MEP Evans top of Plaid Cymru list
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-25 09:43:32 -0700 | political-news
MEP Jill Evans tops list of Plaid Cymru's EU candidates Jill Evans won her first seat as a Plaid Cymru MEP in 1999 The Plaid Cymru Euro MP Jill Evans has retained her party's top slot in its list of...
Now UKIP leader Nigel Farage sets his sights on working-class Labour voters
Source: Mail Online UK
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-25 16:51:48 -0700 | political-news
Conservative supporters will unveil his new strategy in a party political broadcast next Sunday...Labour voters who feel abandoned by Ed Miliband's party Mr Farage's strategists say the traditional dividing lines between the parties are becoming blurred, with Labour supporters just...
Lamy urges EU to forge closer trade ties with Africa (News)
Source: Euractiv
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-23 03:33:22 -0700 | political-news
Lamy urges EU to forge closer trade ties with Africa Published 23 May 2013 Pascal Lamy, the former European Union trade commission who is director-general of the trade body, has urged Europe to forge closer economic ties with its southern...
Peres to Sarkozy at breakfast: Friends are friends
Source: Jerusalem Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-23 21:21:49 -0700 | political-news
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, President Shimon Peres Photo: Mark Neiman/GPO Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who came to Israel primarily to receive an honorary doctorate from Netanya Academic College had a breakfast meeting on Thursday morning with President Shimon...
Pakistan yet to submit five more reports
Source: Pak Tribune
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-23 02:03:01 -0700 | political-news
The value-added textile sector as suggested the upcoming government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) that getting Generalized System of Preferences Plus status for Pakistan should be its top priority, as it will help strengthen the country economically.
France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
Source: Reuters
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-23 00:24:58 -0700 | political-news
Topics French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks to the media after the Friends of Syria alliance meeting in Amman May 22, 2013. France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European...
Stronger ties as EU-RI celebrate Europe Day
Source: The Jakarta Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 20:45:42 -0700 | political-news
Europe Day marks the anniversary of a speech given by former French foreign minister Robert Schuman in 1950 that led to the formation of the EU. Julian Wilson, said that he felt strongly for the extraordinary project that is the...
Next EU summit to focus on youth unemployment, says Letta
Source: Ansa
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-24 03:14:43 -0700 | political-news
The next European Union summit in June will focus on the problem of unemployment among young people, a particularly pressing issue in Italy, Italian Premier Enrico Letta said on Wednesday. Letta was speaking after making his debut at a European...
Unemployment is 'nightmare of our time', says Letta
Source: Ansa
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 09:37:52 -0700 | political-news
Premier Enrico Letta said Wednesday that alarming unemployment levels, especially among young people, vindicated his government's decision to push for the problem to take centre stage in Europe. "The unemployment data confirms that we are on the right road," said...
EU wary of selective justice in Georgia
Source: United Press International
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 09:09:48 -0700 | political-news
European officials said they would keep close tabs on legal proceedings against former Georgian political leaders accused of corruption. Former Georgian Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili and former Labor Minister Zurab Chiaberashvili were detained this week on charges of abusing political...
UKIP donor quits over controversy
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 08:52:28 -0700 | political-news
Demetri Marchessini, who has made two donations totalling £10,000 to the party, wrote a book arguing women who wear trousers are demonstrating "hostile behaviour". He told the BBC he stood by his views. "All my thoughts are traditional thoughts," he...
Icelanders to vote on EU membership
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 08:39:46 -0700 | political-news
Icelanders to get a referendum on joining the EU "EU No Thanks: opinion polls suggest most Icelanders are now against joining the EU Iceland's newly elected government has called off talks with Brussels on EU membership and promised a referendum...
Talk of coalition divorce is an expression of Tory hope, not fear
Source: New Statesman
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-24 03:19:36 -0700 | political-news
Nick Clegg is eager to reassure anyone who is listening that he is committed to coalition for the full five-year term. He made the point in a speech and a press conference today: Anyone who is wargaming about what may...
EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group
Source: Associated Press
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 05:28:05 -0700 | political-news
Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization. That move would slap sanctions such as travel bans and asset freezes on the group's members....
EU ministers want budget talks concluded by end of June (News)
Source: Euractiv
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 03:22:31 -0700 | political-news
EU ministers want budget talks concluded by end of June Published 22 May 2013 It is in everybody's interest to reach an agreement on the next multiannual financial framework before the end of June, Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski said on Tuesday (21 May) after a...
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