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EU China meetings deemed a great successOn January 30 upon the invitation of the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, meetings were held between the Commission and a Chinese delegation led by the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao . The Commission approves France’s green way out of the economic crisis European Commission has authorised French green scheme offering environmentally friendly producers with reduced-interest loans. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that “the measure would ease the credit constraints on businesses affected by the current economic situation, Enhanced industrial relations can help EU face crisis In its regular report on industrial relations released on February 3, the EU Commission emphasises an EU-wide social dialogue as prospectively promoting a way out of the economic crisis. High quality industrial relations are perceived It sounds great, but is your iPod lethal? A recent report conducted by the European Union’s Scientific Committee has found that anywhere between five to 10 percent of daily personal music player listeners could create permanent hearing damage. In response, a conference was EU ministers want 10 billion Euro for carmakers  As Europe’s car industry struggles with sinking sales as consumers avoid big-ticket purchases in the face of a worldwide recession, European Union industry ministers are trying to find ways to support them, amid calls for RWE signs USD 1.8 billion Bulgarian nuclear deal German energy giant RWE launched a joint venture with the Bulgarian NEK to develop the Balkan country's second nuclear power plant. The Essen-based company would invest 1.275 billion Euro (USD 1.84 billion) for a 49 Microsemi jobs boost for Ennis US chip maker Microsemi is to expand its facility in Ennis, Co Clare, in an investment which is leading to 315 new jobs. The investment is being backed by IDA Ireland, the company said. The Workers’ anger after Swissco closure set Workers at the ready meals company Swissco at Little Island in Cork staged a sit-in after being told earlier on December 16 that the company was to close immediately with the loss of all 127 Sarkozy pushes ethnic diversity in France French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was concerned about the condition of ethnic diversity amongst the French society and announced a new packet to push his ideas. Sarkozy has planned to put more ethnic minorities Human error may have contributed to Madrid air crash A combination of human error and mechanical failure may have caused the air crash that killed 154 people at Madrid airport on August 20, the Spanish daily El Pais reported, quoting sources of the investigation US’ Big Three auto makers get a small pail bail-out On the edge of bankruptcy and warning that if they went under that millions of jobs would be lost, including from suppliers and a ripple effect across the country, General Motors and Chrysler, two of Low-cost carrier SkyEurope in talks with Portuguese investor Troubled low-cost carrier SkyEurope Airlines said that it was in talks with Portuguese investor Longstock SAPO Limited over a possible equity injection. SkyEurope Chief Financial officer Nick Manoudakis confirmed the talks, after the Slovak-Austrian airline Sony to invest 30 mln Euro in Blu-ray in Salzburg Electronics giant Sony is to invest 30 million Euro in its Salzburg facility, according to Austrian media. Sony DADC board Chairman Dieter Daum told the Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper the investment came on the back of Irish Car parts company axes 99 jobs to limit their payout Trade union Unite said 99 workers at the Japanese-owned Ryobi in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, in the North of Ireland will be let go, hearing the news from the management. Shop stewards said they fear the Limerick food firm’s 24 million Euro Topaz deal Limerick-based food supplier Pallas Foods has won a three-year deal worth around 24 million Euro to supply petrol and convenience to Irish owned store chain Topaz, the companies said. The deal will see Pallas Foods Louis Vuitton scraps plans for Tokyo store amid recession French fashion house LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton has abandoned its plans to open a flagship store in Tokyo’s ritzy Ginza district as the global financial crisis hits Japan’s booming luxury market, the company said. Declining EU clears Schaeffler takeover of Continental The European Commission has approved a major takeover in Germany’s automotive components industry, clearing family- owned Schaeffler Group to take a main stake in stockmarket-listed Continental. Schaeffler is mainly a maker of ball-bearings, whereas the Commission presents diluted, delayed pharma package  The European Commission has adopted a much-delayed pharma package but in a much more diluted form than envisaged earlier by the main-stream pharma industry. European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry Gunter Verheugen started the press Commission proposals outline raw material policy  The European Commission today (Nov 4) launched a "long term sustained" approach to make sure that the raw material supplies to Europe do not suffer for different reasons.
Stressing that the EU industrial sector is facing Pharmaceutical reforms package going nowhere  The European Commission has indefinitely postponed its planned proposal for revamping the pharmaceutical sector it was to take up in Strasbourg, France at the European Parliament’s plenary session. European Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, however, reiterated his |
EU-Russia energy game EU budget: Naming and Shaming of Member States allowing fraud A message for Turkey: tear down Cyprus’ wall now! India says global warming is not to blame for Himalayan glacier melt A misled Merkel takes a swipe at GM over its Opel U-turn Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transexual (LBGT) organisations across Europe cooperate under the umbrella of the International Lesbian and Gay Association This coming Thursday evening, November 19 during the “Last Supper,” the 27 heads of the EU Member States will decide The end of World War II found the United Kingdom winners, but literally bankrupt. The After months of networking, secret briefings, it seems that the candidates for the Council President In a meeting in Washington with the current Swedish Presidency of the European Union, US President Barack Obama said that As the United States and NATO have urged European countries to take a bigger role Europe must step up its efforts in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid straining relations Six months after they met in London and established a $1.1 trillion-dollar support package for As the first top British diplomat to visit Moscow in recent five years, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrapped up Despite French carmaker Renault’s earlier statement that it will not invest any more money in The United States and Russia on 9 November began another round of talks over nuclear Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government will continue to adopt measures to better The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, and the EU’s Chamber of Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas Just as the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China passed |
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