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Van Rompuy, Ashton selected to revive european project Le Roi des Belges; or perhaps not so royal but democratic, although his new Foreign Minister is a Baroness sending a message to the world that the new European Council President and his High Representative Accelerating Change: Bold Leaders, Chinese Pragmatism  The name calling between Paris and London (“autistic”?) this past week is symptomatic of a bigger problem. People are scared about social change, and some are running to the right of politics as the solution.
The Belarus: lift sanctions  The European Union’s foreign ministers will meet this month to decide whether economic and political sanctions on Belarus should be eased or removed. The decision will come even as Belarus’ hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has Obama says US, EU must avoid protectionism temptation  In a meeting in Washington with the current Swedish Presidency of the European Union, US President Barack Obama said that as the world recovers from the economic recession that the US and EU should not Putin, Vanhanen discuss Nord Stream  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on 25 October after talks with his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen that he hopes the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be built on schedule. Nord Stream will be built The European President - A Modest Proposal  It has been a long time since the Brussels scene was so abuzz, for nothing livens up the city more that a good session of gossip, intrigue, plotting and scheming, for this is what the A Right Wing Coup  Pro European Tories are mounting a counter attack after what they see as "a right wing coup" that handed control of a planned transnational party and think tank to a group of Euro-skeptics, led by Diplomacy Could Fool the World or Change the Caucasus  Relations between Turkey and Armenia have been overshadowed by the Armenian genocide for close to a hundred years. So the protocols signed last Saturday (10 October), aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and opening the common Britain beefs up Afghan force but Russia smells defeat  As the United States and NATO have urged European countries to take a bigger role in the war in Afghanistan, Britain has agreed to send 500 more troops to that battle-weary country, taking overall deployment China miffed over German snubs at Frankfurt book fair  Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas such as free speech and human rights, a clash about censorship of books and the Internet led German Chancellor Angela Bringing South-East Europe Closer through the media  SARAJEVO - South East Europe (SEE) is the most troubled region of Europe – with a long and hard history, that has put some distance between the region of the rest of Europe in terms New mandate for military incursions in Iraq THE Turkish parliament voted overwhelmingly on 6 October to extend for one year the militarys ability to stage cross- border attacks against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq. According to reports, Stepping up the MDGs  Elise Ford was appointed as Head of EU Oxfam back in May 2009 and has been busy talking to the EU Institutions ever since. Last week she took some time out to talk to Alia Parliament inquiry into financial crisis should address role of lobbying  THE European Parliament will this week launch a new special committee on the financial, economic and social crisis. Over the next 12 months, the committee will “analyse and evaluate the financial, economic and social crisis” Private US peacemakers: will Europe's wealthy families follow this lead?  The news from the Nobel Committee On 9 October is a rallying call. President Barack Obama is recognized for his contribution to peacemaking. The Nobel award cites Obama’s very visible leadership role in strengthening cooperative Czechs to ratify Lisbon ‘by end of 2009’ CZECH President Vaclav Klaus will sign the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty most probably by the end of the year, Czech premier Jan Fischer said on 7 October. “There is no reason for anxiety in Europe. Heres to you Mrs Robinson Last week, spending time on my beloved social networking site laughing with amusement at some peoples lost sheep on a game synonymous to town of agriculture… and checking out one of my friend’s baby photos International Child Abductions  In December 2004 I took over the position of the European Parliament Mediator for International Parental child abduction, succeeding Ms. Mary Banotti. Soon I recognised the considerable growth of bi-national marriages in the European Union A child’s white knight: Missing Children Europe  Why is cross-border communication important?
It is essential to make sure that the vanishing borders in the EU - which are not respected by criminals abducting a child or for instance by a runaway going NATO chief sides with US, says Europe must help in Afghanistan  Europe must step up its efforts in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid straining relations with the United States which wants to see a bigger effort from its allies, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
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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