Brussels :: Belgium
| about 8 hours ago
It is absolutely possible to hold elections next year, says National Federation Party stalwart Pramod Rae. Responding to the visiting European Parliament delegation who said there is no reason not to hold elections in March 2009, Rae said blaming electoral...
Tags: Fijis, hold elections, European Parliament, interim government, European Union, parliament delegation
Bucharest :: Romania
| about 13 hours ago
Romania's rightwing Liberal Democrats took a surprise lead over a rival leftwing party in the official count yesterday after an election marked by the rejection of the prime minister who led the country into the European Union. Despite growing fallout...
Tags: Romania, European Union, parliamentary elections, nuclear power
Brussels :: Belgium
| about 13 hours ago
European carmakers must cut global-warming gases from new vehicles by 18 percent within the next six years, the EU agreed on Monday, after a long battle between environmentalists and an industry facing tough times. "This deal represents a balance between...
Tags: provisional deal, European Union, European Parliament, co2 emissions, Reuters
Brussels :: Belgium
| about 13 hours ago
Other contentious names include Chablis, Graves, Manzanilla, Marsala, Moselle, Sauterne, Sherry and White Burgundy. These will be phased out within one year of the pact entering into force, although the use of "Tokay", from a region in Hungary, will disappear...
Tags: wine, Australia, European Union
Brussels :: Belgium
| about 15 hours ago
The economy, energy and external relations are the three priorities of the Czech EU presidency set to kick off on 1 January, Milena Vicenova, Prague's ambassador to the European Union told the British Chamber of Commerce on Monday (1 December), the day...
Tags: EU Summit, European Union, European Parliament, member states, European Policy Office, eu presidency
Stockholm :: Sweden
| about 21 hours ago
The highest HIV rates were reported from Estonia, Ukraine, Portugal and the Republic of Moldova. In the 44 countries that consistently provided data since 2000, the number of newly diagnosed cases increased from 21 787 to 41 949. In 2007, 26 279 newly...
Tags: europe, hiv, world aids day, disease, aids, European Union, European Free Trade Association, hiv infection, diagnosed cases, newly diagnosed
Beijing :: China
| 1 day ago
China was strongly opposed to the accusation of the European Union and Austria over its execution of Wo Weihan, a man spying for Taiwan. "Chinese judicial organs made the verdict and this was completely a matter within the Chinese judicial sovereignty,"...
Tags: EU-China, China Keeps Picking, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Taiwan, European Union, Wo Weihan, Beijing, Austria
Lincoln :: NE :: USA
| 1 day ago
University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers need to be on a level playing field as researchers elsewhere in the country...With talk of President-elect Barack Obama possibly easing restrictions on embryonic stem-cell research, it has some wondering...
Tags: stem, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, cell research, European Union, embryonic stem
Tbilisi :: Georgia
| 1 day ago
Mikhail Saakashvili stated that the former Soviet republics would be watching closely when the EU resumes talks on a strategic partnership Tuesday, three months after they were frozen in the wake of the Georgian war. "Russia's smaller neighbors would...
Tags: georgia, saakashvili, war, russian forces, South Ossetia, Georgian, European Union, Mikhail Saakashvili, Mikheil Saakashvili, Russia
Paris :: France
| 3 days ago
Sarkozy, who holds the presidency of the European Union, said the crisis should not supersede poor countries' needs. "Because of this crisis we could adopt two attitudes: business as usual (or) make this an opportunity to change the world, to change the...
Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Sarkozy, Sarkozy Voodoo, voodoo dolls, appeals courts, French, European Union, presidency nicolas
