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European Union

Type: Organization

Name: European Union

Nationality: Belgium

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for European Union

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 7 Documents

EU Passes New Rules That Limit Animal Testing

Photo: sheppey cottageEach year in the EU nearly 12 million animals are experimented upon - but all that is set to change as stricter legislation on testing was passed today by the European Parliament. Among the sweeping reforms was an outright ban on ... [Published 48 mins ago by Treehugger]

Entities: European Union, PAIN AND SUFFERING, Parkinson's Disease

First Reported 55 mins ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 3 Documents

EU draft unified corporate tax plan

The EU Commission is drawing up plans and proposals for a unified system of corporate taxation in a plan that will likely be strongly opposed by Ireland.Documents seen by The Irish Times say new legislation on corporation tax will form part of a drive ... [Published 48 mins ago by Ireland Business World]

Entities: European Union, Taxes, Internal Market, Ireland

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 58 mins ago - 10 Documents

EU to vote on Roma expulsions today

The European Commission has been accused of failing to protect members of the Roma community deported from France. Nearly a thousand people have been sent to Romania and Bulgaria since July in President Nicolas Sarkozy’s highly-controversial operation. ... [Published 58 mins ago by EuroNews]

Entities: Rome, European Union, France

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 7 Documents

Europe Agrees Regulatory Reforms, But Not Taxes

The European Council (EC) has endorsed an agreement with the European Parliament (EP) on reforms to the European Union (EU) framework for financial supervision, but was only able to hold an “exchange of views” on the options available for the levying ... [Published 3 hours ago by AMS Group]

Entities: Reformism, Taxes, European Union

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 19 Documents

European Union

EU Passes New Rules That Limit Animal Testing

Photo: sheppey cottage Each year in the EU nearly 12 million animals are experimented upon in the name of scientific research - but all that is set to change as stricter legislation on testing was passed today by the European Parliament . Among ... [Published 3 hours ago by Treehugger]

Entities: European Union, Treehugger, European Parliament

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 24 Documents

Boris Tadic

Serbia softens Kosovo stance with joint resolution

ARTHUR BEESLEY European CorrespondentSERBIA LAST night agreed to enter talks over the status of Kosovo, a move that saw the country abandon plans for a challenge in the UN General Assembly against the independence of its former province.Although President ... [Published 5 hours ago by Irish Times]

Entities: Kosovo, Serbia, Boris Tadic

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 15 Documents

EU court strikes down Germany gambling restrictions

[JURIST] The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) [official website] on Wednesday delivered three judgments striking down gambling restrictions in Germany because the regulations were not designed to protect public interest [judgments]. The suit was filed by several ... [Published 8 hours ago by JURIST's Paper Chase]

Entities: Gambling, Germany, European Union

First Reported Sep 08 2010 - Updated 8 hours ago - 6 Documents

EU Holds Off On Sanctions Against US Over Zeroing

The United States and the European Union have reportedly asked the World Trade Organization to delay the imposition of sanctions on the U.S. for its use of the controversial anti-dumping duty calculation known as zeroing.The EU and the U.S. asked the ... [Published 8 hours ago by Law360]

Entities: European Union, Sanctions, World Trade Organization

First Reported Sep 07 2010 - Updated 19 hours ago - 12 Documents

Barroso aims to fill four million vacant EU jobs

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso yesterday (7 September) unveiled plans to create a 'vacancy monitor' intended to fill four million vacant jobs across the 27-member bloc. The move signals the EU executive's intent to play an active role ... [Published 19 hours ago by EurActiv.com]

Entities: José Manuel Barroso, European Union, Globalization, Reformism, Elisabeth Schroedter

First Reported Sep 07 2010 - Updated 23 hours ago - 26 Documents

Live: Statement on finance summit

Live coverage from the debate on the recent summit of EU finance ministers.Belgian finance minister Didier Reynders, representing the Council of Ministers, is addressing MEPs on the outcomes of yesterday's summit on financial supervision.At a summit EU ... [Published 23 hours ago by BBC]

Entities: Entertainment Software Rating Board, Didier Reynders, European Union, European Parliament

First Reported Sep 07 2010 - Updated Sep 07 2010 - 29 Documents

Finance ministers give green light to EU oversight of national budgets

Today @ 15:41 CETEUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - European finance ministers on Tuesday (7 September) gave the green light to a system of mutual supervision and oversight of each others' budgets.But in a significant victory for the UK, London managed to wrangle ... [Published Sep 07 2010 by EUobserver]

Entities: European Union, Taxes, George Osborne, Sanctions, United Kingdom

First Reported Sep 07 2010 - Updated Sep 07 2010 - 28 Documents

EU takes stand to boost growth, financial supervision

The European Union laid out ambitious goals on Tuesday to strengthen its economy as the European Commission proposed a joint EU-wide bond and ministers approved tighter financial supervision. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told the ... [Published Sep 07 2010 by Brisbane Times]

Entities: European Union, José Manuel Barroso, European Commission, Unemployment Rate

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However, Volvo issues a word of caution whyen it says "Introduction on a large scale requires long-term decisions. Evaluation of the field test and the authorities' long-term decisions will determine whether large-scale production of Bio-DME will become a reality. In the EU the assessment is that Bio-DME could theoretically replace half of today's diesel usage for heavy commercial transportation by 2030."

Volvo Trucks the first truck maker to offfer Bio-DME fuel for road going vehicles! Biglorrryblog ... [Roadtransport.com - 9 mins ago]

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EU Passes New Rules That Limit Animal Testing [Published 48 mins ago by Treehugger] Photo: sheppey cottageEach year in the EU nearly 12 million animals are experimented upon - but all that is set to change as stricter legislation on testing was passed today by the European Parliament. Among the sweeping reforms was an outright ban on ...
EU Passes New Rules That Limit Animal Testing [Published 3 hours ago by Treehugger] Photo: sheppey cottage Each year in the EU nearly 12 million animals are experimented upon in the name of scientific research - but all that is set to change as stricter legislation on testing was passed today by the European Parliament . Among ...
Entrepreneur sows the seeds of good health [Published 6 hours ago by SBS Blogs] In the Ord Valley of the Kimberley, paddocks of pretty purple flowers blow in the breeze. They are chia and will be harvested later this month for their very popular, health-giving seeds.John Foss planted the first chia (Salvia columbariae) in Australia. ...
Workers, Bloggers Get Ready for World Day for D... [Published 11 hours ago by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG] With just one month to go before the World Day for Decent Work , Oct. 7, trade unions across the world are stepping up pressure for decent jobs and social justice. And bloggers can play a big role in spreading the message. Bloggers Unite has set ...
Why Greece won’t turn itself around [Published 12 hours ago by Felix Salmon] If you haven’t yet read Michael Lewis’s fantastic piece on Greece, you should really carve out some time to do so. It’s almost impossible to summarize, but suffice to say that it serves as an utterly convincing and highly entertaining 11,500-word rejoinder ...

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EU assessing deportation of Roma [Published Sep 07 2010 by CNN.com - Video]
Job vacancies in the European Union [Published Sep 07 2010 by CNN.com - Video]
EU's Barroso says Europe recovering [Published Sep 07 2010 by Reuters Video: Business]
UK wants to stop GSK's Avandia sales [Published Sep 06 2010 by Reuters Video: Business]
Slovak PM Wants Rules On Defaults For Euro Area [Published Sep 01 2010 by WSJ.com Video - News]

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