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Corrente (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Press TV : European Union governments have given in to the pressure and appear set to make a last-minute agreement with the United States to allow its intelligence agencies to monitor bank accounts and transactions across the bloc. Actually, the EU has been clandestinely allowing US intelligence agencies to have access to these financial records since 2001, allegedly to fight terrorism. However, EU...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
More than half of EU countries are still worried about rules contained in the upcoming telecoms 'package' of legislation, which is expected to regulate the electronic communications landscape in Europe as of next year, EurActiv has learned.
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In a meeting Thursday, 15 of 27 state members voted against the proposal aiming to extend 10 percent taxes on Vietnamese shoes for another 15 months, the ministry said.The vote means it is likely the tariffs on Vietnamese shoes will be scrapped on January 6 next year, the ministry said. However, it warned that the European Commission may continue seeking approval for the renewal proposal.The...
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p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The bitter war between online communities and the entertainment cartels has just been escalated. With the EU parliament scheduled to vote on a controversial EU telecom reform package, member states agreed to add a new paragraph, “prohibiting national authorities from excluding users from the internet without a court order,” [...]
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Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The EU tries to step up to the plate With American leadership in foreign affairs lacking, the European Union is trying to step up to the plate on the Goldstone Report in the UN General Assembly. Unfortunately, their plan is . The initiative is a list of "red lines" which was adopted by the 27 members of the European Union. Its main points:1. A resolution brought for the approval of the General Assembly...
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PJH Law - Employment Law Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
On Monday the EU voted in favour of increasing unpaid parental leave from three months to four months by 2012 and up to three months could be transferred from one parent to another. The four months would be per parent per child but don’t panic it is unpaid and under used in the UK. The law [...]
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Father Ignatius Brown (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Here's what we need - now: THE DEMOCRATIC FREE VOTE ALLIANCE. Everyone and anyone standing in the general election (Euro pro or sceptic) is free and encouraged to sign the pledge of the THE DEMOCRATIC FREE VOTE ALLIANCE - the pledge simply says: "I [NAME] promise on my life and liberty that my first act on entering parliament will be to sign, support and move a motion in parliament...
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Just Style (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
An EU vote in favour of ending shoe import duties should surely mark the end of the saga which has dragged on now for nearly four years. But that's not necessarily the case. Under EU rules, the majority vote by the member states is not binding - and the EU's College of Commissioners is now discuss the issue before it goes to vote once more by Member States at the Council next...
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lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... representation would assume observer status, and this is in line with long-standing claims by the EU. However, some of the smaller maritime states in Europe, countries such as Greece, Malta and Cyprus, see this as a mid-way step to full membership, in which the EU could vote as a bloc. That would allow for the greater body – the EU vote bloc – to pressure these smaller member...
