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EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva: Bulgaria Not Threatened with Greece's Financial Problems

novinite Monday, March 15, 2010 8:44:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Kristalina Georgieva[2]; Georgi Parvanov[1];

Other categories: Spanish Presidency EU; Budget (general); EU2020; European Training Foundation; Kristalina Georgieva; Echo; Market; Europe 2020;

Bulgaria's EU Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva, who is in charge of the EC humanitarian aid portfolio, has answered questions of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and a couple of Bulgarian-language media before she joined the Ambassadors of the EU member states in Sofia for a special lunch.......

Supreme court considers soldiers' right to sue

guardian Monday, March 15, 2010 8:12:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (InstitutionalAffairs) European] Convention[1];

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Entities: Bob Ainsworth[1]; Andrew Walker[1]; Jason Smith[1];

Other categories: Society;

Ministry of Defence challenges appeal court ruling that it says allows troops to sue over battlefield decisions The extent to which British soldiers on any military operation in any country will be able to sue the government under the human rights act will be decided by a landmark case which opened.......

The threat to quota system poses on our institutions and economy

eastandard Monday, March 15, 2010 7:54:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (InstitutionalAffairs) draft constitution[1];

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Other categories: EU2020;

What do Sergey Brin and Andy Grove have in common? The quick answer might be they are innovators and entrepreneurs. Sergey co-founded Google, while Andy Grove built Intel into the giant it is today....

MPs call for consensus before debate

eastandard Monday, March 15, 2010 7:54:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (InstitutionalAffairs) draft constitution[1];

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Entities: Peter Munya[2]; Cyrus Jirongo[1]; Charles Keter[1]; Kalonzo Musyoka[1]; William Ruto[1];

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Peter Munya said: "Leaders need to take steps back and look at the roadmap of the constitution to see where they can make changes,"

Kalonzo Musyoka said: "We cannot write a new the constitution when some of our colleagues are hiding cards under the table,"

Ten MPs from across the political divide led by Agriculture Minister William Ruto have supported consensus building among MPs on the draft constitution before it is tabled in Parliament for debate....

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Bulgaria- regional center for the training of cadres in the field of civil protection? (ROUNDUP)

focusnews-en Monday, March 15, 2010 6:55:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Kristalina Georgieva[4];

Other categories: External Affairs; Kristalina Georgieva; Echo; Humanitarian Aid; EU Foreign Affairs Representative; EC News;

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Kristalina Georgieva said: “When I was in Haiti and Chile I was very impressed by the huge professionalism of our partners from the Red Cross. However, up to now we did not have a BRC with a concrete program, which to implement together and I hope today we will have the chance to discuss what this program could be,”

Kristalina Georgieva said: “No structural changes are envisaged. We have a common program for work and we fulfill it,”

Kristalina Georgieva said: “When we provide humanitarian aid for third countries, resolve problems on saving human lives, ease the conditions in the regions affected by a disasters, the BRC will be one of the organizations, to which we will turn their teams to be attracted at a project basis; i.e. financing, realized at the place through the mediation and the and personal attendance of the teams of the Red Cross,”

Kristalina Georgieva said: “The Bulgarian government proposed me as EU Commissioner to assess the possibilities of Bulgaria and the country to be advertised in the frames of the coordination in the system for civil protection. In the next months we will make an assessment of the instrument for civil protection in the frames of the European Union; in this discussion we want to hear ideas on how we can work more effectively to place the actives we have the crisis response to become more effective,”

Sofia. The Bulgarian EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva met Monday the chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC) Hristo Grigorov in the building of the non-governmental organization, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs....

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Potočnik offers concessions on soil directive to get deal

europeanvoice Monday, March 15, 2010 6:38:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Janez Potočnik[1]; Elena Espinosa[1];

Other categories: EU2020; Janez Potočnik; Ecology; Environment (general);

Janez Potočnik, the European commissioner for the environment, said today that he was prepared to offer concessions to a group of six countries that are blocking a deal on the EU's first-ever law on soil protection. Speaking at a meeting of EU environment ministers in Brussels, Potočnik said he.......

UK troops rights ruling contested

bbc Monday, March 15, 2010 6:11:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (InstitutionalAffairs) European Convention[1]; access to documents[1];

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Entities: Jason Smith[1];

Other categories: Society;

A ruling on UK troops' human rights, which centred on a Hawick soldier, is challenged by the government....

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Bulgaria wants to become regional center for cadres’ training in the field of civil protection: Kristalina Georgieva

focusnews-en Monday, March 15, 2010 5:46:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Kristalina Georgieva[2];

Other categories: Kristalina Georgieva; Humanitarian Aid;

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Sofia. Bulgaria wants to become a regional center for the training of cadres in the field of civil protection. This is an initiative taken by the Bulgarian government, the Bulgarian EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva announced.......

OSCE Secretary General: Kazakhstan’s presidency might help overcome stagnation in OSCE

Belta_en Monday, March 15, 2010 5:37:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Marc Perrin de Brichambaut[4]; Mikhail Gorbachev[1];

Other categories: EU Russia;

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Mikhail Gorbachev said: “Let Europe be our common home”

Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said: “In these conditions Russia felt deceived: the dialogue within the framework of the OSCE did not live up to Russia’s expectations and the European security remained unbalanced,” “Therefore Kazakhstan’s presidency in the organization can offer us a chance to overcome this crisis. After all, due to its geopolitical position Kazakhstan can try to reconcile the positions of all the OSCE member states and help them come up with a new efficient consensus,”

MINSK, 15 March (BelTA) – Kazakhstan’s presidency in the OSCE in 2010 provides a chance to overcome the stagnation in the organization that is often criticized by Russia and other CIS states. This statement was made by OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, as he answered the questions.......

Accra to host Africa Media and Democracy Conference

myjoyonline Monday, March 15, 2010 5:26:00 PM CET | info

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Africa Media and Democracy Conference, an Accra-based NGO, is organising a conference under the theme: "The Africa Media and Democracy Conference" in Accra....

EU court rejects fast treatment of Eurocrats' pay case

earthtimes Monday, March 15, 2010 4:50:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: EC News;

Luxembourg - European Union employees will have to wait until next year to find out if they are entitled to an inflation- busting pay raise after the bloc's top court rejected calls for the matter to be treated urgently, officials confirmed Monday. T......

Finance ministers seek to define support for Greece

europeanvoice Monday, March 15, 2010 4:32:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: George Papaconstantinou[1];

Other categories: EC News; EU2020; Monetary Issues EU; Budget (general); Financial Crisis; European Central Bank; DG Taxation & Customs Union; European Parliament; Spanish Presidency EU; Market; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

Eurozone countries to offer Greek government mixture of loans and financial guarantees....

Kenya PM: House will seal fate of draft law

DailyNation Monday, March 15, 2010 4:29:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (InstitutionalAffairs) draft Constitution[1]; draft constitution[2];

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Entities: Raila Odinga[2];

Prime Minister Raila Odinga says Parliament will have a final say on whether to pass the draft constitution as it is or make amendments...

Gartner vice president: Governance and politics harming public sector efficiency

ukgovpublic Monday, March 15, 2010 4:17:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Barack Obama[1];

“No thanks, I don’t touch the stuff!” says Gartner group vice president John Kost, declining an offer of coffee in a London branch of a certain Seattle-based coffee chain. Kost, who has spent eight years at the market analyst firm, is on the second day of a two-day trip to the UK....

Tanzania donors push gender agenda

afrol Monday, March 15, 2010 4:01:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: Society; Development; Market;

, 15 March - Tanzania's many European donors have united to further push for gender equality and women empowerment in the country. An action plan will be presented tomorrow and development aid funds will focus on gender....

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Nigeria: ECOWAS ministers of defence, security meet in Abuja

afriquejet Monday, March 15, 2010 3:46:00 PM CET | info

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Ministers of Defence and Security in ECOWAS member state s will meet in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, for two days starting Tuesday to review and adopt the Plan of Action for the Impleme ntation of the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), Their Ammunition and Other Related.......

Africa Rice centre signs agreement on research

afriquejet Monday, March 15, 2010 3:46:00 PM CET | info

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The Council of Ministers of Africa Rice Centre (AfricaRice) has given the green light to the Board of Trustees to sign the agreement establishing the consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres, according to a statement from the organisation, obtained by PANA here Monday....

Offshore hedge funds put EU regulation in doubt

euractiv-en Monday, March 15, 2010 3:36:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: External Affairs; Spanish Presidency EU; EU Territories; Market; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

The Spanish EU Presidency is aiming to close an agreement on the draft hedge and private equity funds directive at a meeting of finance ministers in Brussels tomorrow (16 March), with teething problems on foreign fund treatment threatening to derail a deal....

Some 7M Romanian Lending Contracts To Undergo EU Imposed Amendments

mediafax-en Monday, March 15, 2010 3:26:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: Market; Consumer Affairs;

The amendment of the Romanian legislation on the loans taken out by individuals will have an impact on over seven million contracts concluded with banks, according to consumer protection authority (ANPC) president Constantin Cerbulescu....

Audit Integrity's ‘AGR' Rating Outperforms Leading Academic Accounting Risk Measures, Independent Study Finds

earthtimes Monday, March 15, 2010 3:19:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Richard Price[1]; Brigham Young[1]; David Wood[1];

LOS ANGELES - The Audit Integrity Accounting and Governance Risk (AGR) rating outperforms academic risk measures in all head-to-head tests for detecting corporate accounting irregularities and most tests for predicting accounting irregularities, according to an independent academic st...

SADC takes investment drive to Europe for energy sector (3/15/2010)

africafiles Monday, March 15, 2010 3:18:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: Alternative Energy; EU2020;

In a bid to address energy shortages the Southern African Development Community and the Southern Africa Initiative of German Business have taken part in an Energy Infrastructure Development Conference in Germany to woo energy sector investors. FJ...

South Africa: Pro Sano 'Back On Own Feet in Weeks'

allafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 2:52:00 PM CET | info

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The Council for Medical Schemes expects to lift the curatorship on Pro Sano medical scheme within the next two months, opening the way for the once-troubled scheme to run its own affairs again....

EU Council Adopts its Position on Novel Food

flexnewsfood Monday, March 15, 2010 2:43:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: External Affairs; Food Safety (general); European Parliament;

The main objective of the draft regulation is to stimulate the development and placing on the EU market of safe innovative foods and to ensure a high level of food safety and of human health protection. The draft regulation includes in particular the following provisions: – The authorisation.......

Kenya: Cabinet Standoff May Mar Debate

allafrica Monday, March 15, 2010 1:49:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Francis Muthaura[1]; James Orengo[1]; Danson Mungatana[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Musalia Mudavadi[1]; William Ruto[1]; Raila Odinga[1]; Sam Ongeri[1];

The Cabinet is yet to meet and take a common stand on the proposed constitution with only two days before debate on the draft kicks off in Parliament....

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