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Brussels clings to status of dented euro

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

To many in Brussels, an IMF rescue of Greece would suggest that the euro was neither a resounding success nor an achievement of strategic importance

The euro's darkest hour

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

European leaders gather in Brussels amid rumours that struggling Greece will be bailed out European leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday for a summit devoted to economic policy amid growing speculation that they could come to Greece's rescue in the first ever bailout by the eurozone of a single currency country. The leaders appear determined not to let the Greek debt crisis and the risk to the European...

Whichever way the wind blows, rear covered

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Ever wonder why Kevin Rudd appointed Peter Costello to the Future Fund, Tim Fischer to the Vatican and Brendan Nelson to Brussels?

• Whichever way the wind blows, rear covered - The Age

ECB says Trichet travel change due to logistics - Reuters

Brussels City (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet is changing his plans to leave Australia and return to Europe purely because of ...

• European shares dip; ECB comments on Trichet travel - Reuters UK - Brussels City

Brussels recovers £3 million in wrongly-claimed allowances

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

The European Parliament has recovered almost £3 million from MEPs in wrongly-claimed allowances over the last three years but has refused to disclosed from whom the money has been obtained or how much more has been requested.

Italian cyclist Ballerini dies in rally accident

France24 (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

Former Italian cyclist Franco Ballerini died on Sunday morning after an accident in a rally in Larciano, Tuscany, the Ansa news agency reported. Ballerini was acting as the co-driver for Alessandro Ciardi when the accident happened. Ciardi is in a coma, according to Ansa. The 45-year-old Ballerini was a former two-time Paris-Roubaix winner and also claimed the Paris-Brussels race in 1990. The native...

Brussels offer won't help Greek woes

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

Brussels' proposed monitoring of the Greek is unlikely to help. The best it can do is limit the economic and political damage by adopting the lowest possible profile, writes John Dizard

How Unions Destroyed Greece; Union Greed and Gall in Nevada; Union Protests In Utah; Taxes on Food in Phoenix

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

The New York Times has an interesting article Is Debt Trashing the Euro? It could easily be subtitled How Unions Destroyed Greece . The same thing is happening here. Let's take a look. DIMITRIS DAMIANIDIS is a high school teacher and a strong supporter of Greece’s socialist government. But that won’t deter him from going on strike with hundreds of thousands of other public sector workers...

Greece’s financial crisis puts the future of the euro in question | Business | The Observer

1913 Intel (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

As the country plunges into the red again, the IMF is itching to march into the eurozone and intervene. Without closer fiscal union, how long can Brussels hold the currency together? Greece’s financial crisis puts the future of the euro in question | Business | The Observer

Can eurozone avoid a Greek tragedy?

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010

As the country plunges into the red again, the IMF is itching to march into the eurozone and intervene. Without closer fiscal union, how long can Brussels hold the currency together? Leave Greece to us. It's a family affair. That was the message from Brussels as shares plunged in Athens, customs officials walked off the job in protest at swingeing budget cuts, the financial contagion spread westwards...

Slush fund of €234,000 pays for ski holidays for Eurocrats' children

Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010

Children of Brussels Eurocrats will head to the Italian Alps next week for a subsidised ski holiday thanks to the European Parliament’s ultimate slush fund — a €234,000 (£205,000) annual budget to pay for staff jollies.

UN matters

Martin Westlake (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010

This evening, as a guest at a most enjoyable dinner party, I found myself sitting opposite the Director of the United Nations’ Office in Brussels, Antonio Vigilante. We started off talking about the trauma of Haiti. Antonio mentioned that he had lived through several big earthquakes and that, indeed, his home town had been badly [...]

Hotel Des Colonies, Rue Des Croisades, Brussels

Layman's London (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010

A keenly-priced, but rather dingy, 100-year old Brussels hostelry, the Hotel Des Colonies is well-positioned for business and pleasure alike. It is just over a kilometre from La Grand Place and a 20-minute metro journey, involving one change, from the European Commission's Berlaymont building. Inside, the long hall leading to the foyer sees little daylight, but still has some period character,

Geert Wilders. A Sharia-Compliant Court. Assassination by Trial

Vlad Tepes (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010

From The Brussels Journal A few years ago Britain’s Channel 4 TV broadcast a documentary exposing a number of hate preachers. These were shown variously praising Osama bin Laden, denouncing non-Muslims, or “kuffar,” calling women “deficient,” and inciting violence, including the murder of Jews and homosexuals. Much of what was said, and broadcast in Undercover Mosque,...

Turkish Cypriot leader says peace talks progressing

Reuters (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Friday he saw progress toward reaching a peace deal with Greek Cypriots at talks last month, even if details of any achievements remain vague.

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.

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...

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