http://www.neurope.eu Focus - New Europe News: The European News Source. en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:00 +0300 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:00 +0300 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98333.php The auto industry recession that hit Europe hard has shown signs of letting up and one of the biggest markets is China with its growing middle-class and where cars are still being sought as signs of prosperity auguring well for EU and other automakers including those with European affiliates. German... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98333.php Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:08:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98332.php Itrsquo;s probably little surprise given the economy and cares about gas-guzzling carbon emitting big cars but small cars drew most of the attention Tuesday at the Indian auto show as carmakers including those from the European Union tried to get a foothold in the worldrsquo;s largest compact-car market where they... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98332.php Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:06:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98331.php Even as new car sales continued to fall in their home country the German automotive industry has more than trebled its exports to India over the last five years to 200 million euros $287 million Germanyrsquo;s VDA auto industry association said. ldquo;India is an important growth market for the German... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98331.php Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:05:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98055.php A job with the European Union in one of its many facets is coveted indeed. But much like trying to get into Harvard itrsquo;s pretty difficult unless you are politically connected. The EU institutions employ more than 40 000 civil servants on salaries far above those that they would receive... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98055.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:27:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98054.php What is the EPSO Account and how can I create one? The EPSO Account is the electronic record of your personal details and communication addresses co- created by candidates when applying to competitions and selections. It is also used for correspondence from EPSO to candidates. You should always use the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98054.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:25:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98053.php One of the most sought-after EU jobs is one of the least visible. They are there but almost invisible next to or behind a European Union official sitting in glass booths at news conferences and other EU events recognizable often by their quiet demeanor and ubiquitous head-sets as they listen... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98053.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:24:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98052.php Yoursquo;ve studied and sweated and figured out what type of job you want in the European Union and think yoursquo;re ready because yoursquo;ve got your school qualifications and some experience. But therersquo;s that little matter of a test that the EU requires you to pass. There are a number of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/98052.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:23:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97639.php Europeana Europersquo;s multimedia online library museum and archive is an ambitious project which makes European cultural heritage accessible to all on the internet.nbsp; It is a unique portal that allows exposition of Europersquo;s cultural and scientific resources not only for scientists but also for every citizen. The content has been... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97639.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:14:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97638.php Europeana the European Digital Library is the aggregator of European cultural content. Interoperability is at the heart of what Europeana is doing: integrating format types across borders across domains and between institutions. Museums libraries archives and audio-visual AV collections have different histories user-groups and purposes. These are reflected in their... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97638.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:11:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97637.php Jonathan Purday is the Senior Communications advisor for Europeana a link thatrsquo;s much more than a site but a doorway to Europersquo;s past. He spoke to New Europe about its inception creation and now expansion. What is Europeana? How does it work in practice? Europeana.eu is a portal that gives all web... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97637.php Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97228.php Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transexual LBGT organisations across Europe cooperate under the umbrella of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ILGA . There are ongoing campaigns projects and lobbying in many member states and within the EU LBGT people suffer from discrimination especially in their careers because of their personal... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97228.php Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97227.php Are there hostile situations in Europe for LGBT people? To give you an example in some countries it is still not safe to be a human rights LGBT activist. If you are advocating and openly declaring your belonging to the sexual minority it is still life-threatening. Like in some countries... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97227.php Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97081.php If therersquo;s anything politicians dislike more than being caught with theirnbsp; hands in the cookie jar or in someone elsersquo;s pocket itrsquo;s being caught with their pants down ndash; literally although the shame and embarrassment and stigma that in the past could topple a government or end a career has... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97081.php Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:38:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97080.php ldquo;I got into the habit of paying for boys ... The profusion of young very attractive and immediately available boys put me in a state of desire I no longer needed to restrain or hiderdquo; ndash; French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterandrsquo;s book It must be nice being the French Minister of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97080.php Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:36:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97079.php The Bigger They Are The Mother of All Sex Scandals brought down a government. The UKrsquo;s Secretary of State for War John Profumo didnrsquo;t know what he had wrought when he fell for a beautiful call girl named Christine Keeler. He was married to a film star and in a High... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97079.php Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:33:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97023.php At the risk of falling into the free publicity trap which just happened stories about the Turner Prize turn out to generate fame for the artists and revenue for the Tate Britain Museum where it is staged and annually generates the same question. Is it art? It isnrsquo;t of course... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97023.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:43:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97022.php You can trace the decline ofnbsp; Western Civilization in the 20th and now into the 21st Century not just by the introduction of the Fox Alleged News Network but by what passes for art: a hack hanging a crucifix of Jesus in a jar of urine try doing that with... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97022.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:41:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96851.php The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction created an international treaty and legal mechanism in order to find children that have been abducted. This is just one treaty or law that has been enacted in order to recover children that have been taken away from their... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96851.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:03:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96850.php 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 when I became acquainted with my new mission. Actually I believe this is a wonderful... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96850.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:02:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96848.php Therersquo;s at least one thing the Europeans can look to America to copy: the amber alert system. Amber stands for Americas Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created in 1996 as an early warning system to help locate abducted children. The Amber Alert system is a partnership between police broadcasters... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96848.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:01:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96849.php Under the Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 local law enforcement are to be informed when a person convicted of sex crimes against a child has any sort of change of address.nbsp; Additionally Meganrsquo;s Law was established after a little girl was kidnapped raped and murdered by a repeat violent sexual... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96849.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:01:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96847.php 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 from one country to another- are not taken into account when national systems are implemented.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96847.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:57:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96845.php nbsp;Missing Children Europe was established in 2001 by victim support organizations:nbsp; Child Focus Belgium La Mouette France and Aurora Italy and has expanded to a total of 23 non-governmental organizations in 16 countries. Missing Children Europe is the ldquo;umbrellardquo; organization that works with the European institutions to insure that the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96845.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:56:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96846.php In 2008 a commission decision reserved the number ldquo;116000rdquo; for urgent calls about missing children. However the decision only creates an obligation for the states to reserve the number and therefore only 10 states Belgium France Greece Hungary Italy Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia and The Netherlands have fully activated the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96846.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:56:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96669.php Parading its missiles and weapons as well as its propaganda and philosophy while the world watched China on Oct. 1 celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding as a Peoplersquo;s Republic amidst grand pomp-and-circumstance a handful of dissidence and not a negative word from European or American officials who remained... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96669.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:07:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96668.php BEIJING ndash; Ten days in China doesnrsquo;t make you an old China hand but for journalists whorsquo;ve been around the block and the world it was enough to get the lay of the land and a sense of the country just ahead of the 60th anniversary of the 1 October... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96668.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:06:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96499.php China stopped being a mystery to the world after then-US president Richard Nixonrsquo;snbsp; odyssey in 1972 opened the door to a country that had kept itself isolated from the west since becoming a Communist Peoplersquo;s Republic on Oct. 1 1949 but it still remains an enigma. Wrapped inside a riddle.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96499.php Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:40:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96498.php Beijing was the first stop on what would be a carefully scripted and guided Cookrsquo;s Tour of the country. Later its beauty in the jungle mountains of Jinghong where wild elephants roam but only at night because theyrsquo;re afraid of the hordes of tourists escorted into the wild on gondolas... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96498.php Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:39:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96497.php Gangrsquo;s job is perhaps the most difficult in China trying to be an expert on issues from the economy to trade to human rights to politics and defending Communism innbsp; a time when therersquo;s so little of it left around the world. China will celebrate its 60th anniversary of that... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96497.php Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:38:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96496.php SHANGHAI ndash; After leaving the clean streets of Beijing and its manicured and artificial atmosphere Shanghai a metropolis the outward borders of which is home to 14 000 000 people seems like a not-so-fresh breath of confusion a sense of the raucous if not the riot a jumble of architectural... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96496.php Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:37:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96311.php With only a few short weeks until the Copenhagen Summit where a new global agreement on climate change is set to be agreed the fear that both climate protection and development cooperation will become the victim of the process is increasing.nbsp; We need a compelling agenda to deal with the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96311.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:33:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96310.php Less than 100 days before the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen a delegation of 10 representatives selected by the Climate Group will take part in the ldquo;Climate Weekldquo; opening ceremony taking place in New York alongside the United Nations General Assembly. As a member of the delegation Michegrave;le Sabban president... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96310.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:32:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96309.php In a move which could signal a strategic shift by many of the worldrsquo;s leaders The Swedish Presidency of the European Union and the European Commission welcomed the universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol announced on September 16 following ratification by Timor-Leste. This announcement coincides with International Day for the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96309.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:31:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96308.php During the week of September 20th 2009 hundreds of government and business leaders from around the world will converge upon New York City for a series of high-level meetings and events focused on the most urgent issue of our time: climate change. Taking place just 70 days before the UN Climate... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96308.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:22:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96314.php Climate Change will be the pivotal subject of political discussions on a global scale over the next three months. Kicking off these talks is a High Level meeting in New York organized at United Nations headquarters between September 21-22. These talks along with what is decided at the G20 in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96314.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:27:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96312.php In an interview with NATO Review the chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize winning IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that climate changersquo;s security implications require a new approach and definition of security. Dr Rajendra Pachauri whose IPCC shared the Prize with Al Gore in 2007 highlighted the strain... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96312.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:26:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96313.php Greenpeace embarked on an extraordinary 15-day journey on September 14 with five elephants to call upon world leaders and Barack Obama in particular to demonstrate audacious leadership and take immediate action to avert climate chaos. We all know that politicians can forget their promises but an elephant never forgets. Chang for... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96313.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:26:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96126.php During the last year and a half farmers have tended to show their aggressions quite publicly in Brussels as recently as September 7 the tractors were out in force blocking roads carrying plastic cows and demanding that they be heard. What have they been trying to say? Not only the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96126.php Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:23:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96125.php It is almost a year since negotiations concluded on the CAP Health Check as the last set of reforms to Europersquo;s agriculture policy were termed. The ink is barely dry on the implementation of those reforms yet discussion has already started in earnest about the future of the CAP after... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96125.php Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:22:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96124.php Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy CAP has been underway for some time. If itrsquo;s done well the benefits will be massive and widespread. In Europe farmers will have more opportunity to build sustainable profitable enterprises; consumers will buy the food they prefer at better prices; and the EU budget... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96124.php Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:21:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96123.php Climate change is high on the international and the European agenda. The Danish milk producers and processors have over the years continuously reduced their greenhouse gas emissions but they are now stepping up their efforts. Studies to date by CE Delft have estimated that cradle-to-farm gate emissions of milk globally... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96123.php Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:20:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95378.php Approximately 79 million people in the European Union ndash; or 16 percent of the population ndash; currently live at risk of poverty. This violates EU principles of solidarity and social justice. In response the European Commission has designated 2010 as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95378.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:12:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95377.php Poverty and exclusion do not only strike at the well-being of individuals their ability to take an active part in the life of society; they also impair economic development. According to the fact sheet released by the European Commission on the upcoming Year of eradicating poverty The Union wishes to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95377.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:11:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95376.php Leaders meeting this last week for the G8 Summit in Italy need to find USD 23 billion a year to meet the MDG goals of halving hunger by 2015 according to latest calculations by development agency ActionAid. ldquo;The G8 is failing over one billion hungry people. In 2008 they made... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95376.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:10:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95375.php Caste systems are a form of social and economic governance that is based on principles and customary rules: Caste systems involve the division of people into social groups castes where assignments of rights are determined by birth are fixed and hereditary. The assignment of basic rights among various castes is... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95375.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:09:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95374.php The impact of climate change in poor countries may lead to a shift in the seasons that would destroy harvests and cause widespread hunger according to a new report launched by Oxfam International on July 6. The report comes as a hot spell over the past weeks in Western Europe... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95374.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:08:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95373.php The global economy isnrsquo;t working for ordinary people in the wealthiest nations.nbsp; In the poorest countries the situation is getting much worse and the international system put together after World War II is not responding. All told more than 50 million people are expected to lose their jobs. The FAO reported... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95373.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:07:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95372.php In these turbulent times of financial crisis rising food prices climate change and political instability it is women and girls who will be disproportionately affected particularly poor women in poor countries. It is girls who will be removed from school because families can no longer afford to pay for them;... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95372.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:05:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95371.php The EU 2010 Year for combating poverty and social exclusion must be a catalyst to step up a gear in the fight against poverty and to ensure a decent life for all. Since 1990 the European Anti Poverty Network EAPN has been an independent network of non-governmental organisations NGOs and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95371.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:04:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95325.php North Korearsquo;s firing of four short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan rattled South Korea and China jumped into the fray and began efforts toward a revival of six-nation talks over situation in north- east Asia. The missiles were launched on the same day July 2 the Yonhap News Agency... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Focus http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95325.php Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:18:00 +0300