High taxes make Dutch petrol most expensive in Europe
Source: Dutch News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 00:42:36 -0700 | business-news
The organisation says a litre of petrol costs an average 1.78 in the Netherlands, compared with 1.64 in Belgium and 1.55 in Germany. Italy is closest to the Netherlands, with a litre of Euro95 costing 1.73. The cost of diesel...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 17
Source: Newyork Times
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 06:52:37 -0700 | allnews
Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday...The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: May 17
Source: Newyork Times
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 06:52:37 -0700 | allnews
Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said Thursday...The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air...
EU shares edge off highs, spooked by Fed comments
Source: The Economic Times
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 00:39:35 -0700 | business-news
retreating from the previous session's 5-year peak of 1,247.57...Three hawkish Federal Reserve officials called for the US central bank to halt bond purchases as soon as the summer, sending Wall Street lower overnight and souring risk appetite. With the weekend...
EU's alcohol strategy needs further push, MEPs say (News)
Source: Euractiv
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 23:55:53 -0700 | technology-news
Europeans are the heaviest drinkers in the world and in some EU member states, such as Luxembourg and the Czech Republic, the alcohol consumption is 2.5 times more than what an average person in the world drinks. The Commission's new...
Pertamina in talks with Oman on ventures
Source: The Jakarta Post
Spa :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 22:52:29 -0700 | business-news
Pertamina president director Karen Agustiawan, however, refused to provide details on the ongoing talks. I am not allowed to disclose details before we sign the SPA [shares purchase agreement], she told reporters at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan.
Self reliance under seige as EU herbal regulations take hold
Source: Natural News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 22:26:45 -0700 | health-news
The European Union thinks it knows what's best for the world's health and future. The "all knowing" think they can govern the land, the plants, traditional herbal medicine, and each individual person, however they choose. That's why they have begun...
Brussels spy tale sprouts intrigue
Source: New York Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 21:01:19 -0700 | entertainment-news
Expat tech-whiz Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) seems normal, apart from a scarred back that's straight out of a David Cronenberg movie. His wife is dead, his daughter Amy (Liana Liberato) has moved in with him in Brussels, they're having heated-but-normal...
Stephen Powers – “Visual Blues” Exhibition | Brussels
Source: Freshness Mag
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 19:09:17 -0700 | entertainment-news
Stephen Powers Visual Blues Exhibition Brussels Widely recognized as Espo , Brooklyn's own Steve Powers kicks off a new solo exhibition today, May 16th, entitled Visual Blues at the Alice Gallery in Brussels, Belgium. Featuring a mixture of both his...
RI-S. Korea upbeat on ties after 40th anniversary
Source: The Jakarta Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 19:05:24 -0700 | political-news
Korea Festival, to be launched by the Korea Foundation on May 21, and the 2013 Korea-Indonesia Forum held in Jakarta on Thursday. Indonesia has a similar history of industrialization to our own, including the democratization process that comes with it...
Movie Review: ‘Erased,' Directed by Philipp Stolzl
Source: International Herald Tribune
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 19:45:27 -0700 | entertainment-news
Movie Review Outrunning Assassins, Sulky Daughter in Tow Erased,' Directed by Philipp Stolzl Radius-TWC Aaron Eckhart in Erased, directed by Philipp Stolzl. Published: May 16, 2013 More About This Movie In the credit column is Aaron Eckhart, his alpha-male jawline...
The 113th Canton Fair
Source: PR Newswire
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 18:34:40 -0700 | business-news
The 113th session of the Fair welcomed over 200,000 overseas purchasers, up 7 percent on the previous session. The value of trade deals struck at the biannual event reached US$ 35.5 billion , an increase of nearly 9 percent on...
EU poll highlights homophobic abuse
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 05:16:31 -0700 | allnews
Poll on homophobia sparks concern Some 26% of respondents said they had been attacked or threatened with violence in the past five years A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to...
EU poll highlights homophobic abuse
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-17 05:16:31 -0700 | allnews
Poll on homophobia sparks concern Some 26% of respondents said they had been attacked or threatened with violence in the past five years A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to...
Green energy 'folly will put i¿½600 on bills': Annual charges to hit living standards, says report
Source: Mail Online UK
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-16 17:26:11 -0700 | green-news
Britain's green energy 'folly' will cost every family an extra 600 a year by 2020, a report warned last night Britain's green energy folly' will cost every family an extra 600 a year by 2020, a report warned last night....
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