Brussels warning on fair value shake-up
Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
European Commission officials warn a radical overhaul of rules on how banks value their assets could lead to greater volatility in their accounts
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Preparation Of Eurogroup And Economic And Finance Ministers Council, Brussels, 9 And 10 November 2009
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
EUROGROUP (AT) Eurogroup ministers will meet at 17.00 hrs on Monday 9 November in Brussels. Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs will attend as will European Central Bank Governor Jean-Claude Trichet. A press conference is expected to take place after the meeting. The meeting will be preceded at 14.30 hrs by the Macro-economic Dialogue with, among others,...
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Who is funding the Taliban
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
"“More money is coming from the Gulf than is coming from the drug trade to the Taliban,” Mr Holbrooke told journalists at Nato headquarters in Brussels. He didn’t identify the countries where the sympathisers were donating from, but nations located on the Persian Gulf include Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq. " (thanks Adeel)
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Bulgaria PM: President Will Be Impeached Unless He Apologizes
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria's ruling party GERB is going to support the motion of its rightist allies Ataka and Democrats for Strong Bulgaria for the impeachment of Socialist President Georgi Parvanov. This was declared by the GERB leader, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Brussels Tuesday night, as cited by BNR. Borisov did leave a door open to Parvanov saying he personally would never cause an impeachment...
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NATO hopes to boost training teams in Afghanistan
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS - NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives...
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Iraqi oil row 'unlikely to end before polls'
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
An oil dispute between Iraqi Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad is unlikely to be resolved by the elections on January 21, 2010, the autonomous region's leader said Tuesday. "I do not think the differences between our autonomous region and the federal government will be resolved by the elections," Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani told members of the European parliament...
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Rwanda genocide trial starts in suspect's absence
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The trial of a former Rwandan bank director charged with helping fund the 1994 Rwanda genocide will go ahead despite his absence due to ill health, a Belgian court ruled Tuesday.
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NATO hopes to boost training teams in Afghanistan
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRUSSELS -- NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday.
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The Wall
Old Holborn (Free subscription) | yesterday
Whilst our masters quaff Champagne in Berlin to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the demise of East Germany, may I remind you of a country where: Ballot Boxes are interfered with Voting registers go missing The Police can kill innocent people and get away with it You can be put in prison for 42 days on pure suspicion You can be put in prison indefinitely without charge on the word of a politician...
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Battle of the trustbusters
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission again objects to a deal approved by America’s Department of Justice ONCE every few years, it seems, the European Commission likes to flex its muscles by going head to head with the toughest, most uncompromising American chief executive it can find. In 2001 it took on the legendary prizefighter “Neutron Jack” Welch of General Electric. Now it has come out swinging...
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Harawira willing to repay money over Paris trip
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says he is willing to pay back some of the taxpayers' money used to fund him attending parliamentary business which he skipped away from to see Paris.His decision to leave Brussels and instead...
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The Peninsula Residence on Lake Austin by Bercy Chen Studio LP
CubeMe (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Thomas Bercy and Calvin Chen who have created the Bercy Chen Studio LP have found Texas the perfect venue for architects from far-flung places whom have come together to create a powerful design identity. Since 2001, Bercy (from Brussels) and Chen (from Taipei) have used Austin, Texas as their home base and muse for a [...]
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Bulgaria State Agriculture Fund Spent BGN 2,2 M on PR in 2 Months
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The former management of the Bulgarian State Agriculture Fund spent BGN 2,2 M on PR and information campaigns in the last two months of its term. This was announced Monday by the acting Director of the Fund, Kalina Ilieva, who said that sum was supposed to allocated for activities later in the year. “Have you heard of a press conference in Brussels for which BGN 30 000 were paid but it never...
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Plenary Session - European Parliament in Brussels from 11 to 12 November 2009. Socialist and Democrat priorities on the agenda
Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Socialist and Democrat Priorities - Plenary Session - November I - Brussels Wednesday 11 November 2009 Outcome of European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 Implementation of the Services Directive
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LUX Cinema Prize screening starts now
rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Three films shortlisted for Parliament's €87000 LUX Cinema Prize are being screened at the European Parliament in Brussels starting on Tuesday. They are Eastern Plays (Bulgaria, Sweden), Sturm (Germany, Denmark, Netherlands), ... 15 Vote(s)
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From policy to practice….boosting Cohesion Policy's contribution to sustainable energy
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.
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Watch Anderlecht vs Lyon Live Online Streaming Video - 25/08/09
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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Trends in retail marketing: marketing for singles
jdv-trc | 07/16/2009
Trends in retail marketing: marketing for singles Retailtrends from all over the world. This item appears monthly in the German magazine for food professionals Rundschau für den Lebensmittelhandel and Jos de Vries The Retail Company is responsable for the articles where the latest trends on the different topics are presented. The theme we would like to present this time is “single-marketing”. The increase