Administrator @ November 28, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Central and eastern European EU member states are increasingly worried that they will receive less structural funds than initially expected. The EU still has not agreed on a budget for the 2007-2013 period.With the UK not willing to give up it’s rebate, and some countries, like France, not willing to modify the common agricultural policy, [...]
Administrator @ November 28, 2005 # No Comment Yet
In a letter to Iran the European Union offered to restart nuclear talks, after previous attempts failed to result in an agreement between Iran and the European Union. On 6 November Iran already indicated it wanted to restart talks with the Europeans.
“The letter was sent on behalf of Solana and of the foreign ministers of [...]
Administrator @ November 25, 2005 # No Comment Yet
European sugar companies have mostly welcomed a recently made deal between EU agricultural ministers. The EU is to cut subsidies by 36%. Earlier the World Trade Organization has ruled the European Union’s sugar subsidy structure illegal under WTO rules. Shares in major sugar companies were up after the news.
“UK sugar giant Tate & Lyle said [...]
Administrator @ November 25, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Drug use in the European Union is on the increase, with cocaine and ecstasy seeing the biggest jump. Some EU countries are catching up to the US in terms of cocaine use. A report states that over 9 million Europeans are using, or have used cocaine. Spain and the UK saw the biggest increases.
“Spain, a [...]
Administrator @ November 22, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Merkel has officially been elected as German chancellor, and will lead Europe’s largest country. On the agenda are big issues such as getting the German economy back on track, which is the biggest economy in Europe. The new coalition consists of Merkel’s party, the CDU/CSU, and the SPD, former-chancellor Schroeder’s party.
“The 51-year-old pastor’s daughter, [...]
Administrator @ November 22, 2005 # No Comment Yet
European Union member states have agreed to submit a joint letter to the US asking for information about possible interrogation camps being run by the CIA on European soil. A report by the Washington Post alleges that the CIA operates camps in eastern Europe that are used to interrogate terrorism suspects.
“Dutch foreign minister Bernard Bot [...]
Administrator @ November 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
EU ministers have agreed to open membership talks with Bosnia. An European diplomat said that talks could begin as early as the end of November 2005, but most likely will be started in December. How fast membership talks proceed will depend on Bosnia’s commitment to working with the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia [...]
Administrator @ November 21, 2005 # No Comment Yet
European Union foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels for budget talks. The ministers are hoping to resolve some serious disagreements during this meeting, and pave the way for an agreement on the EU’s budget. The British rebate and agricultural subsidies are two of the major issues preventing a break-through.
“The British rebate dates from 1984 when [...]
Administrator @ November 18, 2005 # No Comment Yet
It’s going to cost 20 billion euro and will give Europe the most advanced air traffic management setup in the world. It’s called the Sesar project, and will be funded by public and private institutions. The new automated system will make use of the future European satellite system, Galileo.
“Growth forecasts show that air traffic in [...]
Administrator @ November 18, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Not surprisingly, the European Union is not meeting it’s Kyoto protocol targets. The United Nations Climate Change secretariat warned that more has to be done to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“Richard Kinley, acting head of the UN climate change body, said: “What we see is that the emissions from developed countries as a group have been [...]