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Ukraine energy sector reform will waitAs Ukraine’s newly-elected president, Viktor Yanukovich, was meeting top European Union officials during a one-day quite unexpected trip to Brussels, a few blocks away in Rond-Point Schuman, I was moderating a panel discussion of the Nokia reports higher Q4 profit, increases handset share Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, on 28 January posted a higher pre-tax profit for the fourth quarter 2009 and said it increased its share of the global handset market, DPA reported. The Finnish-based Parvanova - Loyal Servant or Loose Cannon? Following our revelations last week into Ms Antonyia Parvanova MEP and Vice-President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), and her campaign against Commissioner Designate Jeleva, it has become suspected that Ms The Jeleva Fallout Continues  Questions began as soon Rumiana Jeleva's withdrawal was announced after what looked like a well co-ordinated campaign against her. Martin Dillon, a journalist with many years of experience and contacts in several intelligence services wrote Putting the Transport Puzzle Together  Among the many changes in the Commission portfolios content, this time in the Barroso II Commission, there were a series of changes in the Department of Transport, now under Commissioner Siim Kallas. In brief, Transport, EU targets cigarette smugglers and organized crime, but who’s winning?  The problem of illicit trade, tobacco smuggling and organized crime enjoys unprecedented attention at the top European level in these days, especially in Brussels, where European governments say they’re going to fight back harder than New Porfolios of the Barroso II Commission (updated with countries)  Responsibilities of the Commissioners-designate:
Spain - Joaqu ín ALMUNIA: Competition. Vice-President of the Commission.
Hungary - László ANDOR: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
UK - Baroness Catherine ASHTON: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security and Lobbying right through a Transparency Register, darkly  European Commissioner Siim Kallas asked Think Tanks to sign up to the Register for Interest Representatives at a meeting organised by the European Policy Centre, the only such Brussels institution on the register. The failure It ain’t over yet, so EU unveils “economic recovery” budget  With the European Union still being battered by the worldwide recession, the European Commission has approved a 138 billion Euro budget for 2010, with nearly half being devoted to promoting economic growth in the wake Finnish workers e-mails could be tracked The Finnish parliament has approved legislation allowing employers to track e-mails sent by employees. The legislation was adopted 96-56 while 47 parliamentarians were absent at the final reading of the bill. The so-called data protection Barroso and 9 Commissioners march to Moscow  The bilateral meeting of the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and nine Members of the European Commission –Verheugen, Barrot, Kallas , Tajani, Dimas, Almunia, Ferrero-Waldner, Piebalgs and Ashton- with the highest representatives OLAF and the Mixed Feelings of Mr. Siim New Europe concluded its first investigative round of reporting on the Eximo dossier last week, with the publication of proof that the European Commission lied to the Court of Auditors when it promised that it EU doesn’t know where billions of Euro went European Accounting Office chief Vitor Manuel da Silva Caldeira has strongly criticised irregularities and sloppiness which he said were causing billions of Euro worth of European Union funds to go into the wrong channels. He Court of Auditors hiccup as EU budget shadows lengthen  Time is running out for the European Commission’s Vice-President Siim Kallas, responsible for administration, audit and fight against fraud, as the Commissioner had sworn to get the EU accounts a clean bill of health by From Whitehall to Wenig  Claire Newell is one of the three Sunday Times reporters who posed as lobbyists in a scenario taken out of a Hollywood blockbuster to trap Fritz-Harald Wenig, a director in the European Commission’s trade department. Here’s transparency for you, The EU’s invisible lobbyists Well, skeptics who said the European Commission’s voluntary registration for lobbyists who prowl the halls of Brussels looking to influence EU leaders and lawmakers with money and delusions of grandeur wouldn’t work had to eat Nokia takes charge and takes over Symbian In a move analysts depicted as well-timed and particularly shrewd, mobile phone giant Nokia announced it plans to acquire 100 percent ownership of the British software company Symbian, making a cash offer of some 264 EU focus on West Balkans  European Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn had a lot on his mind and his plate when he met with members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency and the Prime Minister in Brussels on February 28, 2008.Officially, the Bosnia hopes to do the EU dance, the Big Step European Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn had a lot on his mind and his plate when he met with members of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency and the Prime Minister in Brussels on February 28, 2008.Officially, the Liars, Bias and Disinformazia We present this week the Internal Document of the European Commission Flash Report number 50417 of December 17, 2007. The report was filed by the Representation office of the Commission in one of the 27 Commission inks smoky deal with Japan Tobacco The world’s third largest cigarette maker, Japan Tobacco, is to pay around 272 million Euro to the European Union over the next 15 years for its fight against cigarette smuggling, the EU Commission said December Nokia likes the Apple pie, but a la mode please Taking a cue from rival Apple in the US, Nokia, the world’s biggest maker of mobile telephones, plans to imitate Apple and try to make some money out of user revenues generated by its future Nokia says world mobile market will hit 4 billion Finnish-based Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile telephones, on December 4 predicted the global handset market to reach four billion subscriptions during 2009, a year earlier than its previous estimate, the company said. Chief Every problem of Bulgaria is a problem of Europe  Gergana Grancharova, Bulgarian Minister of European Affairs spoke to Anita Christova about challenges facing Bulgaria within the European Union and ways to handle them with pragmatism.Mrs. Grancharova, what are the omissions that Bulgaria has done Bigger sales bring Nokia market lead and profits  Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, said October 18 it has further increased its share of the global handset market while reporting higher sales and net profits for third-quarter of 2007. The Finnish-based group Fighting fake Euro with fakes The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, wants to allow EU countries to use a new weapon in the fight against the fake Euro: fake Euro. In an announcement September 18, the Commission proposed a Dimas stuck in the USA  A retinal detachment, a serious eye ailment which, if not operated on immediately results in the total lost of the injured eye, stuck Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas in the United States. The retinal detachment in its Nokia reports 7% drop in Q1 2007 profit  Nokia recently reported a seven percent drop in net profits on increased turnover for first quarter 2007, while its global market share was 36 percent, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported. The company's net profit reached around Wallstrom: We’re looking right through you  “Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s also an intellectual one.” Quote from Designer Architect Helmut Jahn European institutions are striving to change the Going soft on lobbyists is failing, lawmakers say  Lawmakers from different political parties in the European Parliament have said that the body needs to get tougher when it comes to regulating lobbyists because a “go-easy” approach hasn’t worked. Commenting on the so-called “transparency |
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 The Truth About Turkish Cypriot Isolation Reluctant EU tailors tough bail-out deal for near-bankrupt Greece Without homeland, Blair says no hope for Palestinians, peace Yes to the European Monetary Fund Spain dismantles a big hacker network 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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