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Issued : Wednesday 21 May, 2008 I welcome the decision of the Executive Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to recommend support for the Lisbon Reform Treaty in the referendum on June 12th. The decisive nature of the vote - almost three to one - is particularly encouraging and I hope...
CARLOW, Ireland -- An unlikely confederation of Irish voters is threatening to derail a major treaty that would overhaul how the European Union operates. Three years ago, the EU tried to pass a constitution, an ambitious step toward a more federal Europe. But French and Dutch voters vetoed it....
County Clare firms depending on international markets are supporting the Lisbon Reform Treaty, according to local Fianna Fail TD and Minister of State Tony Killeen TD. [ClickPress, Tue May 20 2008] “Fianna Fáil believes that the European Union must not stand still in the face of a changing world....
By Risa Maeda TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda may be keeping his powder dry, to unveil a set of new climate measures at that G8 meet, as countries negotiate a climate pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. Three separate government panels of professors, experts and industry officials...
EU and Russia agree to new series of wide-ranging talks : Ending an 18-month impasse, European Union countries agreed Wednesday to begin wide-ranging new negotiations with Russia, raising hopes that an era of tension and confrontation with Moscow could give way to an improved relationship. "The...
Paris: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was welcomed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday. At a press conference, Shaikh Mohammad said his visit to Paris was the fruit of the...
BONN, Germany, May 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- According to the study, "2010 and beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge," by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), more than a quarter of all animal species have disappeared since 1970 as a consequence of human action. The report was presented in Bonn,...
Companies and governments are turning to emissions trading as a weapon to fight climate change, in a carbon market worth $64 billion last year. Cap and trade schemes force participants -- often energy-intensive industries -- to buy permits to emit greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which is...
— The Defense Department said Wednesday it has shelved a plan to take greater control in parts of Afghanistan where NATO is in charge after the Dutch and British agreed to extend their commands. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said the Netherlands and Britain will stay in control in southern...
GENEVA, May 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Regional integration in Southern Africa is in tatters as a result of free trade agreements with the European Union, and analysts are now trying to envision what sort of integration could still engender broad-based development. SADC [the Southern African...
