http://www.neurope.eu New Europe News - Main Feed en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0200 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0200 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99636.php After weeks of denying that Greece struggling under the weight of 300 billion euros in debt and a 12.7% deficit would get any kind of a bail-out the European Union has fashioned a package that would provide loans or guarantees but only as a last resort if Prime Minister George... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99636.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:38:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99635.php Icelandrsquo;s massive rejection of a deal with Britain and the Netherlands on paying back the losses caused by the collapse of an internet bank should be no bar to European Union accession talks the European Commission said. Some 93% of voters rejected a deal under which their government would have... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99635.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:37:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99631.php Unless yoursquo;re one of the millions of Europeans without a job or having lost a home to high mortgage interest rates the recession has wound back enough for the European Central Bank to retreat from some of the emergency monetary measures it introduced to shore up financial market confidence and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99631.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:24:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99601.php With only five years left to achieve the MDG and for UN members development experts and politicians gathered in Brussels for a conference held by Action For Global Health. Keynote speaker Andris Piebalgs the Commissioner for Development told the meeting that although much had been achieved there was a lot... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99601.php Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99495.php The Commission are sometimes accused of making propaganda especially when engaging with children but their latest efforts are likely to provoke confusion. Commissioner Piebalgs has just announced the fourth international drawing competition on Gender Equality. Eight to ten year old children in developing countries are invited to express in a... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99495.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:49:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99479.php It took 14 years but German chemical giant BASF has finally won approval to start growing its Genetically Modified Potato GMO called Amflora for industrial purposes to make starch but the decision drew immediate scorn and anger from an activist group and a European lawmaker. The decision to give the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99479.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:47:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99478.php The approval of the genetically modified Amflora potato for use in making starch got harsh criticism from Greenpeace but was supported by the European Peoplersquo;s Party which has the ruling majority in the European Parliament. The potato is not designed to be edible. The approval for a GMO crop was... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99478.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:46:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99476.php In 2000 the European Union set an ambitious plan to make the bloc one of the most competitive economies in the world but it didnrsquo;t work. So now the EU says it will try again with another 10-year plan aimed at reviving growth after officials said the barely modest gains... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99476.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:45:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99475.php European Union member states can revoke a refugeersquo;s protected status if the circumstances in their homeland change permanently the European Union Court of Justice ECJ has ruled in a case brought by a group of Iraqi refugees. But the EU state in question must first assess whether the change in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99475.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:44:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99474.php People who lie to obtain a new nationality can lose it when they get found out even if they risk becoming stateless as a result the European Unionrsquo;s Court of Justice has ruled. ldquo;A member state of the European Union may withdraw its nationality granted by way of naturalization from... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99474.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:36:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99473.php One of the odder aspects to the EUrsquo;s communication strategy is its use of comic books perhaps inspired by Belgiumrsquo;s reputation in the field. These have inspired outrage from Euroskeptics and bemusement from Euro-watchers. The European Commission has just published Hidden Disaster by Belgian artist Erik Bongers not as it... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99473.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99472.php There has been a storm of protest over the EC Humanitarian Aids production of a graphic novel to promote their activities. In the book Hidden Disaster see story on left the main character an ECHO field officer has adventures and illustrates how ECHO operate and what they do in disasters.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99472.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:34:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99469.php Even as Greeks face wage freezes and cuts higher taxes and a longer wait for retirement to keep the country from going under in an ocean of debt they have been hit with a new report that identifies one of the main culprits for the countryrsquo;s reputation for graft and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99469.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:31:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99468.php More than 140 Members of the European Parliament and Members of the Parliament from 30 countries as well as members of the Israeli Knesset took part in an emotional visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.nbsp; The European Friends of Israel EFI an organization... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99468.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:30:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99442.php Rampant illegal trade in timber and the cutting down of forests around the world is being tolerated by the European Union because it has taken several tough proposals out of a bill that would crack down on the process the lawmaker who drafts the European Parliamentrsquo;s reports on the issue... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99442.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:41:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99440.php The European Unionrsquo;s new Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli has decided to allow genetically modified potatoes to be grown in Europe primarily for industrial use to produce starch but the move was immediately condemned by Friends of the Earth Europe. The Amflora potato designed by Germanyacute;s chemical giant... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99440.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:19:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99439.php Speaking to New Europe ahead of his meeting with Parliament President Jerzy Buzek the unrepentant EFD Leader spoke about being disciplined his contentious remarks his involvement in the controversial second pension scheme and on rumours that he is under investigation by OLAF the EU anti-fraud office. Asked how he felt... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99439.php Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:29:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99322.php As it increases its worldwide dominance as the search engine of choice on the Internet the US-based Google is now coming under attack in the European Union over allegations it is trying to shut down its competition. The European Union confirmed that it had received three anti-trust complaints and that... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99322.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:06:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99323.php Following the collapse of its banking industry an industry failure that reversed skeptical attitudes about joining the European Union Iceland is ready to start accession talks with the European Union seven months after presenting its application the European Commission said. Iceland asked to join the EU in July 2009 reversing... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99323.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:06:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99320.php Although the Orange Revolution that turned Ukraine more western-leaning has been overturned by the recent election of Russian-friendly Viktor Yanukovich as president-elect the European Union is still set to offer the country a plan that could end a requirement Ukrainians need visas to visit the EU. The nod came from... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99320.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:04:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99319.php The European Commission will present detailed proposals for the European Unionrsquo;s new economic strategy on March 3 the Commissionrsquo;s President Jose Manuel Barroso said at a press conference in Madrid where all the 27 European commissioners were visiting the Spanish government in order to mark the beginning of the Spanish... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99319.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:03:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99317.php Despite a late surge in sales at the end of 2009 car sales in Europe will still fall by 10% this year as subsidy plans for scrapping old vehicles are withdrawn stalling a resurgence in the overall economy of the region the European Unionrsquo;s new Commissioner for industry warned after... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99317.php Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99179.php Banks can create money. This time-cherished truth opened the way to the last credit crisis which still threatens the world with the worst economic recession since the great crash of 1929. The ability of the banks to create new money is built in their traditional role as money safe depositors... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99179.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:57:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99178.php Our recent article MEPs spending spree forces payback but the names are being kept secret see full article below disclosed that unnamed MEPs have handed back euro;3.4 million to Parliament and that the secretive second pension scheme is in financial trouble among other related issues. Mr Juame Duch Guillot Spokesperson... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99178.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:53:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99177.php This February the US announced the plan to construct missile defense elements anti-missiles in Romania and Bulgaria in the black sea water area. These systems will supposedly provide protection for the US and their European allies against possible Iranian threat. Russian Minister of Foreign affairs stated that the Russian Federation... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99177.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:52:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99176.php Instead of helping Greece to avoid being ripped off by the hawks of the completely uncontrolled world derivatives market the Eurogroup the council of the 16 Eurozone finance ministers who gathered last week in Brussels pressed Athens to reveal its Plan B to mend the countyrsquo;s ailing public finance. Greece... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99176.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:50:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99175.php All over the world people have responded generously to the deshy;vshy;ashy;stshy;ating earthquake that struck Haiti. In just three days more than a million Americans had donated $10 with the aid of text messages from their cell phones. People with very little themselves like Maria Pacheco an unemployed single mother from... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99175.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:49:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99174.php Europeans have rightfully blamed greedy American bankers whose blood lust for money caused the worldwide recession that put scores of millions out of work on the streets watching their foreclosed homes seized because they couldnrsquo;t pay usurious adjustable rate mortgages and drowning in credit card debt with 23%-30% interest rates... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99174.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:48:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99172.php Nuclear weapons were used at the end of World War II yet their non-use defined the Cold War. What role will they play in the great challenges facing us in the 21st Century? A growing number of world leaders fear that if the past decadersquo;s trends continue nuclear arms may catastrophically... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99172.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:34:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99171.php The Rotary Club of Brussels Cantersteen is organising on 19 March a fashion show in the showroom of Volvo Zaventem to raise funds for the Olivia Hendrickx Research Fund financing research on childrenrsquo;s cancer and for A Place to Live the Brussels welfare organisation that devotes itself to socially vulnerable... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99171.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:33:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99168.php After the European Union once again delayed any decision on whether to bail out Greece as the country struggles to overcome a massive 12.7% deficit that threatened to undermine the entire 16-member Eurozone of countries using the euro markets in Europe and the United States and around the world rallied... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99168.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:25:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99167.php Almost as soon as the 18 dead were counted from a Belgian train crash last week ndash; nine years after a similar crash killed nine people another accident in which trains in both instances were said to have ignored red lights ndash; European Union officials said it wasnrsquo;t to blame... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99167.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:24:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99166.php Even as Greecersquo;s economic crisis had Italy fretting over how it would affect the Eurozonersquo;s plans to let more countries use the euro as a currency a spurt of support has blossomed for candidates ranging from Croatia to FYROM to Turkey with key backing for the idea coming from Sweden... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99166.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:23:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99165.php The fallout of the assassination of a leader of the terrorist group Hamas in Dubai has spread to the European Union following reports that the killers ndash; alleged to be working for Israeli intelligence ndash; used British and Irish passports and may have used Austria as a base to help... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99165.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:22:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99164.php Libyarsquo;s decision to deny entry to citizens from the European Unionrsquo;s Schengen area in a long-running battle with Switzerland was uncalled for nbsp; the European Commission said in a statement but would not give any explanations as to what it meant or what would happen next. No official explanation was... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99164.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99163.php Although the European Parliament dealt a surprise defeat to an EU-US deal that would have allowed American investigators to look into some critical bank data of EU citizens the information could still be accessed if deals are made between the US and individual countries in Europe the European Commission said.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99163.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:18:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99162.php Dutchman Yvo de Boer the United Nationsrsquo; top climate official who was said to be frustrated over the debacle of the Copenhagen conference which failed to produce binding emission cut controls on greenhouse gases ndash; an event hijacked by the US and which left the European Union on the sidelines... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99162.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:16:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99161.php Washingtonrsquo;s announcement in February that it plans to construct missile defense elements anti-missiles in Romania and Bulgaria in the Black Sea water area angered Russia with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov demanding an explanation for the ldquo;surpriserdquo; decision by Bulgaria which was reputedly the Soviet Unionrsquo;s staunchest ally in communist times. Europe... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99161.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:13:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99159.php The EU will meet its 2020 20% renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association EWEA nbsp;of all 27 Member Statesrsquo; national forecast documents. The EWEA analysis shows that EU member states are on course to achieve over 20% renewable energy... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99159.php Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:09:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99130.php Chinarsquo;s weak yuan which is undercutting the ability of the European Union and United States to gain a foothold in that Asian countryrsquo;s market and difficult to compete with Chinese goods around the world should be devalued the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD said. But soon after... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99130.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:45:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99122.php Speaking at a meeting organised by the EU And Asia Policy Forum at the European Policy Centre leading Chinese scholar Jianxiong Ge said that the EU needed a greater understanding of the cultural and historical roots that underpinned Chinese foreign policy. Using maps he illustrated how the different regions of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99122.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:28:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99120.php Already on the hot seat little more than a month into the job the European Unionrsquo;s new de facto Foreign Minister said she believes the EU canrsquo;t rely on its vaunted ldquo;soft powerrdquo; strategy of negotiation but must be hard at times when dealing with affairs both foreign and domestic.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99120.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:23:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99119.php With more than 23 million unemployed in the Europe Union and the jobless figure having risen in every member state since last year how Europe is coping with the crisis and the effect on pension systems got the attention of the European Parliamentrsquo;s special Crisis Committee but no answers although... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99119.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:22:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99117.php With the Cold War long over but hot wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continuing NATO is re-thinking its mission and finding itself leaning more toward relations with China India and even Pakistan but still doesnrsquo;t know what to do about Russia even though Russian President Dimitry Medvedevrsquo;s institute said his... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99117.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:21:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99115.php The European Parliament is bracing itself for public outrage as a new report into its spending is being finalized. The new report a copy of which was obtained by New Europe was scathing about what it said was the Parliamentrsquo;s inability to account for its finances. Written by MEP Bart... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99115.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:19:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99116.php Concerns are mounting that the EU could soon face an expenses scandal that could dwarf the ongoing saga of British MPs that caused widespread public outrage leading some British lawmakers to go into hiding. It was recently discovered that undisclosed MEPs had repaid more than euro;3.4 million in ldquo;wrongly claimedrdquo;... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99116.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:19:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99114.php A much-ballyhooed European Union Summit to decide whether to give Greecersquo;s rapidly failing economy a financial boost produced only general offers that some kind of unspecified action would be taken if it looked like a default that could threaten the entire Eurozone was imminent. Meeting for the first time under... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/99114.php Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:17:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98962.php The continuing threat of terrorism on airlines especially those from Europe bound for the United States have caused some to resort to beefing up an old idea: undercover police on planes so passengers on European Union flights could find themselves sharing a cabin with sky marshals and their personal data... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98962.php Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:03:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98961.php Itrsquo;s boom time for the banks and some big businesses whorsquo;ve used taxpayer bail-out money to rebound but for millions of European workers the recession has them in a stranglehold and fight for survival and a fruitless quest for work as unemployment in the 16-member Eurozone hit 10% in December... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98961.php Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:02:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98960.php Almost lost in the talk at the World Economic Forum in Davos was a call from European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet for banks who got billions of euros in bail-outs from European Union countries to use the money to lend to customers as well as cut dividends and bonuses... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Europe http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98960.php Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:01:00 +0200