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Ukraines European Choice is Irrevocable - Head of EU Delegation
KYIV, Ukraine, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The powerful pro-European civil movement in Ukraine made the country's European choice irrevocable, stated the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski at the celebration of Europe Days in Kyiv. The diplomat highlighted that the signing of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement required efforts from both - authorities and the civil ...
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Mobile data is a luxury good in southern Europe
Telefnica’s dismal results for the beginning of 2013 show serious weakness in southern Europe. Today, Vodafone reported its worst annual fall in service ...
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St Peters Basilica protester blasts Italys social massacre
24/11/2012 15:07 CET An Italian beach resort manager has been spending a second day perched on a ledge of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican demanding the end to what he calls Italy’s social ';massacre'; and ';political horror show';. It is the third time in a year that Marcello De Finizio has climbed the dome to protest against the government and EU-imposed ...
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Joint probe into Russias Eurovision votes stolen in Azerbaijan
17/05/2013 11:07 CET Russia and Azerbaijan are joining forces to investigate a Eurovision scandal that saw votes for Russia’s entry vanish. Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as ';outrageous'; the revelations by Azerbaijan that although its country’s voters had put Dina Garipova’s ballad second, she got ';nul points'; instead of ...
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Austria says peackeepers may quit Golan if EU arms rebels
EU arms embargo - doing so, minister Gerald Klug told Reuters, would rob Austrian troops of their neutrality in a Syrian conflict that has already seen foreign peacekeepers come under fire and some even held hostage. He stopped short of saying an end to the EU arms ban would automatically prompt the departure of the 380 Austrian soldiers. But their withdrawal after four decades keeping the ...
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India Switzerland pact soon to boost healthcare ties
Bullion traders say the refining of these impure gold bars will be a new line of business in India and jewellers may also look at setting up refineries to ensure a steady supply of the ...
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European stocks close higher London beats 13-year peak
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets closed on an upbeat note on Tuesday as London recorded a new 13-year high amid stimulus policies from top world central banks and a barrage of company results, dealers said.Eyes were also on Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress on Wednesday on the US economic outlook."Global equity markets have held their levels this morning, ...
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WRAPUP 1-EU and U.S. not coordinating on China solar dispute
By Daniel Bases and Doug Palmer Tue May 21, 2013 1:37pm EDT May 21 (Reuters)- NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Europe and the United States both said on Tuesday they were not holding coordinated talks to negotiate an end to a trade dispute with China over the dumping of solar panels onto their respective markets. The European Union has until June 5 to decide whether to impose duties averaging 47 percent on ...
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Spain backs sending weapons to Syria rebels for defense
Spain said Tuesday it favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" -- that could include weapons to help protect the ...
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Montanier to leave Sociedad to take Rennes reins
Philippe Montanier, whose Real Sociedad de Ftbol side occupy a UEFA Champions League qualifying spot in Spain, will become coach of Stade Rennais FC on 1 ...
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Bank of Canadas Carney says Europe needs big reforms
Reuters © Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney (L) speaks to the President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi as they pose for a group photograph at the G7 Finance Ministers meeting in Aylesbury, southern England May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Alastair ...
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Spain’s Benat Intxausti wins Giro stage 16
The pack pedals through mountain landscape during the 16th stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, from Valloire, France, to Ivrea, Italy, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Fabio ...
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European watchdog unveils caps for bank bonuses
EU regulators confirmed on Tuesday they will cap bonuses of bankers earning more than EUR500,000 a year and added other conditions to make the pay ceiling harder to smash.The headline figure was leaked last Friday, triggering warnings by banks in the European Union that they may lose staff to other parts of the world, and that London, the bloc's top financial centre, could be ...
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European Parliament set to add Irish to website
The European Parliament appears to be set to produce an Irish language version of its website. It is currently the only one of the EU's 23 official languages not used. The move follows a meeting between a delegation of Irish MEPs and European Parliament President Martin Schulz today. It is understood the decision will formally be made at a meeting of the European Parliament's Bureau ...
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Germanys SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average ...
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Austria adopts bank insolvency law
The Austrian government adopted a draft bank insolvency law on Tuesday that would give the state more powers to intervene early at struggling lenders. This would allow the government to head off worse problems that could require taxpayer support.The draft legislation being sent to parliament would let regulators force ailing banks to sell assets, cut risks or raise ...
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Russia’s Yekaterinburg needs to win over 80 votes to host EXPO 2020
MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - More than 80 votes are needed for Russia to have its city of Yekaterinburg win a bid to host EXPO-2020, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told journalists on ...
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Russia allows 90 Georgian wines on its market
ST. PETERSBURG, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Ninety Georgian wines have been allowed on the Russian market, Russian chief sanitary doctor and head of the federal consumer rights protection authority Gennady Onishchenko said on ...
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Finnair Cargo Expands Air Freight Capacity for Brussels Tokyo
will add more air freight capacity to and from Brussels, starting June 6.In addition to the MD-11 freighter service between Helsinki and Brussels on Saturdays and Sundays, Finnair's passenger flight to and from Brussels on Thursday mornings will now be flown with an Airbus A340 aircraft."This enables us to offer fast transport between Central Europe and Asia also for large ...
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Russia probes Moscow terror attack ‘plot’
Russia was Tuesday set to question the sole survivor of a deadly police raid outside Moscow that authorities said had prevented a major attack in the capital.The operation in the Moscow region town of Orekhovo-Zuyevo took place shortly after twin car bombs killed four and injured more than 40 in the Dagestan region, a province bordering Chechnya to the east."The decisive actions of the law ...
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Vatican denies video footage shows pope exorcism
In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man on Sunday, May 19, 2013, after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed and shook, and then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him. The television station of the Italian bishops' conference said it had surveyed ...
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Notre Dame cathedral evacuated as far right activist shoots himself in the mouth
Nicolas Bertin - 21 May 2013 POLICE evacuated Paris' Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday after a well-known far-right former activist committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth in front of its main altar, a police source ...
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UK police investigate 54 cases of child grooming gangs
Trevor Mason - 21 May 2013 More than 50 alleged child grooming gangs are being investigated in the ongoing police crackdown on sexual abuse, peers were told ...
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Diarmuid Gavin rubbishes Chelsea Flower Show
The Dubliner is not exhibiting in the annual show this year, but he is acting as commentator for television stations.Diarmuid (right) said he was bitterly disappointed after the exhibition opened yesterday. "It's dull. It is unbelievable," he said. "I've been coming to Chelsea since 1995. Chelsea is always exciting, it's always quite brilliant. "(This year) ...
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Passenger plane makes safe emergency landing in Ukraine
A Russian ATR-42 turboprop passenger plane made an emergency landing early Tuesday at Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine without casualties, local authorities said.The UTair airline-operated plane, en route from Donetsk to Moscow, encountered a technical problem shortly after taking off, and made a safe emergency landing at 6.30 a.m. local time (0330 GMT), the Donetsk airport press service ...
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Denmark's Russian relationship
Danish relations with Russia have existed for several centuries, with the first recorded diplomatic relations dating from 1493, when King Hans and Ivan III signed a treaty aimed at planning an offensive against Sweden and Lithuania. Since then the relations between the two countries have grown closer, frayed, become tense, reconciled and stagnated at different points throughout the history of their respective political development.
Denmark and Russia have always been economically and politically important to one another though. Denmark, since the end of the Cold War, has acted as a bridge between the east and west, and during much of the tumultuous politics of the post-war and Cold War period, remained largely neutral in many affairs concerning Russia. In 1939 the country refused to support measures to expel Russia from the then-League of Nations, and resisted attempts by Nordic countries to set up a defense alliance for the region. Read more
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