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EU Parliament: Conservatives Score Wins On Message Of Economic Recovery

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

LONDON — A volatile mix of apathy, anger and economic uncertainty translated into gains for extreme-right parties in European parliamentary elec...

Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting

AP | CONSTANT BRAND and ROBERT WIELAARD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRUSSELS — Conservatives scored victories in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as voters punished left-leaning parties in European parli...

EU Leaders Brace Themselves For Election Embarrassment

Financial Times | Tony Barber | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

European governments braced themselves for electoral embarrassment on Sunday as recession-hit voters turned to protest parties or failed to cast ballo...

EU Guantanamo Breakthrough: Europe Expects To Take 'Several Dozen' Detainees

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

LUXEMBOURG — European Union countries are likely to take in "several dozen" former prisoners from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, a...

Italy's Iran Visit Will Break With EUP Policy Of Shunning High-Level Contact

Financial Times | Guy Dinmore | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Franco Frattini, Italy's foreign minister, plans to break with European Union policy of shunning high-level contact with Iran by flying to Tehran on W...

EU Intel Fine and New DoJ Antitrust Ambiguity Hurts America's Crown Jewel Tech Companies

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Gary Shapiro

I am sad to see one of America's greatest technology companies saddled with a record-setting $1.4 billion fine, a payment which will simply fund the E...

The Thinking Revolution

Scott Diel | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Scott Diel

Estonians just might be the most skeptical people on earth: they have sayings like "Hope is the comfort of the stupid" and "Crying always follows laughter."

EU Bans Seal Imports, Takes Aim At Canada's Seal Hunt

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

STRASBOURG, France — The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban imports of seal products, including fur coats and even some ome...

Macedonian Election Winner Pledges End to Name Dispute With Greece

VOA News | Stefan Bos | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The man who has won Macedonia's presidential elections has pledged to solve a dispute with Greece over his country's name, which has delayed its entry...

Obama's Trip to Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Vivian Norris

Eight years after Bush ignored protesters at the EU meeting in Goethenberg, Obama is arriving in Europe for the London G20 talks. One thing is for sure...this time the leaders need to listen.

EU vs US Food Fight Obama's First Foreign Policy Test?

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Meathead

Roquefort is an odd target since the Euro ban is on all US beef. The wonderful blue veined sheep cheese comes only from the area around the small town of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.

Israel Rejects Revised Durban II Draft

Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

A senior Foreign Ministry source said Wednesday that Israel rejects the latest draft of the closing statement for the "Durban 2" anti-racism conferenc...

Obama, Europe At Odds Over Fixing Economy

Spiegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

As the global economic downturn worsens, the industrialized nations are at odds over how to fight the crisis. Obama wants the Europeans to introduce a...

Greenpeace Blocks Main EU Building In Protest

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Wearing yellow and blue ponchos and bearing banners saying "Save the climate" and "Bail out the planet," 340 activists from 20 countries participated ...

Climate Deniers Gather In Times Square

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

This week, more than 600 people have gathered in New York for the International Conference on Climate Change. But it may not be what you think -- it's...

The EU's Political Deficit

Max Bergmann | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Max Bergmann

The crisis Europe now faces is due, in no small measure, to the EU's failings over the last decade to consolidate and strengthen its political union.

Angela Merkel Rejects Bailout Plan For Eastern EU Nations

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRUSSELS — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU leaders flatly rejected a new multibillion euro (dollar) bailout for eastern Europe on S...

EU leaders back sweeping financial regulations

AP | PATRICK McGROARTY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

BERLIN — European leaders mounted a united front against the global financial crisis Sunday, proposing sweeping new market regulations, but it r...

Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union

AP | CONSTANT BRAND | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BRUSSELS — The Czech Republic's leader has long been one of the most strident critics of the European Union, blasting the bloc with withering at...

Sarkozy Disparages Gordon Brown's Response To Economic Crisis

The Independent | Andrew Woodstock | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Nicolas Sarkozy has sparked a cross-Channel diplomatic row after disparaging Gordon Brown's response to the economic crisis on French TV. In a 90-min...

Trade War Brewing Over Obama's "Buy American" Policy

Huffington Post via The Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

The Times (UK) reports on a brewing trade war between the EU and the US over President Obama's "Buy American" remarks: The European Union warned the ...

EU Officials Warn Against US Protectionist "Buy American" Bill

Deutsche Welle | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The United States will not get away with expanding a "Buy American" protectionist measures as part of its economic rescue plan, European Union officia...

Iceland To Be Fast-Tracked To EU Membership

Guardian | Ian Traynor | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

celand will be put on a fast track to joining the European Union to rescue the small Arctic state from financial collapse amid rising expectations tha...

Which EU States Will Offer Home To Ex-Gitmo Inmates?

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

DUBLIN, Ireland — Across Europe, President Barack Obama's decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay prison has raised an awkward question: Which EU st...

Afghanistan Expanding Health Sector With $78 Million Pledge

Quqnoos.com | Quqnoos.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

The $78 million agreement for the expansion of health facilities was signed between the ministry of health and two private institutions today. The ...