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A day after the Lisbon Treaty won final approval, Belgium’s prime minister emerged as the favorite on Wednesday to take the European Union’s first presidential...
made popular Nov 5 2009
Europe’s elite celebrated the imminent arrival of its first president last night as the last lingering resistance to the Lisbon treaty fell away with the stroke of a...
made popular Nov 4 2009
The Spanish daily newspaper El Pais carried a harsh critique of Tony Blair’s candidature written by Emilio Menéndez del Valle, a former diplomat and socialist...
made popular Nov 2 2009
With Turkey’s prospects for joining the European Union growing more elusive and the country reaching out to predominantly Muslim countries with a vigor not seen in...
made popular Oct 28 2009
Tony Blair’s prospects of leading a new-look European Union took a double hit on Tuesday as a serious rival became the first to declare his intentions and Italy...
made popular Oct 28 2009
When France held the Rotating presidency of the EU last year a three day summit was held in the Grand Palace of Paris for Mediterranean Union.
A special made to order...
made popular Oct 28 2009
As Lisbon Treaty seems to come into force also the enlargement process in the Western Balkans got new boost. On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual...
made popular Oct 26 2009
The Reform Act of 1832 swept away dozens of Britain’s “rotten boroughs”, where comfortable sinecures were left in the hands of a tiny number of voters. The 2009...
made popular Oct 22 2009
Tony Blair’s chances of becoming the first EU “president” nose-dived yesterday when President Nicolas Sarkozy distanced himself from the former prime...
made popular Oct 19 2009
The Irish question — the 21st century version of it, not the one that so vexed Victorian statesmen — has been settled. Ireland’s Oct. 2 referendum vote in...
made popular Oct 12 2009
Only 16 months after rejecting it the first time, voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a wide-ranging treaty to overhaul how the European Union is run and to...
made popular Oct 5 2009
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war and an alternately wild, entrancing and deeply divided place, the need for a sharper, more focused...
made popular Oct 2 2009
In Bosnia and Herzegovina - scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war, and an alternately wild, entrancing, and deeply divided place - the need for sharper, more...
made popular Oct 1 2009
France and Germany are planning a new treaty of friendship and an array of other joint schemes that could push Britain to the sidelines in Europe, according to sources...
made popular Oct 1 2009
France has been singled out for criticism for derailing the process of Turkey’s accession to the EU and damaging its internal reforms in a report for the European...
made popular Sep 9 2009
The Irish government faces a tough battle to get the EU’s Lisbon Treaty ratified in a referendum next month, the country’s foreign minister says.
Micheal...
made popular Sep 5 2009
Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has given new meaning to the Teflon politician. The term originated with American President Ronald Reagan whom remained popular despite...
made popular Sep 4 2009
The boats used to arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands almost daily, rickety vessels crammed with Africans hoping for a better life in Europe, and willing to risk a...
made popular Jul 30 2009
The French government used to be Israel’s more generous weapon patron, and it was French assistance that helped Israel become a nuclear power.
But the 1967 war...
made popular Jul 20 2009
Organised crime has moved into the recycling industry - a development that has become clear over the past few months after a series of raids to enforce the EU’s...
made popular Jul 9 2009
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Hindi-Chini bhai never happened and Sino-India mutual mistrust is the hall mark of the relations between the two neighbouring countries as the two Asian giants compete...
made popular Aug 12 2009
Europe and the United States announced last night co-ordinated action against China for busting World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules by restricting exports of essential...
made popular Jun 24 2009
First, there was Starbucks. To say nothing of all those other knock-offs from China. Now, the Chinese have the temerity to produce a knock-off of the Rolls Royce:
Can...
made popular Apr 22 2009
Given the bossy mannerisms of US and EU, the WTO provisions are proving nightmarish for the smaller nations. The adage that ’small fishes are engulfed by the big...
made popular Jan 27 2009
Editorial writers around the world have called the recent Russia-Georgia war a watershed in how Russia views the world and the world views Russia. Moscow’s...
made popular Sep 29 2008
As we all know that this is the world of ’survival of fittest’, and moreover, it is the consumers who benefit the most. And nothing is wrong in this.
Now,...
made popular Aug 8 2008
Calling India “one of the new standard bearers of an emboldened developing world”, a major Canadian daily Wednesday blamed New Delhi for derailing the WTO...
made popular Jul 31 2008
International talks aimed at ushering in a new era of free trade collapsed in Geneva yesterday during a bitter split between developed and developing countries over the...
made popular Jul 30 2008
The United States took the first bold step in a week of crucial trade talks Tuesday, slicing $1.4 billion from a previous offer to limit contentious, trade-distorting...
made popular Jul 26 2008
Tension between group of countries led by Brazil in the WTO grows after declaration of Brazil’s foreign minister
made popular Jul 20 2008
An unmistakable marijuana smell fills the air as we pass old Manali to visit the Manu temple. A group of young western tourists crouch together in a dhaba smoking a...
made popular Jun 8 2008
India showing its stewardship to rescue global trade talks from complete failure has asked World Trade Organization (WTO) to continue negotiations on Doha agenda....
made popular Jun 26 2007
The World Trade Organization talks have been failed again in Germany and the Brazilian farmers have blamed India for the failure of WTO discussion on farming industry....
made popular Jun 22 2007
Globalization is the cliche of the present times and remains controversial among intellectual galore and people at large. As the tentacles of globalization have started...
made popular Feb 10 2007
With the motto, “Towards a Dynamic Community for Sustainable Development and Prosperity” the APEC 2006 Summit, Hanoi, has certainly paved a way for all...
made popular Nov 20 2006
Here’s the latest from India’s Left’s School of Thought: block foreign universities from opening branches in India, in line with government’s...
made popular Jan 23 2006
India on Wednesday called for “real cuts” in farm subsidies by the US for creating a level-playing field in multilateral trade. However, Washington put the...
made popular Nov 16 2005
The double standards of US aid & trade policy towards developing countries have yet again been exposed with the US retaining penalty tariff on imports of shrimps...
made popular Nov 3 2005
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World Trade Organsiation (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy gestures during a speech to the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney, Monday, March 2, 2009. Lamy commended Brazil for its open-minded trade decisions and gave cautious praise to...
