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Maybe Richie was right after all

Being finance minister in tough times is a dirty job — but someone’s got to do it, former ‘Minister for Hardship’ tells Caroline O’Doherty COLOUR television swept into Irish homes a year before Richie Ryan became...

Poettering: EU must play more vital role in Mideast peace process

AMMAN, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Time has come to establish a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, and the European Union must play a more vital role in this regard, said President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert...

AD WELCOMES NEW EU VOTER REGISTRATION DATE FOR EU CITIZENS

PR 24/09/2008 AD WELCOMES NEW EU VOTER REGISTRATION DATE FOR EU CITIZENS Arnold Cassola, Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party Chairperson, congratulated the Head of the European Parliament Office in Valletta for having...

Berlusconi retracts idea to suspend markets

What Silvio Berlusconi giveth, Silvio Berlusconi taketh away. In a quick reversal mirroring the financial markets' volatility, Italy's prime minister said world leaders were thinking about shutting down financial markets and...

FERMA welcomes Solvency II vote, stance on captives

BRUSSELS, Belgium—The Federation of European Risk Management Assns. said that a recent European Parliament vote recognized the special status of insurance and reinsurance captives under Solvency II. Brussels, Belgium-based...

European Union signs declaration against death penalty

Vrijdag 10 oktober 2008 | European Union ] On the occasion of the World and European day against the death penalty, a Joint Declaration has been signed by the Presidents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the...

Animal cloning for food 'unjustified', say EU citizens

The vast majority of European citizens have a general negative perception of animal cloning for food production, saying that too little is known of its long-term health and safety effects, according to an EU-wide poll presented...

Food prices

Food bills could rocket if controversial European Parliament plans on pesticides get the go ahead. Farmers leaders in the South West are worried that many pesticides could be banned, which in turn will hit yields and add to...

UPDATE 1-EU executive rejects calls to remove McCreevy

BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - EU Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has long been the butt of complaints from the European Parliament, where some members have accused him of being too light-touch in his job and more...

Tackling the real crisis

In a week dominated by the growing global financial crisis, a couple of potential tipping points in the climate change debate have passed almost unnoticed Such has been the media furore over the return to Cabinet of Peter...