20 hours ago by fidest

Democracy, freedom and the rule of law in Hungary were the focus of a Civil Liberties Committee hearing on Thursday with representatives of the Hungarian media, civil society and government. Some MEPs called for a “fundamental rights check” to on whether there is a risk of a serious breach of EU val ...

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1 day ago by hidden

Singh said both the sides have made considerable progress in the negotiations on the broad-based trade and investment agreement.

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2 days ago by Wanobe, the business knowledge network

85% of net new jobs (new jobs created minus jobs lost in a given period) in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This figure is considerably higher than the 67%-share of SMEs in total employment. During this period, net employment in the EU’s busine ...

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3 days ago by 1read

————————————————————————– 1. U.S. Presidential Election 2012 – President Obama is eligible for a second and final term, looking like a strong contender for re-election thanks to overexposure of too many GOP Presidential candidates and despite voters concern about the economy, considering just 28% he ...

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3 days ago by darkpolitricks

BBC News Wednesday, February 8, 2012 The EU is hurrying to develop a “strategy for Unmanned Aircraft Systems”, which would see the existing very tough restrictions on the use of civilian drones in Europe relaxed. A discussion paper prepared for a European Commission workshop in Brussels this week, e ...

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3 days ago by Nexreg Compliance

From: Bureau Veritas On 26 January 2012, the European Commission published implementing Decision 2012/48/EU on the extension of the temporary ban on Dimethylfumarate (CAS 624-49-7) which will come into force on 15 March 2012. The limit is still set as 0.1 mg/kg which applies for each component part ...

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4 days ago by Open Europe blog team

At risk of sleep walking into a proposal for an EU financial transaction tax, the UK Treasury is now receiving some well-needed, and wholly unintentional, diplomatic help from Algirdas Šemeta, the European Commissioner for Taxation. Mr. Šemeta took to the European comment pages over the weekend, try ...

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4 days ago by maryhoneyballmep

The actor Patrick Stewart wrote movingly in the Guardian yesterday about how domestic violence blighted his childhood. He condemned the decline in statutory funding going to Refuge, the leading charity in this field. Sadly some MEPs on the right of the political spectrum take a view diametrically op ...

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4 days ago by Jamesq

Assistant Chief Minister, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, will make his first official visit to Brussels on 8-9 February 2012. During his two-day visit, Senator Bailhache will meet senior European... This is a content summary only. Visit Isle News to read the full News story.

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5 days ago by John MacAyeal

If the Galaxy and iPhone had a fight who would win? I’m not sure, but the latest round appears to be a split decision. Samsung (maker of the Galaxy smartphone and tablet [...]

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