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First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Ukraine Wants to Become ‘Energy Hu

From EurActiv.comUkraine is working to become an energy hub, producing its own gas, developing storage and importing from both the European Union and$ Russia, Ukraine?s energy minister said in Brussels.The European Union is pressing for agreements to ... [Published Energy Tribune - May 06 2013]

Entities: Ukraine, European Union, Russia, Pipeline, Kiev

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

Hungarian Leaders Are Playing 'Cat And Mouse' With EU

The gradual erosion in Hungary of the fundamental checks and balances of a democratic society is not going unnoticed, writes Guy Verhofstadt.Guy Verhofstadt is a Belgian MEP and president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament. ... [Published XpatLoop.com - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Hungary, Constitutional Court, European Union, Guy Verhofstadt

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

EU ponders biopiracy law to protect Indigenous Peoples

The European Parliament is debating a draft biopiracy law requiring industry to compensate indigenous people if it makes commercial use of local knowledge such as plant-based medicines.Under the law – based on the international convention on access to ... [Published Intercontinental Cry - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sandrine Bélier, Biodiversity, Nagoya, European Union, Patent

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Guy Verhofstadt

Minister Of State Győri: Hungary's Critics Should Check Their Facts

The Minister of State for EU Affairs has published an article on euractiv.com in reaction to Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe calling for the application of Article 7. ... [Published XpatLoop.com - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, Guy Verhofstadt, European Union

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Lancia

Europe car sales in 2013 to be 'worst on record'

European new car registrations fell 10.2% in March, the 18th consecutive month of decline, according to figures released by the European carmaker body Acea.Germany, Europe’s largest market saw registrations plummet -17% for the month while France fell ... [Published Motor Trader UK - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Acea SpA, Ivan Hodac, Lancia, Alfa Romeo SpA, Italy

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Oxfam

East African pastoralists use text messages for drought alerts

Pastoralist communities in arid areas in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia are using text messages to share water reserve data with relief organisations.The initiative forms part of a pilot project run by international charity organisation, Oxfam, ... [Published ITWeb Africa - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Oxfam, Drought, Ethiopia, Kenya

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

Their position is wrong. Worse, it is morally repugnant. - Clinical trials directive: The Parliament's political dilemna | EurActiv

Clinical trials put people at risk, which is one of the reasons why they need prior authorisation. It is perfectly permissible and desirable for the authorities to set conditions to try to ensure the maximum public benefit from such trials. If anyone ... [Published PharmaGossip - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: Clinical trials

First reported Jan 22 2013 - Updated Jan 22 2013 - 1 reports

Council of Europe wants 'racist and anti-Semitic' members ousted, says report

The parliamentary assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe is considering a ban on two of its far-right members if they are affiliated with parties that are "neo-Nazi, racist and anti-Semitic," euractiv.com reported on Tuesday.The assembly on ... [Published ekathimerini.com Latest News - Jan 22 2013]

Entities: Council of Europe, Anti-Semitism, Neo-Nazism

First reported Jan 05 2013 - Updated Jan 05 2013 - 1 reports

UK Met Office 2013 very likely to be in Top 10 warmest years

UK Met Office: 2013 ‘very likely’ to be in Top 10 warmest yearsThis Year (2013) is likely to be one of the warmest on record with global temperatures 0.57 degrees above the long-term average, Britain's Met Office said in its annual year-ahead forecas ... [Published Pitch-Care.com - Jan 05 2013]

Entities: Met Office, University of East Anglia, US National, NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Slovenia's New President Elected Amidst Anti-Corruption Protests

The second round of the 2012 presidential election in Slovenia, in which the former Slovenian PM Borut Pahor defeated the incumbent president Danilo Türk , took place on Dec. 2 , amidst ongoing mass protests. On EurActiv.com, Marko Bucik examined ... [Published Global Voices Online - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: Slovenia, protest, Borut Pahor, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

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...have been told that organisations cansubstantiallyreduce the incidence of workplace sickness byimprovingindoor air quality," says Collot d'Escury. "In large companies this can lead to significant cost savings and big improvements in productivity."

The Great Indoors: DESSO Launches Year of Air Campaign Promoting Health and Wellbeing [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 13 2013]

Investor-to-state disputes under CETA "could be triggered by changes to incentives or government policy, and environmentalists fear that bans on fracking by companies that claim to operate out of Canada might be caught in the net" writes EurActiv.com, an online news source reporting in 15 languages...

CETA and fracking report makes an impact in Europe [Published Rabble.ca - May 09 2013]

"Nazabayev made my life here [in Malta] impossible, thanks to misinformation provided to Maltese newspapers" the former diplomat, and once deputy chief of the Kazahkh secret service, writes in his book

Kazakh exile in Malta lives in fear that he will be kidnapped | 09 April 2013 [Published MaltaToday - Apr 09 2013]

"It is very likely that 2013 will be one of the warmest 10 years in the record which goes back to 1850, and it is likely to be warmer than 2012" the MetMet Office said on Thursday (20 December)

UK Met Office 2013 very likely to be in Top 10 warmest years [Published Pitch-Care.com - Jan 05 2013]