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...
Germans bathe easy in clear waters
Source: Germany News in Englsh
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-21 23:02:21 -0700 | political-news
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Sam fell for my car before me, says Cameron: PM says he was able to woo his wife because he could ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-21 21:50:56 -0700 | political-news
In a revealing interview with Total Politics magazine, the Prime Minister said he was square' when he met Samantha, who was friends with his younger sister. Mr Cameron, who is nearly five years older, said he was only able to...
Prime minister will not use veto over new EU budgets
Source: Dutch News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 00:49:25 -0700 | political-news
Speaking during a debate ahead of Wednesday's summit, Rutte said he will do his best to ensure the Netherlands does not have to make a top-up payment of at least 350m, but that the chance of that happening is 'very...
Talk of coalition divorce is an expression of Tory hope, not fear
Source: New Statesman
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-22 07:04:33 -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...
Certified timber ‘still needs to be checked'
Source: The Jakarta Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-21 23:07:20 -0700 | political-news
He said that Indonesian timber exporters had to provide information on the origins of the timber products during verification checks before they would be allowed into the EU market. EU-Indonesia Development Cooperation Report Blue Book 2013 in Jakarta on Tuesday....
Moa Celebrates a Decade of Craft Brewing
Source: Scoop
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 19:12:35 -0700 | political-news
In true craft beer style, only 100, three-litre jeraboams of the Moa Decade Saison will be released and Moa are rewarding those who bought a stake in the country's only locally listed brewery by offering them first crack at it....
Mesika: EU Realizes Labeling Yesha Products Foolish
Source: Israel National News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 12:30:23 -0700 | political-news
If Yesha products are labeled and boycotted, vast numbers of PA Arabs employed in Yesha industries stand to lose their jobs in case the production lines take a loss. Jews can easily get other positions, and collect unemployment until then,...
UK gay marriage bill on the brink of collapse
Source: The Globe & Mail
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 22:09:25 -0700 | political-news
British Prime Minister David Cameron's flagship gay marriage policy is set to deepen a rift in his own party on Monday with many of his own lawmakers preparing to defy him in a sign of growing strains on his leadership...
Africa: Obama Proclamation On World Trade Week 2013
Source: All Africa
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 10:16:22 -0700 | political-news
As a Nation, we need to do everything we can to create good, middle-class jobs right here in America. And one of the best ways we can do that is by boosting manufacturing and expanding trade that allows us to...
Pajtidz˝: Declaration a call for rule of law
Source: B92
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 09:00:46 -0700 | political-news
Bojan Pajti says the declaration on the protection of constitutional and legal rights of the Vojvodina was a call to rule of law and respect of obligations. (Tanjug) The president of the provincial government pointed out that Vojvodina's powers are...
Jamel: The German village whose inhabitants are all expected to hold far-Right beliefs
Source: Mail Online UK
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 08:56:20 -0700 | political-news
I suspect that this 'far-right' party is just one manifestation of an anti-EU sentiment...I'm concerned that pro-EU campaigners will try to paint all anti-EU parties as 'far-right', 'Nazis', or 'Fascists'.
Alleged front group for Hamas hosts hundreds at prestigious Brussels venue
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 08:01:40 -0700 | political-news
Some 300 people showed up on Saturday at the College Saint-Michel for an event organized by the Palestinian Return Centre, a British nongovernmental organization that has denied allegations by the Israeli government and other bodies that it is a front...
VIDEO: EU benefits 'dwarfed by £150bn costs'
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-20 06:47:26 -0700 | political-news
Business for New Europe 20 May 2013 Last updated at 09:38 ET Sir Richard Branson and Sir Martin Sorrell are among pro-European businessmen who have sent a letter to the Independent newspaper claiming the economic case for staying in the...
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