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Alte Burgen, neue Chancen

Source country br-online Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:32:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] waren[1]; EU[1];

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Die Slowakei ist wie kein anderer mitteleuropäischer Staat ein Land der Burgen. Doch der Stolz der Nation ist vom Untergang bedroht. Die meisten der 100 mittelalterlichen Burgen und Schlösser rotten langsam vor sich hin....

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Portugal : Salaires réduits de moitié pour certains responsables des banques

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] banques[6]; bancaire[1]; UE[1]; banque[2];

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Les administrateurs des banques portugaises, qui auront recours aux fonds mis à leur disposition par l'UE et le FMI pour se recapitaliser, verront leurs salaires réduits jusqu'à 50%, selon les règles définies par le gouvernement. Le plan de sauvetage international de 78 milliards d'euros que le.......

Marchés prudents au sommet du G8 : Les Bourses finissent la semaine en repli

Source country lemaghrebdz Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:20:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Banca[1]; Bankia[1]; postal[1]; Bourse[11]; Bank[2]; banques[8]; bancaires[3]; Banking[1]; Bruxelles[1]; banque[1];

Entities: Salvatore Ferragamo[1]; Peter Cardillo[1]; Trip Chowdhry[1]; Yves Marçais[1]; Bourse de Francfort[1];

Other categories: Banking - Financial Services; Monetary Issues EU; Telecommunications; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

Les Bourses européennes ont terminé la semaine en baisse, espérant des mesures positives à l'issue du G8 ce qui a permis de compenser, en partie, les inquiétudes persistantes sur la zone euro. Après avoir accusé le coup de la dégradation de la note de 16 banques espagnoles et l'abaissement de la.......

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[dehai-news] (Financial Post) Occupy Somalia

Source country dehai Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:16:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] EU[2]; piracy[2];

Entities: David Cameron[1]; Abdiweli Mohamed Ali[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; William Hague[1]; Mohamed Aly[1];

Other categories: EU Russia; UN Bodies; EU-Asia;

Lawrence Solomon: Occupy Somalia Lawrence Solomon May 18, 2012 � 9:47 PM ET | Last Updated: May 19, 2012 1:21 AM ET Best hope for peace is for UN to break up the country The EU Naval Force made headlines this week by blasting a pirate base on Somali shores and pirate ships out of Somali waters....

Teixeira: Ukraine should respect democratic values if it wants to join EU

Source country kyivpost Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:11:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Brussels[1]; EU[8]; copyright[1];

Entities: Answer Mark Web[1]; Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira[1]; José Manuel Pinto[1]; Mark Webb[1]; Manuel Pinto[1];

Other categories: Croatia-EU; FRA-EU;

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Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira said: "We will see in six months or in a year. If, as I hope, as we all hope in the European Union, the situation with democracy, human rights, justice in Ukraine changes for the better, this will solve our current problems"

Simferopol The policy of the European Union towards Ukraine depends on Kyiv's willingness to carry out democratic reforms, says head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira, who is finishing his tenure....

G-8-Gipfel in Camp David: Staatschefs ringen um Strategie für Sparen und Wachstum

Source country suddeutsche Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:11:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] waren[1]; EU[2]; Produktivität[1];

Entities: Mario Monti[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Budget;

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Angela Merkel betonte: "Die G8 wollen ein gemeinsames Signal aussenden, ..... dass solide Finanzen und Wachstum untrennbar zusammengehören und nicht gegeneinander ausgespielt werden"

Angela Merkel sagte: "Alle, die sich heute an der Diskussion beteiligt haben, wollen, dass Griechenland Teil der Euro-Zone bleibt, vorausgesetzt, dass die Verpflichtungen, die Griechenland im Memorandum eingegangen ist, auch erfüllt werden"

Die Schuldenkrise in Europa ist ein zentrales Thema des G-8-Treffens in Camp David. Der Staatenbund hält sich dabei die Tür sowohl für staatliche Wachstumsimpulse als auch für eine strenge Sparpolitik offen....

Parlamentswahl in Griechenland: Wie Bevormundung die Radikalen stark machte

Source country suddeutsche Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:11:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] waren[1]; EU[2];

Entities: Wolfgang Schäuble[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; George Papandreou[1]; Alexis Tsipras[1];

Other categories: Natural Disasters; All Media;

Einer Umfrage zufolge können die Konservativen und die Sozialisten bei der griechischen Parlamentswahl mit einer Mehrheit rechnen. Das Volk scheint nach der gescheiterten Regierungsbildung wieder den gemäßigten Parteien zu vertrauen. Doch das war auch beim letzten Mal so - bis eine Einmischung von.......

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Obama hails progress on euro crisis

Source country eubusiness Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:04:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Copyright[2]; EU[1]; copyright[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; EU-USA; G20;

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Barack Obama said: "As all of the leaders here today agree, growth and jobs must be our top priority,"

US President Barack Obama hailed progress made in tackling Europe's economic crisis at the end of a G8 summit on Saturday, noting leaders' agreement that growth and jobs must be the priority....

Madrid se ha ido

Source country lavanguardia Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:03:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Bankia[2]; banca[1]; auditada[1]; Banco[1]; Bruselas[2]; bancos[1];

Entities: Pasqual Maragall[2]; François Hollande[1]; Mariano Rajoy[1]; Manuel Valls[1]; Partido Nacionalista Vasco[1];

Other categories: Conflict;

Lea la versión en catalán En sólo quince días han fundido Bankia y se han visto obligados a reconocer que la deuda pública madrileña asciende al doble de lo comunicado al Gobierno cuando este emprendió, en marzo, una delicada y difícil......

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Obama: G-8 Leaders Agree Growth, Jobs Are Priority

Source country npr Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:55:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] bankrupt[1]; bank[1]; EU[3]; European Commission[1];

Entities: Angela Merkel[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; EU-USA; EC News; Monetary Issues EU; Budget; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

President Obama and other leaders of wealthy nations underscored an increasing consensus for the need to combine growth measures with relentless budget cutbacks if their countries are to work their way out of their debt troubles....

LA LUPA DE MONTORO

Source country lavozdigital Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:48:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Banco[1]; Bruselas[2];

Entities: Carmen Martínez[1]; Felipe González[1]; Carmen Martínez Aguayo[1]; Consejo de Política Fiscal[1]; Junta de Andalucía[2];

Other categories: Eurostat;

E L ministro Montoro va camino de convertirse en hijo no predilecto de la Junta de Andalucía. Ni Zoido, que ha abanderado el nombramiento de Felipe González como hijo predilecto de Sevilla, va a poder repescarlo con tales honores pese a ser de su propio partido....

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G-8 Says Greece Should Stay in Euro as Differences Linger

Source country bloomberg Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:37:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] financial markets[1]; Bank[1]; EU[3]; European Commission[1]; banks[2];

Entities: Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[1]; German Gref[1]; François Hollande[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; EU-USA; EC News; Council President; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

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Barack Obama said: “Well, you have a few things on your mind,”

Leaders from the Group of Eight nations pushed for Greece to stay in the European single currency and to fulfill its cost-cutting commitments even as broad differences persist on growth and austerity policies. “We agree on the importance of a strong and cohesive euro zone for global stability and.......

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Vem aí a mudança (Visão)

Source country sapo Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:31:00 AM CEST | info

Trigger words: [Market] bancarrota[1]; Banco[1]; bancos[1]; UE[2]; Parlamento Europeu[1];

Entities: François Hollande[2];

Other categories: European Central Bank; EU-USA; European Parliament;

A senhora Merkel vai sair mal da tragédia que provocou (...) E urge mudar. Porque se não o colapso europeu será tão amplo como o da velha União Soviética...

El G-8 insta a combinar la política de crecimiento con la estabilidad fiscal

Source country larioja Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:27:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Banco[1]; Bruselas[2];

Entities: Barack Obama[1]; David Cameron[1]; François Hollande[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank;

La situación de emergencia que vive Europa a cuenta de la crisis de la deuda ocupó ayer el grueso de los debates que los líderes del selecto grupo del G-8 mantuvieron en la residencia presidencial de Camp David, en las afueras de Washington. Frente a las desesperanzadoras noticias provenientes de.......

Global markets week ahead: Eurozone policy action becoming critical

Source country dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Brussels[1]; Bank[4]; banking[1]; bank[2]; EU[2]; banks[1];

Entities: François Hollande[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Financial Crisis; Banking - Financial Services; Economic and Monetary Affairs; External Relations;

LONDON: The now familiar European cycle of crisis followed by political action, temporary respite, then another crisis enters that crucial second stage next week when leaders of the 27-member European Union seek solutions in Brussels. Investors will also be concerned with how hard the crisis is.......

Azarov to Brussels: Ukraine making 'consistent progress towards European integration'

Source country kyivpost Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Brussels[4]; EU[16]; internal market[1]; free movement[1];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1];

Other categories: Consumers; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Financial Crisis; All Media; Croatia-EU; VAT; Science; Discrimination; Monetary Issues EU; Fight against Fraud; FRA-EU; Consumers; Customs; Development; Enlargement; Fight against fraud; Internal Market; Taxation; Transport;

Editor's Note: The following is an English-language transcript of Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov's speech before the European Parliament in Brussels on May 16....

European Parliament chief asks Azarov to allow more EU doctors to treat Tymoshenko

Source country kyivpost Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] European Parliament[1]; EU[1]; copyright[1];

Entities: Answer Mark Web[1]; Mark Webb[1];

Other categories: European Parliament;

Brussels President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has asked Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to give permission for medical experts from the European Parliament to come to Ukraine to provide medical assistance to the convicted former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko....

Kupferkabeldiebstahl bei ÖBB führt wiederholt zu Sekundärchaos

Source country dergloeckel Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:11:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] EU[1]; Kontrolle[1];

Entities: Ernest Windholz[1];

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Bus des Schienenersatzverkehrs fuhr nicht zum Bahnhof - Bahngäste zurückgelassen (Niederösterreich) Mehrfach berichteten wir seit März d. J. von Kupferkabeldiebstählen entlang der Bahnstrecke der S7 zwischen Fischamend und Wolfsthal im östlichen Niederösterreich. Am Mittwoch, den 16....

Alemania es imprescindible

Source country deutschewelle-es Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:03:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] mercados financieros[1]; UE[2];

Entities: Angela Merkel[3]; Jan Techau[2];

Other categories: EU-USA; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; External Affairs;

Cuando la discusión gira en torno a la crisis de endeudamiento en Europa, chocan las opiniones en la cumbre del G8. Pero nadie se puede permitir perder a Alemania, asegura experto europeo Jan Techau a DW....

ΕΙΔΙΚΟ ΘΕΜΑ-Τσάμπιονς Λιγκ-Η «χρυσή βίβλος» της διοργάνωσης

Source country express-gr Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:03:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] πνευματικά δικαιώματα[1]; Βρυξέλλες[4];

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Η ιδέα για τη διεξαγωγή του ήταν έμπνευση του γάλλου δημοσιογράφου της «Εκίπ», Γκαμπριέλ Ανό. Η ομάδα που έχει κατακτήσει τις περισσότερες φορές το τρόπαιο είναι η Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης (9) και ακολουθούν η Μίλαν (7), η Λίβερπουλ (5), η Μπάγερν, η Μπαρτσελόνα και ο Αγιαξ (από 4), η Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ και η Ιντερ (από 3)....

La fiducia nell’economia spagnola e italiana

Source country ruvr-it Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:02:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Banca[1]; UE[2];

Other categories: European Central Bank; EC News; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

La Spagna soffre una crisi strutturale interna che sta peggiorando a causa della situazione internazionale, in particolare, quella della Grecia. In queste circostanze l’obbiettivo principale del governo è prendere le misure necessarie per recuperare la fiducia nell’economia nazionale....

“El poderoso Grupo Bilderberg se reúne en EE. UU.”

Source country rt-es Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:00:00 AM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Bank[2]; Banco[3]; Comisión Europea[1]; bancos[3]; bancaria[1];

Entities: Tony Blair[1]; Beatriz de Holanda[1]; Richard Perle[1]; Romano Prodi[1]; Bill Clinton[2]; Thierry Meyssan[1]; Sofía de España[1]; Osama bin Laden[2]; George Herbert Walker Bush[1]; Robert Rubin[1]; Peter Sutherland[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Henry Kissinger[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[1]; Juan Carlos[2]; Robert Gibbs[1]; George Papaconstantinou[1]; Michel Chossudovsky[1]; Mario Monti[1]; George Osborne[1]; Hillary Rodham Clinton[1]; Sofía of Spain[1]; David Rockefeller[1];

Other categories: Iraq - EU; European Central Bank; EU-USA; EC News; Council President; EU - Latin America; External Relations;

Cada vez que tiene lugar una 'Reunión Bilderberg', ocurren cosas importantes. La última vez que se encontraron en Estados Unidos fue en el año electoral de 2008, y el resultado fue la victoria de Obama en las presidenciales. Este año vuelven a encontrarse en EE. UU....

Anti- Kudankulam protest in London

Source country asiantribune Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:51:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] European Parliament[1]; violation[1];

Entities: Paul Flynn[1]; Keith Taylor[1]; Mile Island[1]; Caroline Lucas[1]; John McDonnell[2]; Kate Hudson[1]; Jeremy Corbyn[1]; Manmohan Singh[1];

Other categories: Members of the European Parliament; European Parliament;

| |Share: |more: |Zoom: A A A From R. Vasudevan—Reporting from New Delhi New Delhi, 20 May (Asiantribune.com) : Carrying placards that read, “No More Chernobyls! No More Fukushimas!,” activists representing a coalition of anti-nuclear and human rights groups held a protest outside the Indian High.......

Politics › G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone

Source country japantoday Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Brussels[1]; goods[1]; Copyright[1]; bank[1]; EU[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Mitt Romney[1]; Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[1]; Yoshihiko Noda[1]; François Hollande[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Bashar Assad[1]; Michelle Obama[1];

Other categories: Financial Crisis; EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU; European Council; UN Bodies; EU-Asia; Development; Economic and Monetary Affairs; External Relations; Food Safety;

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Barack Obama said: “All of us are absolutely committed to making sure that growth and stability and fiscal consolidation are part of an overall package,”

Leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations expressed hope Saturday that Greece will remain in the eurozone as they huddled for a shirt-sleeves summit aimed at keeping Europe's economic troubles from multiplying and spreading around the world. Circling up around a table in a rustic cabin at the U....

Simić: Srbija da traži ulazak u šengensku zonu

Source country blic Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:43:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] EU[3]; postala[1];

Other categories: Serbia - EU;

Politički analitičar Predrag Simić ocenio je da bi Srbija trebalo da zatraži puni ulazak u šengensku zonu pre nego što postane članica EU....

At Summit, a Struggle for Consensus

Source country wsj-en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:41:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [Market] Brussels[1]; Copyright[1]; banks[1];

Entities: Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Lee Camp[1]; David Cameron[1]; Kofi Annan[1]; Ben Rhodes[1]; Mario Monti[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; Michael Froman[1]; Angela Merkel[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Financial Crisis; EU-USA; G20; UN Bodies; Consumers; External Relations;

Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies struggled to agree on next steps to calm the euro zone debt crisis, with consensus at a weekend summit coming more easily on ways to cushion the world from an Iranian oil embargo....

Wirtschaftskrise: Was der G-8-Gipfel in Camp David brachte

Source country BerlinMorgenpost Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:38:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Market] waren[2]; EU[3]; Produktivität[1];

Entities: Kofi Annan[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Dmitry Medvedev[1]; Barack Obama[1]; François Hollande[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: José Manuel Barroso; EU-USA; Monetary Issues EU; European Investment Bank; Council President; Economic and Monetary Affairs; Regional Policy;

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Angela Merkel sagte: „Konsolidierung und Wachstum sind zwei Seiten einer Medaille. Darüber waren sich alle einig, das ist die wichtige Botschaft“

Angela Merkel fügte: „Wir appellieren an das Regime Assad: Die Gewalt muss beendet werden.“

Die G-8-Staaten bekennen sich zu einem Sparkurs und rufen zugleich die Europäer zu einer stärkeren Konjunkturpolitik auf....

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El déficit comercial cae un 16,5% hasta marzo

Source country laprovincia Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:23:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]