Your Search Returned 43 tagged news reports
He was in Pittsburgh recently to speak as a guest of the Pittsburgh Middle East Institute's second annual conference. He is the author of several books including "The Post-American World." Dr. Zakaria talks about Afghanistan, Turkey, Iran and becoming...
Tags: Afghanistan, Turkey, European Union, Fareed Zakaria, Patricia Sheridan, Russians, europeans union, Pittsburgh Middle East Institute, America, Kabul, The Post-American World, Newsweek, War in Afghanistan, Politics, CNN, Scroll and Key
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on 2 November that Moscow is willing to join a new agreement on climate change. But a global warming pact to be agreed next month in Copenhagen must take into account the carbon dioxide absorption potential of...
Tags: Russian, Vladimir Putin, European Union, EU Gives, europeans union, prime minister, Rasmussen Putin, European Commission
But it says that overall a lot more work needs to be done on the road to possible membership. (AP)
Tags: Turkey Lessen EU, europeans critical, European Commission, Turkish, European Union, Ankara, media freedoms, europeans union, europeans commission, critical turkey
Pierre Lellouche, France's state secretary for Europe, told French TV on Monday morning (28 September), that a "solution" will be found in case of a second Irish rejection of the treaty as "whatever happens, Europe will advance because we don't have a...
Tags: Lisbon Treaty Referendum, European Commission, European Union, Ireland, europeans commission, europeans union, czechs senators, Labour Party, Vaclav Klaus, Belgium, Brussels
The European Union is set to unveil plans this week to limit the maximum volume output on music players from 100 decibels down to 80. The EU's new defaults will also include improved information about hearing risks on packaging. Australian Medical Association...
Tags: music players, European Commission, europeans commission, mp3s players, Meglena Kuneva, hearing loss, commissioner meglena, europeans union, European Union, Belgium, Brussels
In this photo taken Aug. 18, 2009, a woman works in a textile factory in Jinjiang city, in southeast China's Fujian province. China is reversing some market-opening reforms amid the global economic crisis and raising new barriers to foreign computer services...
Tags: China, Stern Hu, Rio Tinto, union chamber, business group, europeans union
EU member states laid aside the advice of their own legal experts in cutting MEPs out of talks on a new bank data-sharing deal with the US. The legal services of the EU council (the member states' secretariat in Brussels) in July put forward a confidential...
Tags: banking data, member states, European Union, europeans union
A mandatory single tariff, which covers all European Union countries, will make it significantly cheaper for those who use their phones while outside of their home territory. The changes – which were originally approved in 2007 – are an attempt by officials...
Tags: European Union, European Parliament, text messages, sending text, europeans union, euro cent, mobile phones, roaming charges, price caps
The European Commission on Tuesday (30 June) called on member states to boost their non-smoking legislation in order to move towards a "smoke free" EU by 2012. The commission is suggesting the bloc's 27 member states agree smoking in "enclosed public...
Tags: EU Health, European Union, European Commission, member states, europeans union
Whereas the US and UK governments have run stress tests and pushed banks to clear up their balance sheets, in the euro area authorities are criticised for failing to tackle blockages in the financial system.
Tags: stress test, European Union, europeans union, IMF, Luxembourg, Obama, union finance