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Information Policy (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Today, the Council of EU Ministers unanimously approved the EU's telecoms reform package, first proposed by the European Commission in 2007. Today's Council decision comes after a political agreement on the package was reached in a breakthrough meeting between the...
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Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Opposition to Free software inside the European Commission comes from familiar directions; Latest example is Siim Kallas, who is close to Microsoft
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AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The European Commission today decided to send reasoned opinions to four EU Member States (Luxembourg, Greece, the Czech Republic and Finland) that have failed to notify, or have only partially...
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Information Policy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European Commission has formed a new group in an attempt to regulate companies' growing gathering and use of customers' personal data. The group has been formed to address problems the Commission says are eroding consumer trust. advert: Pinsent Masons...
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Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Subject to approval by the European Parliament, Labour's Cathy Ashton will be replacing Sweden's Margot Wallstrom as Vice-President of the European Commission, Austria's Benita Ferrero-Waldner as European Commissioner for External Affairs and Spain's Javier Solana as High Representative for the Common Foreign & Security Policy. That was a bit of a surprise- although on Thursday, Daily Telegraph...
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Textio (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
[euractiv] The EU is in corrective mode on eCommerce after it created a web of burdensome rules in order to inspire more consumer confidence, argues the author of a report examining European rules on online shopping. Patrick van Eecke, a specialist lawyer who was asked by the European Commission to examine laws on cross-border eCommerce, has [...]
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and the European Union jointly launched here Friday a university mobility program to fund 200 students from Mercosur countries seeking short-term study in another Mercosur country. The Program of Superior Education Mobility was presented by Uruguayan Education and Culture Minister Maria Simon and the European Commission's representative in Uruguay and Paraguay...
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Erkan's field diary (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Social and economic implications of Social Computing The European Commission JRC, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies released a comprehensive report on social and economic implications of Social Computing [aka Web2.0, social media]. ‘The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy’ (Eds.) Yves Punie, Wainer Lusoli, Clara Centeno, Gianluca Misuraca and...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The European Commission (EC) has approved an Irish measure to stabilize financial markets by providing guarantees on deposits and debt to eligible banks active in the Irish market. The decision was taken here Friday under EC Treaty state aid rules. After analysis of the Irish case, the EC concluded that its revised scheme was in line with its Guidance Communication on state aid to overcome the financial...
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EU Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The choice of two low-profile leaders means that there are two immediate political winners from the process. The first is the European commission, under its renominated president José Manuel Barroso, who has emerged as at least the first among equals in the new Brussels lineup ... ". You have to read quite far down the piece, but at least its there, in The Guardian - the first (and...
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Barnacle Bill (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was intrigued this morning to see the name of Spencer Perceval in one of the comments left on the TimesOnlIne article about OGUL's political chicanery over the appointment of Baroness Who? by the European Commission. Whilst I did do English History at good old Wellington College up to the Corn Laws, along with the American Civil War, the name was not immediately familiar but I had that troubling...
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BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | yesterday
For Immediate Release 20th November 2009 The Burma Campaign UK today called on Baroness Ashton, the new EU high representative for Foreign Affairs, to support, not undermine EU policy on Burma, as European Commission officials have been doing for years.The European Union adopted a joint foreign policy on Burma, the known as a Common Position, in 1996. The 27 EU Member states have agreed a
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turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
A village in the Niger DeltaNigeria and the European Commission have signed a development fund agreement valued at N155.7billion (about 677m Euros), which will support the country in tackling development challenges in the ...Nigeria and the European Commission have signed a development fund agreement valued at N155.7billion (about 677m Euros), which will support the country in tackling development...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved plans to extend the term of the absolute bank guarantee to 2015. However, the scope of the guarantee will be more restrictive than the current protection, which expires next September.
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prudent investor newsletters (Free subscription) | yesterday
The recent crisis negatively affected nearly anything BUT research and development spending. According to the Economist , ``BIG carmakers and drug and technology firms devote the most cash to research and development, according to the European Commission’s latest tally. These types of business rely on developing new products or constantly updating old ones to compete for customers. Toyota was...
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habser | 11/15/2009
Ford Motor Co. ’s Romanian unit now has access to a loan from European Investment Bank (EIB) after European Commission made a ruling to permit Romania to provide the unit with aid.
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patrickguillard | 10/30/2009
196 new projects will be funded by the European Commission under the second call for the LIFE+ programme (2007-2013), the European fund for the environment. The projects covet all the EU and include actions in the fields of nature conservation, environmental policy, and information and communication. Overall, they represent a total investment of €431 million, of which the EU will provide €207.5 million....
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patrickguillard | 10/21/2009
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)will allocate €9.8 million to 1500 Volvo workers made redundant in the motor industry in order to help them to return to employment. This request has been approved by the European Commission and will now be put before the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union for decision.