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EUROPEAN UNION News, Dec 29, 2011

EU CRISIS ROAD MAP: Key Milestones Ahead
Wall Street Journal
As a pre-emptive strike, the European Central Bank last week allotted a record EUR489.19 billion ($638.32 billion) in the first of two keenly awaited three-year refinancing operations, easing fears of a new credit crunch in Europe as sources of market ...
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Russian challenger urges joint currency with EU
The Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian billionaire challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March's presidential election said Thursday that he will push for a common currency with the European Union and liberalize the nation's political scene if elected. ...
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Yes to dialogue with the EU, no to singling out Israel
Jerusalem Post
The situation for the Roma minority in Central and Eastern Europe is even worse as members of the community are not even in a position to apply for certain jobs due to poverty, segregation and lack of education. Council of Europe reports point out that ...
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EC Publishes Latest Bird Flu Surveillance Report
ThePoultrySite.com
EU - The European Commission (EC) has published its 2010 avian influenza surveillance reports for poultry and wild birds, reports the England and Wales Farmers Union. In response to the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus the European ...
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Comex Sharply Lower, Hits 6-Month Low, On Long- Liquidation Pressure
Forbes
The Euro currency sunk to a fresh 11-month low overnight on fresh European Union debt crisis concerns. Italian bonds yields are once again on the rise, despite lower yields fetched at very recent auctions. While there have been no major developments on ...
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Another lost year in Turkey-EU relations
Today's Zaman
In the last six years since the talks started, Turkey has been able only to temporarily close one chapter out of 35. So far, only 13 chapters have been opened, and talks on 12 of them continue because of the EU decision back in 2006, which stipulates ...
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Russian challenger urges joint currency with EU
StarNewsOnline.com
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV AP MOSCOW - The Russian billionaire challenging Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in March's presidential election said Thursday that he will push for a common currency with the European Union and liberalize the nation's political ...
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Israel and the European Union: A Change in Tone?
Canada Free Press
The latest EU statement (December 20, 2011) follows announcements in October (in the wake of the decision to build in Givat Hamatos) and November (after the decision to step up construction of settlements in response to the UNESCO decision on the ...
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Eurozone faces tough hurdles early in 2012
Newsday
The task is for the major players -- eurozone governments, theEuropean Union's executive Commission and the European Central Bank -- to convince financial markets that troubled governments can pay their heavy debts and therefore deserve to borrow at ...
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Daily Crosses Fundamental: EUR/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD
FXstreet.com
On the other hand, the latest US data support the hope that the US economy is gaining momentum, while the ongoing EU debt crisis remains an obstacle in the way of the optimism in the financial market. On Thursday at 13:30 GMT, US economy will issue its ...
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Analysts slash CO2 price forecasts as slowdown seen - poll
Reuters UK
Denmark takes over the rotating EU presidency on January 1. "We believe the Danish presidency of the EU starting in January may just look at this as something achievable during its time at the helm," Sikorski said in a research note last week....
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Czech Education Minister under fire after eight-day tenure of EUfunds official
Czech Position
Minister Josef Dobeš (Public Affairs, VV) seems to have ended the year on a familiar note with his fifth head of section in charge of EUfunds, Robert Plaga, terminating his contract after just eight working days in the post. The latest episode of a ...
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Czech Position
Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario - 2011: the year in money
thejournal.ie
May saw Portugal become the third EU country to join the bailout club, agreeing a €78bn borrowing deal with the EU and IMF. On May 25, European leaders formally signed off on the appointment of 'Super' Mario Draghi as the new president of the European ...
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Asbestos Canada's latest sin
Montreal Gazette
In a news release, the members of parliament expressed concerns about the “serious harm to the health of workers mining asbestos, the processing and use of which is already banned in the EU.” In November, Australia's Upper House passed a motion urging ...
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Turkey: Strikes kill 35 mistaken for rebels
CBS News
The European Union, which Turkey is striving to join, has pushed the Turkish government to grant more rights to the Kurds. But EU countries also have urged Kurdish lawmakers to distance themselves from the PKK, which is considered a terrorist group by ...
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Sustainable Finance: Five Stories to Watch in 2012
Justmeans
[10] In September, BirdLife International, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released a paper that emphasized the importance of investing in biodiversity conservation as part of the European Union's Cohesion ...
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Renewables sector is braced for change in 2012
FarmersWeekly
This latter point was addressed by the EU last month and regulatory changes should come in some time in the first quarter of 2012. Ensus has capacity to take more than 1mt of UK feed wheat, sourced through Glencore. Formal European Union approval of ...
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Roubini sees threat of 2012 collapse in Hungary
portfolio.hu
As emerging markets economist Jelena Vukotic has pointed out in a reportentitled "Hungary's Policy Gamble: From Bad to Worse", "the recent breakdown of the preliminary talks on Hungary's new EU/IMF loan program highlights how the government's policy ...
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Will rising tensions with Tehran lead to war?
AsiaNews.it
The latest episode in this confrontation is the exchange of threats between Iran and the United States and the European Union over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi warned on Tuesday "not a drop of oil will pass through ...
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AsiaNews.it
Croatia PM says EU referendum 'millennium' decision
Focus News
Croatia has geared up the preparations for a January referendum on its EUmembership, set for mid-2013, which Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic labeled on Thursday a "millennium decision" for the country, AFP reported. "It is a millennium decision for ...
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Volatility Lurks
Credit Writedowns
The EU's United Nations delegation will "take about 45000 square feet …. and pay about $60 a square foot annually for 15 years…." reported Bloomberg on December 23, 2011. Negotiations with its prospective new landlord, Tishman Speyer Properties LP, ...
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Euribor rates sink due to liquidity glut
Reuters
Euribor rates are fixed daily by the Banking Federation of the European Union(FBE) shortly after 1000 GMT. * For a table of the latest Euribor fixings for terms of one week to one year, double click on * For a table of the previous day's fixings of...
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McDonald's Burgers Last Forever
The Mark
Analysts have suggested that if the EU does impose further sanctions, Iran will export more to Russia and China, while countries like Saudi Arabia fill in the gaps for the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Canada's latest sanctions against Iran, ...
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The World in 2012
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
If the eurozone or the European Union comes apart, the events will be comparable in historical significance to what's happened in the Middle East. The killing of Osama bin Laden and even Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear ...
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Key events of 2011: Arab Spring, Bin Laden's death and economic meltdown
The Express Tribune
October 27: European Union leaders reach a ground-breaking deal to save the bloc's single currency, including a new rescue of Greece, a trillion-euro bailout fund, and a deal squeezing banks to share the burden of the two-year debt crisis. ...
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The Express Tribune
Sberbank's VBI buy delayed until early 2012 - APA
Reuters
15, at the latest. Loss-making Volksbanken, which failed this year's European Union bank stress tests, has been counting on asset sales to help boost its balance sheet. ($1 = 0.7724 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters)
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Cyprus' Gas Discovery Raises Political Stakes
The Media Line
Although the Greek Cypriot government is recognized as the official one and belongs to the European Union, Ankara backs the breakaway ethnic-Turkish northern part of the island and claims rights to the island's energy reserves. ...
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Making sense of a rollercoaster year
Spiked
The outraged response from Europhilic commentators to then Greek premier George Papandreou's proposal in October to hold a referendum on the EU's latestausterity package told its own story: 'All this panic and chaos, apparently, because somebody ...
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Key events of 2011
Capital FM Kenya
February 26: Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen becomes the first political victim of the financial crisis rattling the eurozone after his ruling Fianna Fail party is crushed by voters angry over the economy and an EU-IMF bailout. ...
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FNC, EU Parliament explore joint cooperation
WAM - Emirates News Agency
The meeting also touched on a wide range of international issues including impact of the international financial crisis on EU and Middle East economies and policies to address it implications. Latest events in some Arab countries were also reviewed. ...
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FRONTIERPOST.COM | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan ...
By shimran
PESHAWAR (APP): Refugees Affected and Hosting Areas Programme, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has imparted training to 120 persons in different skills under theEuropean Union-funded programme. Under the programme, unemployed youth, ...
FRONTIERPOST.COM | Latest news,...
EU Business News: S&P Report on Euro Zone Ratings Expected in ...
If you've left your holiday buying until the last minute, click ahead to see these gift.... Policymakers at the EU summit focused on a plan for tighter euro zone fiscal ...
www.cnbc.com/.../S_P_Report_on_Euro_Zone_Ratings_Expe...
EU report targets CO2 credits from large hydro projects - News ...
16 Dec 2011 20:02 CET Last updated: 16 Dec 2011 20:05 CET. A new reportcommissioned by the EU into the environmental integrity of the U.N's Clean ...
www.pointcarbon.com/news/1.1703397
Telefonica criticizes latest EU roaming proposals ... - CNET News.com
Read more of "Telefonica balks at new EU roaming proposals " at ZDNet UK. ...Latest Tech News: Two new iPads due next month, report says · Google, ...
news.cnet.com/.../telefonica-criticizes-latest-eu-roaming-propo...
IMF, EU leave Hungary over central bank law: reports - Latest news ...
Talks by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union over a new credit line for Hungary have broken down over a bill curbing the ...
news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid...
First EU-Report on Maritime Cyber Security -- BRUSSELS and ...
PR Newswire: news distribution, targeting and monitoring ... ENISA has published the first EU report ever on cyber security challenges in the Maritime Sector. ...Recent deliberate disruptions of critical automation systems, such as Stuxnet, ...
www.prnewswire.com/.../first-eu-report-on-maritime-cyber-se...
British Pakistani Christian Association: Jaang News reports on EU ...
Click here to sign our latest petition calling for an end to Foreign aid to Pakistan until they can ... Jaang News reports on EU Conference held 8th December ...
britishpakistanichristian.blogspot.com/.../jaang-news-reports-o...
EU News & PR » Blog Archive » European Commission report ...
European Commission report concludes balance-of-payments assistance ...publishes its staff assessment following the latest review of the joint EU-IMF ...
www.newspressrelease.eu/.../european-commission-report-con...
European Union: welfare of animals during transport - pig333, pig to ...
Here you can find the latest news of the pig 2 pork chain. ... The report describe progress on the application of the EU regulation on animal transport, and ...
www.pig333.com/.../european-union:-welfare-of-animals-duri...
Ratings Agency Declares that Latest EU Plan a - Israel National News
Despite the full speed ahead approach with the latest European debt crisis plan, Fitch says it will never reach port. ... Free Daily Israel Report ... their skepticism about the European Union's financial stability plans behind the credit downgrades....
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150827
WTO To Comment on Latest U.S. Claims against EU | Aviation ...
AINonline: Aviation News, Business Aviation, and International Air Show Coverage... The U.S. claims the EU has provided illegal state aid for every Airbus ... was due to consider a “status report” from the European Union at a December 19 ...
www.ainonline.com/?q=aviation-news/ain-air...12...
New EU cars emit less, more progress needed: Report - Arab News
The latest available figures for 2010 showed the average level of emissions of a new car registered in the European Union was 140.3 grammes of carbon ...
arabnews.com/economy/article551171.ece
EUobserver.com / Political Affairs / Leaked report challenges EU line ...
Subscribe to EUobserver's newsletter and receive a summary of our news ... In contrast to the monitoring report, the EU's most recent official assessment of ...
euobserver.com/843/114714
Mongolia EU News - World News Report
Mongolia EU News Live Feed. Latest Mongolia EU News from World NewsReport. 758 of 73271552 HEADLINES. Relevance; |. Date. |; Tools. 27 Dec 00:43...
world.einnews.com/news/mongolia-eu
Zimbabwe: Govt Set to Benefit From EU Trade Agreement - Report ...
The EU and African Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP) are negotiating for ...News that Matters ... Follow the road to sustainable development with Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical in his latest partnership with The Nature Conservancy ...
humanitariannews.org/.../zimbabwe-govt-set-benefit-eu-trade-...

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