Bulgarian Author, Foundation Head Receive European Citizens Award
Source: Novinite
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 22:18:16 -0700 | political-news
Prominent Bulgarian poet , writer , and translator , Valeri Petrov and the chairman of the Foundation Bulgarian Memory , Dr Milen Vrabevski , have received the European Citizens award of the European Parliament for 2013. Evgeni Kirilov (S&D) chose...
Balo asks Fanny to Mari him
Source: The Sun UK
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 20:04:56 -0700 | political-news
Balotelli is set to wed girlfriend Fanny Neguesha after proposing with a £100,000 ring. The former Manchester City ace gave the Belgian beauty a huge diamond sparkler at the weekend. The happy couple, who began dating six months ago, are...
Lieberman: If EU Won't Blacklist Hizbullah, it's Irrelevant
Source: Israel National News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 19:41:14 -0700 | political-news
Lieberman made the comments during a meeting of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which he chairs, and added that if the EU fails to reach a decision on this issue, Israel should stop any dialogue with it and...
MPs urge 'collective' EU approach
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 23:38:24 -0700 | political-news
The UK will not be able to demand "any price" in negotiations over its future in the European Union, MPs have warned. The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said it was "sceptical" on whether the UK would get special treatment or...
Bulgarian formally approved as UNESCO's leader
Source: Taiwan News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 14:55:19 -0700 | political-news
Member states gave final approval on Thursday to the election of a Bulgarian diplomat as the U.N. agency for culture and education's first woman leader. Irina Bokova, 57, over Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny, a controversial candidate whose one-time threat...
Biden urges progress on Kosovo-Serbia deal
Source: Boston.com
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 13:37:41 -0700 | political-news
The White House says Biden met with Thaci in Washington on Monday and told him the U.S. continues to support Kosovo's independence and sovereignty. Kosovo declared independence in 2008 but Serbia rejected the move. The prime ministers of Serbia and...
Original Thinking: Good Hezbollah, bad Hezbollah
Source: Jerusalem Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 12:28:21 -0700 | political-news
Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters chant slogans and hold flags Photo: Reuters/Khalil Hassan There is no such thing as a good Hezbollah and a bad Hezbollah. The absurdity of the notion was plain for all to see in Afghanistan. The plan for...
Europe's historic responsibility: Proscribe terror
Source: Jerusalem Post
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 12:28:17 -0700 | political-news
Lebanon's Hezbollah supporters gesture as they march in Beirut, November 2011 Photo: Reuters/Khalil Hassan Three cheers for Dutch courage. At present Holland is the only European country that has followed the lead of the US and Canada and designated Hezbollah...
EU's Ashton has close eye on Turkish unrest
Source: United Press International
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 10:35:47 -0700 | political-news
Turkish ties to the European Union depend in part on the right to freedom of expression and assembly, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said. Members of the European Parliament last week said they welcomed Turkish statements about the government's...
European Union: Britain Must Be At Top Table
Source: Sky News
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 10:51:35 -0700 | political-news
David Cameron will later risk angering Tory backbenchers by insisting that the European Union should be a key part of Britain's future. The Prime Minister will stress the importance of being at the "top table" in institutions like the EU,...
Lieberman: Hezbollah's exclusion from terror list is hypocritical
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 00:58:28 -0700 | political-news
Hezbollah's exclusion from terror list is hypocritical Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Avigdor Lieberman, said that the European Union's decision to not include Hezbollah on the official terrorist organizations list is "the ultimate hypocrisy." ...
Kosovo office head: Adoption of amnesty law is vital
Source: B92
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 08:33:50 -0700 | political-news
Aleksandar Vulin said on Sunday that Serb courts and police in northern "will not be dissolved until the prerequisites for this are met." (Tanjug, file) The most important of all the preconditions is the adoption of an amnesty law, the...
ACP-EU Council of Ministers June 2013. Satisfactory Outcome
Source: Scoop
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-09 21:44:27 -0700 | political-news
Satisfactory Outcome ACP Secretariat Press Release June 7th , 2013 ACP-EU Council of Ministers, June 6th -7th, 2013...The ACP Ministers who held with their EU partners a joint Council of Ministers in Brussels on 6-7 June are rather pleased with...
New UK visa rules 'causing anguish'
Source: BBC
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-10 02:37:09 -0700 | political-news
UK's new visa rules 'causing anguish' for families The committee says immigration rules are too restrictive and a review is needed New migration rules for people from outside the European Union are "tearing British families apart", a group of MPs...
EU calls for 'quick solution' in Turkey
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-09 20:31:21 -0700 | political-news
Breaking News European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton called for an end to violence in Turkey and for reports of police abuses to be properly investigated "The continuing tensions underline the need for restraint on all sides and...
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