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Four men, five weeks - a plan for Europe's future

Articles: 4, Last update: May 24, 2012 6:46:00 PM, Start: May 24, 2012 6:14:00 PM

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Violence against gays in Ukraine captured for whole world to see

Source country kyivpost Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:05:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)discrimination[2]; human rights[1]; non-discrimination[1]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[2];

Other categories: Discrimination;

“If you go to the police and say you were beaten up because you are gay, they will not only find a reason to open a criminal case. Also, the whole police department will gather to look at the ‘faggot.’” Police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk said law enforcers did the best they could to defend the.......

[Policy Forum] Science Policy: From “Science in Europe” to “European Science”

Source country sciencemag Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:59:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[3];

Other categories: EC News; Europe 2020; European Enterprise News; Science; European Training Foundation; Innovation; Research; Competition; Development; Research and Innovation;

Early impacts of the European Research Council suggest shifts toward competition and excellence in EU-wide basic science. Authors: Maria Nedeva, Michael Stampfer...

PNUD et Union européenne : l'exclusion des Roms persiste en Europe

Source country un-org-newscentre Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:36:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)discrimination[1]; Morten Kjaerum[1]; (EU)Union européenne[1]; UE[3];

Entities: Andrey Ivanov[1]; Morten Kjærum[1];

Other categories: EC News; Institutional Affairs; Market; Discrimination; Development; Institutional affairs;

Selon un nouveau rapport publié jeudi par l'Agence des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne (UE) et le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD), de nombreux Roms continuent à faire l'objet de discriminations et d'exclusion sociale dans l'ensemble de l'Union....

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

World in Ukraine. Swedish ambassador: Yanukovych has not lived up to expectations

Source country kyivpost Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:20:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[1]; integration[3]; (EU)European Union[3]; EU[5];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Viktor Yanukovich[1]; Stefan Gullgren[3];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; EU Russia; Customs; Enlargement; Fight against fraud;

Meet Sweden's top diplomat in Ukraine: Stefan Gullgren As Ukraine’s relationship with the European Union hits new depths, it will need all the friends it can get to repair the strains. One of the nation’s strongest allies within the EU has been Sweden, a Scandinavian nation of around nine million.......

Football : les damnés des stades

Source country jeuneafrique Thursday, May 24, 2012 7:39:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)racisme[1]; (EU)Union européenne[1];

Other categories: Serbia - EU; Fight against Fraud; Employment and Social Affairs; Fight against fraud;

Corruption, racisme, violence...Le syndicat international des joueurs professionnels de football dénonce les dérives dont de nombreux pays sont le théatre. Surtout en Europe de l'Est....

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Serbia’s presidential election: The gravedigger’s victory

Source country economist Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:39:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[2]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Braca Grubacic[1]; Ivica Dacic[1]; Tomislav Nikolic[1]; Dragan Djilas[1]; Boris Tadic[1];

Other categories: Serbia - EU; Enlargement;

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Boris Tadic told: “See you in some other movie,”

SERBIA has a new president. In a run-off poll on May 20th Serbs elected Tomislav Nikolic, who was running for the presidency for the third time. He is sometimes known as “The Gravedigger” because he once ran municipal cemeteries.Mr Nikolic’s election has electrified the country’s political elite....

FINANCE: Europe at 'crucial moment', ECB president cautions

Source country france24-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:33:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[2]; (EU)EU[11];

Entities: Markus Huber[1]; Michael Hewson[1]; Jennifer McKeown[2]; Mario Draghi[1]; François Hollande[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2]; Christian Schulz[1];

Other categories: EU-USA; Banking - Financial Services; Council President; European Central Bank; European Investment Bank; Monetary Issues EU; Market; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi warned Thursday that Europe was at a “crucial moment” if it wanted to save the euro as fears over the eurozone debt crisis mounted upon news that businesses had hit a near three-year low....

‘Closing the doors of learning’ (to Israel) opens the doors of freedom

Source country pambazuka Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Jewish[1]; human rights[1]; racist[2]; fundamental rights[1]; Migrant[1]; immigration[1]; refugee[1]; racism[2]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Gush Shalom[1]; Peter Beinart[1]; Nelson Mandela[1]; Benjamin Netanyahu[1]; Eli Yishai[1]; Omar Barghouti[1]; Julian Assange[1]; Geoff Budlender[1]; David Ben-Gurion[1];

Other categories: Conflict; UN Bodies; EU-Asia; Justice, freedom and security;

2012-05-23 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/marisseay/5440088004/The academic activists who have raised the stakes by educating South Africa about solidarity ethics will hopefully continue to 'terrorise' the Israeli apartheid regime....

MEPs condemn homophobia in eastern Europe

Source country euobserver Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)discrimination[1]; social exclusion[1]; fundamental rights[1]; (EU)EU[5];

Entities: Marije Cornelissen[1]; Catherine Ashton[1]; Viviane Reding[1]; Michael Cashman[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[1];

Other categories: Council President; Viviane Reding; Members of the European Parliament; EU Russia; Catherine Ashton; Discrimination; European Parliament; EU Foreign Affairs Representative; Justice, freedom and security;

"The European Parliament strongly condemns any discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender indentity," it said in a non-legislative resolution adopted on Thursday (24 May). "[Parliament] strongly regrets that, in the EU, the fundamental rights of LGBT [lesbian, gay, bi- and.......

Azerbaijani lobbyists target EU opinion

Source country euobserver Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:31:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[4]; Human Rights[1]; (EU)EU[7];

Entities: Ali Hasanov[1]; Elmar Brok[1]; Monica Macovei[1]; Ilham Aliyev[1]; Patton Boggs[1]; Vytautas Landsbergis[1];

Other categories: Members of the European Parliament; Society;

from 2010. a leaked US embassy cable It is being "consistently persecute[d]" by NGOs Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in the run-up to Eurovision 2012 this weekend - according to Ali Hasanov, the head of the Azerbaijan presidential administration socio-political department....

Serbia: Nikolic, first official visit to Brussels

Source country ansamed Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:30:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[3];

Entities: Miroslav Lajcak[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Vojislav Seselj[1]; Vuk Jeremic[1]; Tomislav Nikolic[1];

Other categories: EC News; EU Russia; Serbia - EU; European Training Foundation; Enlargement; External Relations;

(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, MAY 24 - The first official visit of Serbia's new president Tomislav Nikolic will take him to Brussels, but after he is sworn in. The date on which he will take the oath has not been scheduled yet, but may be June 9, the day the new parliament holds its first meeting....

Monti ai giovani: 'Priorità del governo'

Source country ansa Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:23:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Roma[2]; ROMA[1]; (EU)UE[1];

Entities: Mario Draghi[7]; Ignazio Visco[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: Market; European economy; European Central Bank;

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Mario Monti prosegue: "Siete una delle nostre priorità - (\*) - l'ho detto il 17 novembre, il giorno dopo il 16, ovvero quando vi ho consultati"

ROMA - "Non siete soli. Il governo, qualsiasi, non solo quello attuale, ha il dovere morale e giuridico di sostenere le vostre aspirazioni". Lo afferma il premier Mario Monti rivolgendosi ai giovani al Forum nazionale dei giovani di Roma. "Siete una delle nostre priorità - prosegue Monti - l'ho.......

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Four men, five weeks - a plan for Europe's future

Source country reuters Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:14:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[8]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[8];

Entities: Rex Merrifield[1]; Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Jan Strupczewski[1]; Mario Draghi[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Herman Van Rompuy[2]; Gavin Jones[1]; Jeremy Gaunt[1];

Other categories: EC News; Council President; José Manuel Barroso; European Central Bank; Monetary Issues EU; Market; European Council; Taxation;

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Mario Draghi said: "We have reached a point in which the process of European integration needs a courageous leap of political imagination in order to survive,"

Mario Draghi said: "Euro zone governments must define in a common and irreversible way their vision of the political and economic foundation that will support the euro,"

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders have given the bloc's four most powerful officials a little over a month to come up with a clearer template for euro zone integration, a pitch to persuade voters and markets that the euro has staying power....

Immigration et discrimination : Amnesty a le gouvernement à l'œil

Source country nouvelobs Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:14:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Immigration[1]; discrimination[3]; (EU)Union Européenne[1]; UE[1];

Entities: Patrick Delouvin[1]; François Hollande[3];

Other categories: Discrimination; Anti-discrimination; Market; Liberties;

Dans son rapport annuel, l'ONG dénonce notamment la discrimination subie par les Roms et les musulmans. Interview du directeur du pôle France....

Evidon and DoubleVerify Announce The Industry's First Integrated Pri..

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:00:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[3]; (EU)EU[3];

Other categories: All Media; Consumers; EU-Asia; Consumers;

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | Business Wire ] May 24, 2012 09:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time Evidon and DoubleVerify Announce The Industry's First Integrated Privacy and Ad Verification Solution * Evidon plugs into DoubleVerify's measurement platform to become its exclusive provider of compliance services.......

The EU's Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives

Source country nieuwsbank Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:00:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[3]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[21];

Entities: Mercedes Bresso[5]; Franz Schausberger[2]; Stefano Sannino[3]; Peter Sørensen[1]; Vjekoslav Bevanda[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; European Parliament Political Groups; EC News; European Parliament; European Training Foundation; Committee of the Regions; Development; Enlargement; Institutional affairs;

[ Donderdag 24 mei 2012 | European Union ] Mercedes Bresso calls on Bosnia and Herzegovina to combine functional state institutions with local democracy on the way to the EU...

European Parliament Says Decriminalization Political Decisions Necessary Condition For Signing Ukraine-EU Association Agreement

Source country ukranews Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:44:00 PM CEST | info

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[2]; (EU)European Union[4];

Entities: Iouri Loutsenko[1]; Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; All-Ukrainian Association[1];

Other categories: European Parliament; Human rights;

(15:15, Thursday, May 24, 2012) The European Parliament believes that reform of the Penal Code to decriminalize political decisions is a necessary condition for signing the association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. The European Parliament adopted the relevant resolution at a session....

Tax and financial havens: a threat to the EU's internal market

Source country egovmonitor Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:40:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)trafficking[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[2];

Entities: Bernardo Hernández[1];

Other categories: Institutional Affairs; European Economic and Social Committee; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Consumers; Market; Consumers; Institutional affairs; Internal Market; Taxation;

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Bernardo Hernández concluded: "The most serious crimes such as murder, extortion, arms and drugs trafficking or the trafficking of women and children are quite often backed by the so-called tax havens. Because of ethical and economic reasons, the European Union should take a tough stance against this current form of fiscal piracy"

Tax and financial havens quite often cover up laundered money gained not only by legal means, but also from crime and economic offences, such as tax evasion and corruption. The increasing disruption caused to the functioning of the internal market triggered the EESC to endorse an own-initiative.......

European parliament adopts resolution on Ukraine

Source country forum-ua-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[1]; minority rights[1]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[1];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1];

Other categories: European Parliament;

In its resolution adopted on May 24 the European Parliament has called on the Ukrainian authorities to release "figures imprisoned on political grounds."The EP "reaffirms its concerns about the judicial proceedings against former and current high...

Eurozone strains intensify as crisis faces 'critical moment'

Source country eubusiness Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:24:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)integration[2]; (EU)EU[11];

Entities: Markus Huber[1]; Michael Hewson[1]; Jennifer McKeown[2]; Mario Draghi[1]; François Hollande[1]; Angela Merkel[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2]; Christian Schulz[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU; European Central Bank; EU-USA; Banking - Financial Services; Council President; European Investment Bank; Market; Economic and Monetary Affairs;

Eurozone tensions rose Thursday after grim news on the economic outlook and as investors sought safety in Germany on growing doubts over Greece's future after an EU summit failed to produce a remedy....

UE: los gitanos como diagnóstico

Source country ruvr-es Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:07:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Morten Kjaerum[1]; (EU)UE[10];

Entities: Anders Behring Breivik[1]; Morten Kjærum[1]; Vladislav Belov[1];

Other categories: EU Russia; Discrimination; EC News; Market; UN Bodies; Foreign and Security Policy; Human rights; Justice, freedom and security;

Las condiciones habitacionales de los gitanos en los países miembros de la UE ceden sensiblemente a los correspondientes índices de otros pueblos que viven en su vecindad....

MEPs overwhelmingly back resolution on gay rights

Source country theparliament Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:47:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)discrimination[2]; (EU)EU[2];

Entities: David Cameron[1]; Michael Cashman[1];

Other categories: Discrimination; EU Russia; EC News;

Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to condemn homophobic laws and discrimination in Europe...

Le parole (dette e non dette) di Squinzi a Confindustria

Source country bresciaoggi Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:44:00 PM CEST | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Roma[3]; (EU)Unione Europea[1];

Entities: Giorgio Napolitano[1]; Mario Draghi[1]; Federico Caffè[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: European Central Bank;

L'articolo 18 grande assente dalla relazione del neopresidente...

No EU Deal with Ukraine in Sight - France

Source country rian-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:34:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[1]; integration[1]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[3];

Entities: Bernard Valéro[1]; Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: Council President; EU Russia; External Relations; Human rights;

The European Union is not considering an association agreement with Ukraine over what it regards as political persecution in the country, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Thursday....

EU not considering association agreement with Ukraine

Source country panarmenian-en Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:27:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[1]; integration[1]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[3];

Entities: Yulia Tymoshenko[1]; Bernard Valéro[1]; Herman Van Rompuy[2];

Other categories: Council President; EU Russia; External Relations; Human rights;

“The human rights situation in Ukraine, in particular political trials, arouses serious concern within the EU,” Bernard Valero said....

Putin Backs Huge Fines for Protesters, Czech Teenager Made Up Roma Attack

Source country tol Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:26:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)Romani[1]; Roma[4]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Leonid Tibilov[1]; Alexei Navalny[1]; Sergei Udaltsov[1]; Sergei Mironov[1]; Vladimir Putin[1]; Alla Dzhioyeva[1];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; EU Russia; Terrorist Attack; Fight against fraud;

Plus, Bosnia’s Brcko striking out on its own and mass antelope deaths mystify Kazakhstan....

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

Press release - No EU cash for undemocratic neighbours

Source country europarl Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:58:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)human rights[3]; (EU)EU[7];

Other categories: Fight against Fraud; Society; Serbia - EU; Fight against fraud;

Plenary sessions : Emergency financial assistance from the EU for cash-strapped neighbours must depend on respect for human rights and democracy, said Parliament on Thursday. MEPs also oppose plans to cut Parliament out of future decisions on granting this aid. Source : © European Union, 2012 - EP...

Latvia and Lithuania mentioned in European Parliament resolution against homophobia

Source country baltic-course Thursday, May 24, 2012 3:37:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Trigger words: [FRA-EU] (FRA)discrimination[1]; minorities[3]; (EU)EU[1];

Other categories: Discrimination; European Parliament; EU Russia;

European Union (EU) members must become an example as countries which clamp down on homophobia, according to a resolution passed by the European Parliament today....

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