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Somali camps unfit for humans

Ofentse — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:21:49 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of refugees from the conflict in Somalia are being forced to live in woeful conditions, the aid agency Oxfam says. It says overcrowded and badly managed refugee camps in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are “barely fit...

UK 'closer' to adopting the euro

Rahul Bhandari — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:07:27 +0000

The UK is “closer than ever before” to joining the euro, according to the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso. Speaking on a French radio show, he said British politicians were considering the move because of the...

Philippines selected as target country for global initiative on migration and development

Grace Calderon — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:44:21 +0000

The Philippines was selected to be a target country for the 15-million-euro (P950-million) global joint initiative of the European Commission and the United Nations that intends to produce a new way of making migration work for...

Is the airport X-ray vision necessary to enhance security?

View Point — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:40:35 +0000

The European Commission is eyeing the X-ray vision that will flash images of European airline passengers on a computer screen in all their glory - minus their clothes. Tens of millions of people around European airports would be digitally...

Competitive guarantees

Mick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:05:03 +0000

One of the diagnoses of why the Great Depression was so bad is that countries engaged in “competitive devaluation” — weakening their exchange rates to make exports cheaper, but when all try to do this, no one gains, and confidence runs out. ...

Slovakia gets the goahead to adopt the euro

Tommy — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:20:07 +0000

The European Commission on Wednesday approved the application of Slovakia to adopt the euro as its currency on Jan. 1, 2009, completing a fast and furious transformation that brought the small country from dictatorship to thriving market economy in...

Barroso: Islam is part of Europe

Tommy — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:05:34 +0000

The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, underlined here Monday that Islam is part and parcel of Europe and he also condemned the concept of clash of civilisations. “Islam today is part of Europe. It is important to...

New Volvo cars to be 85% recyclable and 95% recoverable

Sameer Kumar — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:14:21 +0000

The automobile industry is probably the one big community that has been really putting in commendable efforts to clean itself up in the last decade or so. While the detractors will argue that it also is an industry that causes the most amount...

Closer relations for Australia and Europe

Wayne — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:30:36 +0000

Australia and Europe will enjoy closer relations under an agreement reached between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. The two men held talks in Brussels, ahead of the NATO summit in the Romanian...

Does Turkey's EU bid make a sense?

Burak — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:18:27 +0000

Reporters gather at Sabanci University to discuss Turkey’s EU bid and how the country is reported on and perceved by the media. Panelists from Austrian, British, Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish media take part in the event organized by the...