of today. A Russian leader who negotiated talks with his US counterparts and ended the Cold War.A leader who changed history, Gandhi, Khan at Energy Globe Awards in Brussels  The Indian parliamentarian and environmental activist, Maneka Gandhi, has made a firm stance on the need to not just cut down on carbon emissions, but to “move into a world where we don’t produce carbon Russia pays tribute to Yeltsin  Russian President Vladimir Putin honoured his predecessor Boris Yeltsin on the first anniversary of his death on April 23 as “a strong, courageous leader of Russia.” Ex-KGB agent Putin, 55, who was plucked from obscurity Reagan, Gorbachev showdown may hit the big screen  They were the two political giants of the 1980s as the Cold War came to an end, and now the 1986 Iceland Summit between former US President Ronald Reagan and his counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev is Dalai Lama’s visit spurs controversy  Meeting on December 13 with Italian lawmakers in Italy, the Dalai Lama showed thanks for their support of religious freedom and autonomous rule in Tibet. His visit to the European country has been criticised by Gorbachev urges EU-Russia to improve relations now The European Union will only achieve the global influence when it finds the way to improve relations with Russia, Soviet first president Mikhail Gorbachev said on November 27, Pradvda reported on November 27. If the Merkel to meet Putin mid-October German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladmir Putin are to meet in Germany in mid-October as part of annual consultations between the two states, Deutsche- Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported. The two leaders will be joined Martens’ united Europe  Speaking on the sidelines of the Congress on Climate Change in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, recently, European People’s Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens spoke to New Europe Editor Basil A. Coronakis about the Belgian political model, Martens stresses the importance of unity on the climate change issue  Speaking on the sidelines of the Congress on Climate Change in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, recently, European People’s Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens spoke to New Europe Editor Basil A. Coronakis about the Belgian political model, Yeltsin is laid to rest in a different Russia  Russia bid farewell to its first president April 25 as Boris Yeltstin was laid to rest in Moscow, putting an end to the country’s shift from Soviet state to independent nation. The Ural mountain construction Russian, foreign politicians gather for final elegies  Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush were among 5,000 special guests in attendance April 25 for funeral elegies for Russia’s first president, Boris Yeltsin. Yeltsin, who died from EU and US walk fine line between talk and surrender Former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to talk to Adolf Hitler and more than 36 million Europeans lost their lives. Former US President Ronald Reagan talked to, but wouldn’t negotiate with, Russian leaders, and Mikhail Gorbachev cancels lecture Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has cancelled a planned visit to Denmark where he was slated to attend a meeting of business leaders along with former US vice president Al Gore, organisers said on March Putin slams NATO, US for threatening global security Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 10 challenged the US and Europe on global security issues including missile defence, NATO enlargement and what he termed the US's "hyper-use of military force."Putin, in a tough-worded speech |
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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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