Thursday, 11 September 2008



Newsletter 2008/09/09 - Contested Gulf


BERLIN/LUANDA/BEIJING (Own report) - The continuous loss of status in
favor of Beijing in the struggle for Africa's raw materials is the
focus of the ambassador's conference that began Monday, Sept. 8. As
announced by the Chinese Ministry of Trade, the People's Republic of
China will have a fifty-percent increase in trade with Africa this
year. This - with its continuously strong rate of growth - doubles the
German-African trade volume, which is practically stagnating.


The New EU Health Claims Regulation: Tightened Rules For ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
Companies which produce and market foodstuffs in the EU need to understand the new rules, which are mandated by European Commission Regulation no. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The expression "European Economic Area" means the European Union, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. The expression "Member State of the European Economic ...
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Lack of information main reason for Irish EU rebuff: study
EUbusiness (press release) - Richmond,England,UK
(DUBLIN) - Lack of information was the main reason the Irish people delivered a shock referendum rejection of the EU's reform treaty, Foreign Minister ...
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Czech PM says may change law if needed for
Hemscott - London,UK
PRAGUE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic should amend the country's constitution if a court says it is needed to ratify the EU's reform treaty, ...
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EU can enlarge without Lisbon
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
... of the accession to the EU of Croatia, Macedonia and possibly Turkey as a problem caused by Ireland's rejection of the Reform Treaty on June 12. ...
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Topolánek admits constitution change because of Lisbon treaty
Prague Daily Monitor - Prague,Czech Republic
... he will support a change in the Czech constitution if this helped solve a possible disharmony between the constitution and the EU Lisbon reform treaty. ...
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Lack of understanding 'main reason' for Lisbon No
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
The poll also demonstrated a poor level of knowledge among the voters about the EU and the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. A total of 33 per cent of the ...
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Hungarian site holds 'global' vote in US presidential race
AFP -
After Ireland rejected a European Union treaty on reform -- which must be ratified by all 27 bloc members to pass -- in a June referendum, Rosta thought the ...
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EU must demonstrate 'leadership' in Bosnia, international envoy says
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
"The international community and the EU in particular needs to define what it expects from any agreement" on constitutional reform in Bosnia, he said. ...
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Serbian parliament ratifies SAA, Russian gas deal
Southeast European Times - MD,USA
The EU and Serbia signed the SAA on April 29th, but the 27-member bloc immediately suspended the treaty pending Belgrade's full co-operation with The Hague ...
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Toward a 21st Century Relationship between Asia and America ...
By Britannia Radio(Britannia Radio)
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Transatlantic Trends 2008 report
By Vitaliy
This is especially important at a time when questions remain about the European Union as a global actor after Ireland’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty on institutional reform. Turkey has pulled back from the brink of a crisis with the ...
The 8th Circle - http://the8thcircle.com
Survey Finds Europe Wary of Russia, Supportive of NATO
By SC&A(SC&A)
Sixty-two percent of Europeans said they were worried by Russia's behavior toward its neighbors, slightly up from last year, while support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization rose five percentage points to 57%. ...
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The crisis of the post-Cold War European order
The Lisbon treaty unblocked the EU reform agenda and allowed Brussels to concentrate on building an EU-centered European order that would guarantee the coexistence of the EU's post-modern empire and post-imperial Russia without hurting ...
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