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Brussels

Type: City

Name: Brussels

Country: Belgium

Latitude: 50.830002

Longitude: 4.33

population: 1,019,022

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

EU says worried by Russia's human rights record

"Both sides discussed at length the worrying situation of civil society in the Russian Federation," the EU said in a statement, which followed a meeting on human rights with Russian officials in Brussels on Friday.Human rights groups in Russia accuse ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Human Rights, Russia, European Union

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

British PM ‘losing control of party over Europe’

Posted by: on May 19, 2013 in News Update Leave a commentBritish Prime Minister, David Cameron, is losing control of his party over Europe, former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Howe has said.The Tory leadership is “running scared” of its backbenchers ... [Published The Nation Nigeria - 9 hours ago]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Referendum, European Union, Downing Street, United Kingdom

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Angela Merkel

Europe: the week ahead

Tax avoidance, François Hollande and the French economy will all come under the spotlight this week in Brussels Tax dodgers will get an earful this week in Brussels. With public outrage soaring over the perceived failure to pay their dues by the likes ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Angela Merkel, François Hollande, France, Brussels, European Union

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 6 reports

European Union

Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance

Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels after warning against anti-dumping duties ... [Published FT.com - International economy - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Berlin, European Union, Brussels

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Austerity on the side: EU hits restaurateurs with olive oil law

Austerity, EU, Robert BridgeAs if European Union bureaucrats don’t have enough on their hands trying to extinguish financial fires raging across the broken continent, they’ve now decided to take their unlimited powers to the holy of holies: EU eateri ... [Published Russia Today - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Olive Oil, European Union, Robert Bridge, Brussels, Marina Yannakoudakis

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Dacic: Implementation plan next week

NOVI SAD - Serbia's Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said Saturday that if Serbia wants to get a date for EU accession talks, it will have to agree to some sort of plan for the implementation of the agreement with Pristina.The plan could ... [Published Tanjug - May 18 2013]

Entities: Serbia, Pristina, Kosovo

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

“We must reach agreement if we want EU talks date”

PM Ivica Dačić says Serbia has to reach “some kind of deal“ on the implementation of the Brussels agreement if it wants to get a date for the EU talks.The prime minister expects the implementation plan to reached next week. ... [Published B92 - May 18 2013]

Entities: European Union, Ivica Dačić, Serbia

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 5 reports

Brussels, Berlin lukewarm on Hollande's euro zone vision

In a 2-1/2-hour news conference at the Elysee Palace on Thursday, Hollande set out plans for an "economic government" for the 17 euro zone countries, including its own budget and a full-time president.The sweeping vision also encompassed a harmonised ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Eurozone, Brussels, Berlin, Torpor

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Cycling body slammed over doping at EU meeting

USADA Chief Executive Travis Tygart claims lack of action on doping after Lance Armstrong affairThe world's top cycling body has been accused of failing to act since the unmasking of seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong as a drugs cheat.US ... [Published RTE Online - May 17 2013]

Entities: Doping, UCI Union Cycliste Internationale, Travis Tygart, Lance Armstrong, USADA United States Anti-Doping Agency

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Swiss propose corporate tax reforms after EU pressure

Switzerland outlined plans on Friday to reform the way it taxes companies as it seeks to counter criticism from Brussels while trying to remain attractive to the many multinationals based in the country. ... [Published International Business Times Australia - May 17 2013]

Entities: Reformism, Taxes, European Union

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 7 reports

ECB eyes supervisor role to squeeze weak European banks

Brussels — The European Central Bank could use its new supervisory role from next year to single out weak banks and make it harder for them to get its financial support, people familiar with the matter say.Such a hardening of approach would keep ECB funding ... [Published GMA News.tv - May 17 2013]

Entities: European Central Bank, Brussels, emergency

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

RHJ International: Notice to Shareholders of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting Marketwired

) - RHJ International SA ("RHJI") hereby provides notice to shareholders of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, to be held on Tuesday June 18, 2013, at 3 p.m. CET, at Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels (Belgium).About RHJ InternationalRHJ International is ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - May 17 2013]

Entities: RHJ International, Kleinwort Benson, Brussels, Merchant Banking

Quotes

Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING in Brussels, told Reuters: "If you think about the psychology of price, I think you’ll rather see a rounding down to 95 cents than an upward adjustment."

Keep the change, say Germans alarmed by European plan to scrap copper coins [Published The Independent - 1 hour ago]

...(dpa) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived in Belgrade Sunday to push Serbia and Kosovo to implement a deal to normalize ties. "An agreement on the implementation of the Brussels agreement and the start of its realization is a key condition for Serbia‘s further progress on its European path" Westerwelle said.The European Union last month brokered the deal between Serbia and Kosovo, the former province that declared independence in 2008...

Germany to press Serbia and Kosovo to normalize ties [Published Europe Online Magazine - 1 hour ago]

"Hollande's and Merkel's ideas on European economics are so far apart," said Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung on Saturday. "The economic dynamics are working in Merkel's favour. So Merkel is playing a waiting game. If she's re-elected, he will have to move."

Europe: the week ahead [Published Guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago]

Mr McCully said he was looking forward to establishing a relationship with Mr Kerry. "We had a dream run with Hillary Clinton and all the indications are we are going to be able to pick up that positive element in the relationship and take it forward."

NZ ready to aid Middle East deal [Published New Zealand Herald - 1 hour ago]

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Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance [Published FT.com - International economy - 1 hour ago]
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Cameron losing control of his party: Howe [Published New Straits Times - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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The City as Savior of E.U. Finance [Published AdBanks.net - 3 hours ago] It is perhaps too much to expect the Conservative-led government in Britain to lead any initiatives on Europe, given the orgy of self-destruction in the party over whether Britain should stay in the European Union . But insofar as David Cameron manages ...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 6: Who Are The Harl... [Published Iain Dale's Diary - 9 hours ago] Back in 2009 I published Nigel Farage’s autobiography. Not a single bookshop chain would stock it. Booksellers have always been of a leftish persuasion and they proved impossible to shift. In late 2011 we published an updated version, called Flying ...
This week in religion history: What the butler ... [Published National Post \| Life » Holy Post - 10 hours ago] This week marks one year of Holy Post running ‘This week in religion history.’ It is now going on hiatus while we wait for more history. May 19 804: The English medieval scholar Alcuin of York died. As an educator he made beauty, goodness and truth ...
EU protects citizens from dangers of unregulate... [Published FP Passport - May 18 2013] p>The reusable olive oil bottle -- a staple on restaurant tables acrossEurope, evocative of summers in Tuscany and vineyards in southern Spain -- has been banned from restaurants by the powers that be in Brussels, in a move the EuropeanCommission ...
Protests in Italy Against New Coalition; How Lo... [Published Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - May 18 2013] The new coalition government in Italy is off to such a rocky start, it's hard to say there ever was a honeymoon.People want more jobs. Instead, the price for a coalition by former Prime Minister Mario Silvio Berlusconi was a rollback in property taxe ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: European week in 60 seconds [Published BBC News Video - Business - May 17 2013]
VIDEO: Can you name the third city of the EU? [Published BBC News Video - Politics - May 16 2013]
Dempsey Attends NATO Defense Meetings [Published The Pentagon - YouTube Channel - May 16 2013]
Reuters Today: Disillusioned Europe? [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 14 2013]
Reuters Today: Disillusioned Europe? [Published Reuters Video: Business - May 14 2013]

Press Releases

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Press release - 3239th EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTUR... [Published European Council - Press - EN - May 17 2013]
Galapagos creates new warrant plan [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 17 2013]
RHJ International: Notice to Shareholders of th... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 17 2013]
Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Cou... [Published European Council - Press - EN - May 16 2013]
La France prête à signer l'accord d'association... [Published PR Newswire - May 16 2013]