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... to other euro members. Papandreou’s pledge to adhere to deficit targets that are conditions of the European Union and International Monetary Fund’s bailout were undermined by data showing his country’s ...
... his willingness to upset Washington when Turkey publicly opposed new sanctions against Iran drawn up by the United States and the European Union over Tehran's nuclear programme. And yet Erdogan has also ...
"Now is the time to turn the EU perspective into an EU reality." The statement was made by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga during her address to members of the European Parliament (EP) foreign affairs ...
The European Union will spend 5 billion euros ($6.9 billion) to help the Western Balkans as it seeks to integrate the region into the world's largest trading bloc, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said. ...
5. Athens mosque gets green light
(News/Newsflash)
... -- the only capital from among the original 15 member states of the European Union not to have a mosque -- in line with its European peers. The mosque, which will not feature minarets, is to be housed ...
European stocks tumbled 4 percent on Monday, with banks plumbing a more than two year low, as fears for the future of the euro zone bubbled up against a background of weak economic growth and threats to ...
7. Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness
(Health/Health and Beauty)
... state-of-the-art therapies." Wittchen led a three-year study covering 30 European countries -- the 27 European Union member states plus Switzerland, Iceland and Norway -- and a population of 514 million ...
Head of the Kosovo team for the dialogue with Serbia, Edita Tahiri explained that, by accepting the stamps of Kosovo customs, "Serbia recognized Kosovo's independence." "The agreement on the recognition ...
Bulgaria and its neighbor Romania, which has spent more than 1 billion euros, or about USD 1.4 billion, developing an equally high-tech border operation, are hoping to join the European Union's visa-free ...
10. A Nuclear Bunker Comes In From the Cold as an Art Gallery
(Artist/Art)
... remains in charge of the bunker but has plans to decommission the site), regional governments, the European Union and international agencies. To give the biennial a strong regional feel, the curators ...
11. Serbia and Kosovo reach deal to end trade ban
(World/Balkans)
... countries met in Brussels on Friday to resume talks, which have been facilitated by the European Union since March. The parties reached an agreement under which Serbia will accept status-neutral documents ...
12. Tadic says Serbia does not want war or violence of any kind
(World/National)
Serbian President Boris Tadic stated that Serbia does not want war or violence of any kind and maintains a peaceful policy aimed at establishing long-term peace in the Balkans, and if Pristina were to ...
13. Davutoglu says Turkey wants more integration in Balkans
(World/Balkans)
... that would have its place in the European Union. He said an encouraging model on that path was provided by Croatia, which, as a NАТО member and prospective EU member, strongly supported Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
Information technology (IT) is rapidly changing both the personal and social aspects of people's lives. This change creates information society. Global competition quickly affects information technology ...
15. Maginot Line is Moving South: Greece to Build 120km Anti-Tank Trench Along its border with Turkiya
(World/Balkans)
... Mr Bagis added in reference to the financial turmoil in Greece, which is close to bankruptcy and has to rely on help from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. It was "surprising to ...
16. Greece is on Fire, literally
(News/Latest)
... Greece's European Union partners. "There are estimates that between 3,500 and 4,000 hectares (up to 9,900 acres) have been destroyed,» regional governor Aris Yiannakidis told private television channel ...
17. Steady Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia
(World/Balkans)
... increasing. Bulgaria and Romania have been members of the European Union since 2007. Still they have significant economic problems, and some people in those countries could not adapt themselves to the ...
18. Legitimising intolerance?
(World/Europe)
... various occasions, whether it is at the airports, security check posts, surveillances or public places. According to the European Union, 32 percent of British Muslims have been subjected to discrimination ...
19. Germany fires cannon shot across Europe's bows
(Economy/Finance)
German President Christian Wulff has accused the European Central Bank of violating its treaty mandate with the mass purchase of southern European bonds. In a cannon shot across Europe’s bows, he warned ...
... continue the policy of not recognizing Kosovo or change the policy if we want to join the European Union," the professor stressed.  ...