Monday, 15 December 2008

WSJ(12/13) EU Backs Emissions Proposal
Alibaba News Channel - New York,NEW YORK,USA
On another contentious issue, EU leaders agreed to concessions that open the way for Ireland to hold a new referendum on an EU institutional reform. ...
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Czech government's survival at stake during EU stint
EurActiv - Brussels,Belgium
He reiterated that the agreement with the coalition over the EU presidency was conditional on the ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty, designed to reform ...
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Irish gov't minister held at gunpoint in robbery
The Associated Press
... spokesman on Ireland's future in the European Union — a prominent role given Ireland's referendum decision last year to reject the EU reform treaty. ...
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Hürriyet
Alternative status back on the agenda for Turkey
Hürriyet - Turkey
Swoboda said the groundwork for this formula should start simultaneously with negotiations for Croatia’s accession treaty, set to start in early 2009. ...
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European Democracy
By Kevin Ward(Kevin Ward)
I would, therefore, propose a fourth option - root and branch reform of the EU and its institutions no matter how painful. If this is the state of European Democracy, something that is meant to be an example to world, where we force ...
Citizen Ward - http://citizenward.blogspot.com/
Shane Coleman - A lesson from teachers on the real meaning of irony
Then, when we have overtaken the rest of the EU and no more structural fund money is forthcoming, we decide "thanks very much, we don't want any more of that Europe stuff and you can stick your Lisbon Treaty up the nearest butter ...
Sunday tribune articles for 'News' - http://www.tribune.ie/section/news/

Czechs learn to live with risk, seek better insurance
This week, the European Parliament (EP) may give a further boost to the European Union’s insurance market regulation by casting a positive vote on the Solvency II EU directive, but experts say the key for Czech market development—fast ...
Czech Business Weekly - online... - http://www.cbw.cz/