Contributor ReportsPale leaders, toothless Europe
Source: Kathimerini
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Sat Nov 21 00:04:40 -0800 2009 | political-news
The colorless Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium, picked as EU president this week, pales in comparison with Jacques Delors, the former head and driving force behind a united Europe. These days, a Delors-like man of vision and pragmatism,...
Ban Welcomes Appointment Of New European Leaders
Source: Scoop
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 15:55:19 -0800 2009 | political-news
Ashton in strengthening cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations.” ends
EC suing Bulgaria for Sofia waste disposal failure
Source: Sofia Echo
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 14:07:36 -0800 2009 | green-news
The case concerns inadequate waste disposal facilities in Sofia. Bulgaria should have had an adequate network of waste disposal installations in place by the time it joined the EU on January 1 2007 but no solution is in place. Sofia...
Belgian beats Blair to EU presidency
Source: The Scotsman
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 09:32:29 -0800 2009 | political-news
Gordon Brown was instead awarded a consolation prize of a British politician winning a key foreign affairs role instead...Observers pointed out that the post of high representative will have potentially more real powers than the EU presidency, as Baroness Ashton...
EU leaders chose Belgian Prime Minister to be the first EU president
Posted by: AquaKhan
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Sat Nov 21 00:04:40 -0800 2009 | political-news
EU leaders have chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, to be the first permanent European Council President. The other top job created by the Lisbon Treaty - foreign affairs supremo - has gone to the EU Trade Commissioner,...
ReachHerman van who? | Sholto Byrnes
Source: The Guardian
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 09:42:11 -0800 2009 | political-news
It's disquieting the EU's UK cheerleaders don't even seem to know who wields power on the continent "The little-known Belgian president Herman van Rompuy ," said Gavin Esler on Newsnight last night, maintaining the spirit of a programme in which...
EU tells Alcoa to repay Italy state aid (AFP)
Source: Xtra News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 16:40:07 -0800 2009 | business-news
EU regulators on Thursday ordered US aluminium giant Alcoa to repay Italy for state aid received since 2006 in the form of subsidised electricity prices for two smelters. The European Commission did not detail the amount to be returned. "...
Europe�s role in averting a Middle East tragedy
Source: The Daily Star
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 15:47:01 -0800 2009 | political-news
Perspective by Denis Bauchard The Middle East nowadays seems at the epicenter of most international crises, so the question is how should this chaos be dealt with? Divided and paralyzed, Europe appears to have given up on any involvement either...
Merck fertility drug receives positive recommendation by European ...
Source: Star Tribune
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Fri Nov 20 08:09:15 -0800 2009 | technology-news
Drug developer Merck & Co. said Friday a European advisory committee recommended approval for the company's fertility drug Elonva. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of The European Medicines Agency made the recommendation. The European Commission will consider...
EU moves towards ending tariff on Asian shoes
Source: Times Online
Brussels :: Belgium | updated Thu Nov 19 22:53:54 -0800 2009 | business-news
Trade ministers from EU member states voted down the Commission’s proposal to extend anti-dumping duties put in place in 2006 to protect European footwear manufacturers from surges in imports from the Far East. The duties were opposed by retailers, including...
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