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Alistair Darling digs in on EU directive

telegraph Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:24:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) president[1]; Spanish[1]; EU[5]; presidency[1]; Spanish presidency[1];

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Entities: Gordon Brown[1]; Timothy F Geithner[1]; Alistair Darling[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1];

Other categories: ECOFIN; Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Market; Economic Crisis - Internal Market;

Chancellor Alistair Darling has provoked the ire of Brussels after declaring Britain would not bend to protectionist ideology ahead of Tuesday's crucial EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting....

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EU develops bailout options for Greece

irish-news Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:38:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) Spanish[1]; EU[8]; European Commission[1]; presidency[1]; Spanish presidency[1];

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Entities: Amadeu Altafaj Tardio[2]; Cristina Gallach[1]; Amadeu Altafaj[1]; Olli Rehn[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank; Financial Crisis; EC News; Budget (general); Olli Rehn; Monetary Issues EU; Market;

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Cristina Gallach said: "There are intensive consultations on a bilateral basis in case Greece needs support for a special loan guarantee that a number of countries could come to provide,"

The EU has developed a set of options to help Greece overcome its financial crisis, which has unsettled the euro currency and markets globally, officials said today....

EU develops Greece bailout options

channel4news Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:30:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) Spanish[1]; EU[4]; presidency[1]; Spanish presidency[1];

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Entities: Cristina Gallach[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; Financial Crisis;

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Cristina Gallach said: "There are intensive consultations on a bilateral basis in case Greece needs support for a special loan guarantee that a number of countries could come to provide,"

The EU has developed a set of options to help Greece overcome its financial crisis, which has unsettled the euro currency and markets globally, officials said. But Athens will have to arrange for possible loan guarantees with individual EU governments, they said....

Ashton to push for resumption of Israel-Palestine peace talks

euobserver Saturday, March 13, 2010 7:00:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Miguel Angel Moratinos[1]; Carl Bildt[1]; Alexander Stubb[1]; Benjamin Netanyahu[1];

"We know the solution lies in their negotiation: I believe the time is right to do that while things are quite calm comparatively." The EU's top diplomat is travelling to the region just as plans for indirect talks between the two sides have been put in doubt after Israel gave the go-ahead for plans.......

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Turkey calls for more active EU foreign policy

euobserver Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:59:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) Spanish[1]; European Union[1]; EU[13]; presidency[1];

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Entities: Miguel Angel Moratinos[1]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

Other categories: Economic Forecasting-EU; Turkey-EU;

Today @ 14:26 CET EUOBSERVER / IVALO - Turkey has urged the European Union to seek more influence in the South Caucasus and the Middle East, regions where Ankara already considers itself to be a major player. Speaking on Saturday (13 March) ahead of an informal meeting with seven of his EU.......

EU's Ashton to push for revival of Middle East peace talks - Summary

earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:15:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Miguel Angel Moratinos[2]; Catherine Ashton[1]; Carl Bildt[1]; Alexander Stubb[1]; Benjamin Netanyahu[1];

Other categories: EU Foreign Affairs Representative; EU Russia; Turkey-EU; Catherine Ashton;

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Carl Bildt said: "It's now up to the Israeli government to really prove that they want the peace that is essential,"

Saariselka, Finland - The European Union's foreign-policy director, Catherine Ashton, said Saturday that she will push for a restart of peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians when she travels to the region in the comin......

Spain hopes to accelerate Turkey's EU talks, minister says

earthtimes Saturday, March 13, 2010 2:15:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) Spanish[2]; European Union[1]; presidencies[1]; EU[6]; presidency[2]; Spanish presidency[1];

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Entities: Miguel Angel Moratinos[2]; Ahmet Davutoglu[1];

Other categories: Food Safety (general); Turkey-EU;

Saariselka, Finland - Spain intends to accelerate Turkey's talks on joining the European Union by opening negotiations on four more legal areas by the end of June, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Saturday. Spain currently holds t......

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One man's coal pit is another's symbol of EU integration

independent Saturday, March 13, 2010 1:30:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Magna Carta[1]; Edward Heath[1]; Margaret Thatcher[1]; Androulla Vasiliou[1]; Robert Schuman[2];

Other categories: EU Foreign Affairs Representative; European Parliament; External Affairs; EC News; Androulla Vassiliou; Catherine Ashton;

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Androulla Vasiliou said: "The cost of setting up this initiative ... is to our mind small compared with the potential educational and tourist benefits,"

Here is your €900,000 question. What do the Acropolis, a former student hostel in Madrid and the Boris Christoff music centre in Bulgaria have in common? Answer: They are all, according to the European Commission, key sites in European history and culture and, therefore, places which symbolise the.......

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Spain seeks to defuse tension with Venezuela over ETA link - Summary

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 5:08:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) Spanish[4]; European Union[1]; President[1];

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Entities: Jon Anza[1]; Eloy Velasco[1]; María Teresa Fernández de la Vega[4];

Madrid - Portuguese police have detained a suspected member of the militant Basque separatist group ETA who was trying to fly to Venezuela from Lisbon, police and immigration sources said Friday. The arrest came less than two weeks after a Spanish ju......

News in Brief Published on 11/01/2007

LBdailystar Friday, March 12, 2010 4:17:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (SpanishPresidencyEU) president[1]; Spanish[1]; European Union[1]; EC[1]; European Commission's[1]; President[1];

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Entities: Higher Judicial Council[2]; Mahmoud Abbas[1]; Fouad Siniora[1]; Pierre Gemayel[1]; Nayla Muawad[1]; Nasrallah Sfeir[1]; Charles Rizk[1]; Alain Pellegrini[1]; Abbas Zaki[1];

Other categories: Security; Peace Keeping; Echo;

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Abbas Zaki said: "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intends to visit Lebanon, and Siniora welcomed that probable visit," "The visit may be determined by next week"

Rizk recommends Bulbul in Gemayel case Justice Minister Charles Rizk sent the Higher Judicial Council his recommendation on Wednesday to name Judge Imad Bulbul as investigating magistrate into the murder of former Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, slain last November in the Beirut suburb of Jdeideh....

Franco-British rift emerges ahead of EU decision on hedge fund laws

earthtimes Friday, March 12, 2010 4:07:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Gordon Brown[1]; Timothy F Geithner[1]; Michel Barnier[1]; Nicolas Sarkozy[1]; Timothy Geithner-to[1];

Other categories: DG Taxation & Customs Union; Financial Crisis; EU Territories; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Michel Barnier; Monetary Issues EU; Market;

Brussels - The European Union was struggling Friday to find a unified position on regulating hedge funds ahead of a key meeting of finance ministers, as a rift emerged between France and Britain. The council of EU finance ministers - Ecofin - is set ......

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