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EU biometric passports require photos, fingerprintsThe European Parliament has adopted a report on security features and biometrics in EU passports. Biometric passports, including a digital photo and two fingerprints, will be introduced in the EU, plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland Coming soon to a court near you, E-justice A report which sets out an action plan for future work on improving the use of information technology in Europe’s judicial and legal systems to enhance their efficiency and accessibility for citizens, businesses and practitioners Longer detention for illegal immigrants is approved  Over fierce objections and harsh language condemning what critics said were draconian measures, the European Parliament has approved rules that would allow illegal immigrants to be held longer in detention and in some cases shipped A growing buzz about teen “Mosquito” boxes An invention that emits irritable high-pitched sounds supposedly audible only to young people – to drive them away – should be banned, a Member of the European Parliament from the United Kingdom said as she An EU push for US visa waivers to protect privacy  More Members of the European Parliament have again insisted that EU-wide or individual negotiations by its Member States for visa waivers with the United States should not erode privacy rights of citizens.The US has been A vexing question for the times: privacy vs. anti-terror laws, provocation In a time when there is never-ending vigilance against the possibility of new terrorist attacks, such as those in London and the Madrid subway system, Members of the European Parliament have discussed proposals to update Gay Iranian teen flees deportation The European Parliament has stepped into the fray over the case of Mehdi Kazemi, a 19-year-old gay Iranian citizen, who faces deportation from Europe back to Iran, where he said he could be tortured and Claims US-Czech Republic visa deal threatens EU law A debate in the European Parliament over an agreement between the Czech Republic and United States on visa-free entry for Czechs in return for providing more data on passengers featured stern criticism from some lawmakers Will Europe take in Guantanamo Bay prisoners from the US?  The war on terror’s tangent – the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba for suspects, some of whom have been kept for years and not tried – has the European Parliament worried about whether the rights Guantanamo prisoners get lots of sympathy, support The European Parliament held a hearing on the US’ Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba where terror suspects are being held and it again led to a call for its closure and demands for rights for European border controls blasted as Big Brother  Plans to create an electronic register for entry and exit into the European Union and for an expanded border surveillance system to combat unlawful border crossings got a bitter reception from many Members of the Data: protection versus privacy battle rages on Twenty-five years after the Council of Europe signed a pact governing protection for individuals in the processing of personal data, the European Parliament has continued to debate how much protection there is, and how the EU, governments asked to come clean on traveler “profiling” On the eve of an informal meeting of European justice and interior ministers which will discuss the Commission proposal for an EU system of collection of passenger data, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee has MEP says no free ride for foreign traffic offenders  A conference co-sponsored by Transport for London and London Councils, the association of London boroughs, was held in Brussels to seek cross-border enforcement of traffic and parking fines in the EU. The lack of a You can’t insult Turks, Mohammad, Spanish royalty Europeans think Muslim humour is an oxymoron, and many jumped to the defence of a Danish newspaper two years ago when it printed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that were, let’s say, rather unflattering, setting No deal yet on sky marshals, air safety in EU  The European Parliament and European Council could not reach agreement on a proposed civil aviation security package because of financing problems, screening of passengers and whether sky marshals should be deployed.The parliament and council were Lawmakers want to know why Italy booted Romanians Members of the European Parliament have asked the European Union’s Justice Commissioner, Franco Frattini, to intervene and check whether Italy’s wholesale expulsion of Romanian immigrants after an Italian woman was murdered and a Romanian accused European lawmakers want airplane liquids ban eased  A top EU official on Sept. 5 rejected calls from the European Parliament to drop rigid rules on liquids being taken aboard European flights, citing recent arrests in Denmark and Germany as evidence of ongoing EU lawmakers say US spies on calls and emails Two Members of the European Parliament have asked the European Commission to look into a new US law aimed at intercepting electronic communications they said would allow snooping into the personal lives of European Union Lawmakers clash with human rights group over CIA  European Union lawmakers and an investigator at Europe’s top human rights watchdog on July 17 clashed over their separate probes into alleged secret US counter-terrorism activities. EU deputies and Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty Lawmakers clash with human rights group over CIA  European Union lawmakers and an investigator at Europe’s top human rights watchdog on July 17 clashed over their separate probes into alleged secret US counter-terrorism activities. EU deputies and Council of Europe investigator Dick Marty Report claims proof of secret CIA jails in Europe ACouncil of Europe report made public June 9 said that investigators have found proof that the CIA ran clandestine prisons for terrorist suspects in Europe with the full cooperation of government leaders, especially in Poland Lawmakers approve database to stop visa shopping  The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on May 14 approved a regulation setting up a database for exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas and visa applications from third country citizens who wish US wants EU to give more data to help combat terrorism  Énformation gathered about passengers travelling to the United States is crucial in combatting international terrorism, a US top security official said May 14, pressing Europe to increase its data exchange with the US. “We are Poland’s anti-gay movement now under attack  Calling the declarations of the Polish Minister for Education Roman Giertych on “homosexual propaganda” and the Polish government’s prohibition of the Gay Pride celebrations “disturbing,” Member of the European Parliament Giusto Catania of Italy in April No human rights progress seen in Uzbekistan More than 18 months after the EU Council of Ministers adopted sanctions against Uzbekistan, a result of the Tashkent government’s role in the killing of hundreds of people in of the city of Andijan, European European lawmakers quiz US Congress on CIA, terror  Nine Members of the European Parliament on April 18 met with their counterparts in the US Congress in Washington and raised questions about the alleged rendition flights in European countries of alleged terrorist suspects by Privacy for terrorists, or data for investigators The European Union, trying to preserve privacy rights, got what it wanted in demanding the United States limit how law enforcement agencies use personal data about air travelers going to America.Now, it might get what Kashmir report sparks debate in European Parliament A debate on compromise amendments to a draft report on Kashmir in the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament (EP) on February 26 turned into acrimonious exchanges between some of the pro-Pakistani Members The flap over CIA flights in Europe isn’t over for some MEPs  A European Parliament report claiming that the CIA made 1,245 flights into European Union countries, sometimes while carrying suspected terrorists, and that temporary detention facilities may have been located at American military bases in the |
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 Greek Lessons for Europe About interest rates and public interest 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 The Truth About Turkish Cypriot Isolation Without homeland, Blair says no hope for Palestinians, peace Clear and Present Danger: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Surplus Arms and Ammunition Yes to the European Monetary Fund 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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