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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 |
It is said that a week is a long time in politics and this week has been as long as The Commission are sometimes accused of making propaganda, especially when engaging with children, but their Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, the A GMO hot potato Near-bankrukpt Greece a culture of corruption, $1 billion a year in bribes Mr. Papandreou goes to Washington There more barriers in Ukraine than in Europe Farage to Belgium: I'm sorry; but he's not apologizing to Van Rompuy The EU looks east: hot on the trail of Asian money, business Nazi Gold starts a German-Greek war of words Architecture in Europe Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal close EU humanitarian aid strips for you 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 Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran Russia’s justice system is still mired in violence and arbitrariness, despite reforms promised by Kremlin Russian President Dmitry Medvedev marked the halfway point of his four-year term in office on 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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