War News Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday
Attack Suspected In Russian Train Crash That Killed 25 -- Voice of America Rescue workers sifted through the wreckage near the town of Bologoye Saturday to search for 19 people still missing, saying the death toll is likely to rise. Officials in Russia say a train crash that killed at least 25 people late Friday may have resulted from an attack. A health ministry official said earlier that 39 people...
Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to Jonathan Fryer - http://jonathanfryer.wordpress.com/ - European Liberal Democrats, meeting at the annual congress of the ELDR in Barcelona, this morning passed a resolution (which I proposed) stating clearly our support for Turkish accession to the European Union, providing Ankara fulfils all of the so-called Copenhagen criteria for membership. This is in sharp contrast to the negative...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
BRUSSELS - NATO governments are willing to increase their fighting forces in Afghanistan by up to 6,000 soldiers in response to President Obama's expected call for tens...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
It's time for the second feature written, directed, and starring the Muscles from Brussels Jean-Claude Van Damme . First we had The Quest , a story he whipped up with the help of Frank Dux (the man Bloodsport was based on). Now there's The Eagle Path . Once called Full Love , this sucker is all-out classic Van Damme with faux serious acting, violence, and of course, the potential love of a sexy woman...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Charlemagne We are all Belgians now How the European Union's horse-trading over top jobs reflects murky coalition-building EUROPE, it is said, must resist the temptation to become a giant Switzerland: ie, a smug, rich, insular place. But judging by the antics of European leaders as they filled two top European Union jobs on November 19th, the club faces another danger altogether: becoming a giant Belgium....
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Europe's new climate commissioner was instrumental in building Denmark's green credentials, despite its regressive government She said too much when she congratulated Lykke Friis , who is taking over her job as climate minister of Denmark. "I am looking forward to working with you from Brussels," Connie Hedegaard said, thus indicating that she would be appointed European climate commissioner....
Euractive (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the liberal group in the European Parliament, yesterday (26 November) proposed that East European countries which are still outside the euro zone should immediately adopt the EU's single currency as legal tender as protection against the crisis.
Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
In the video below, Nigel Farage, a member of the European Parliament for UKIP, ventures a spirited opinion about the European Union’s new president, Herman Van Rompuy, and its foreign minister, Baroness Catherine Ashton. His uncompromising manner of expressing himself earns a reprimand from Jerzy Buzek, the President of the European Parliament: Hat tip: Vlad Tepes . [Post ends here]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Berlin/Brussels - The resignation Thursday of Germany's top military officer over an airstrike in Kunduz encapsulates many of the difficulties that NATO's European allies face in Afghanistan. General Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the military's chief of sta...
M E N O R A H (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Proclaims G20, Copenhagen climate summit steps toward 1-world government In accepting his appointment to be the first permanent president of the European Council in the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy affirmed his belief that the new world order would be...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
How the European Union's horse-trading over top jobs reflects murky coalition-building EUROPE, it is said, must resist the temptation to become a giant Switzerland: ie, a smug, rich, insular place. But judging by the antics of European leaders as they filled two top European Union jobs on November 19th, the club faces another danger altogether: becoming a giant Belgium. Lots of European countries...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Former world record-holder Asafa Powell will join them on August 13-14. The trio then hit Brussels on August 27 to finish the new Diamond League's 14-meeting season.
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
The European Union’s choices for its new top jobs reveal a pitiful lack of global ambition THE Roman poet Horace might have been summing up today’s European Union when he wrote that “the mountains will be in labour, and will give birth to a ridiculous mouse.” By choosing two virtual unknowns, with paltry political experience, as the first permanent president of the European...
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The polarising former premier, loathed for pushing for more regional autonomy, has replaced Herman Van Rompuy as prime minister of Belgium
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Former Belgian prime minister and current Foreign Minister Yves Leterme would return to the top post on Wednesday, departing Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy told media Tuesday. "Yves Leterme has been given a second chance now, he has got all the elements to prove he is a good prime minister," Van Rompuy told RTL TVI. "I hope he will succeed for him and for Belgium," said Van Rompuy,...
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bharatbook | 10/28/2009
Bharatbook.com included a new report on "Baby food in Belgium to 2012" which gives future direction of the baby food market in Belgium with reliable historical data and full five year forecasting. Baby food in Belgium to 2012 This databook is a detailed information resource covering all the key data points on Baby food in Belgium. It includes comprehensive value volume segmentation and market share
patrickguillard | 09/02/2009
On 19 June 2009 a workshop on the rules on Cohesion Policy investments in energy efficiency and renewable energies in the residential sector was organised in Brussels by the European Commission.
steven_whittaker | 08/25/2009
Watch Anderlecht vs Lyon live at LivefootballStreams from The Champions League Qualifying Round – 2nd Leg. It will take one of the biggest turn-arounds in football history for RSCA to qualify with a 5-1 hammering in the 1st leg in France. Anderlecht would need to win by 4 goals at least to knock out Lyonnais at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium in Brussels. The home side must face this daunting task...
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