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telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - Nov 12, 2008
One of the most senior Conservatives in the European Parliament has been asked to repay more than £500000 in wrongly claimed expenses and has been ejected from the Conservative Party by David Cameron.
Also tagged: conservatives, expenses, david cameron, mep, den dover
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Nov 12, 2008
Brussels, Nov 12 (DPA) The European Commission Wednesday proposed tough rules designed to improve the functioning of credit rating agencies (CRAs), whose misjudgements were partly to blame for the global financial …
Also tagged: uncategorized, lehman brothers, subprime mortgage crisis, credit rating agencies, charlie mccreevy, market confidence, global financial crisis, global standards, financial summit, strict conditions
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Nov 12, 2008
Brussels, Nov 12 (IANS) A British Member of the European Parliament (EP) has deplored an EP ruling denying a delegation of Sikhs wearing ceremonial kirpan entry into parliament as security risk and has launched a …
Also tagged: world, sikhs, palace of westminster, sikh religion, parliamentary authorities, religious symbol, british member, liberal democrat mep, lyz, parliamentary group
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Nov 4, 2008
BUCHAREST, Romania -- In recent days, this once-booming country has been pounded by aftershocks from the global financial crisis. Speculators have attacked the local currency, the leu, betting that it would plunge in …
Also tagged: europe, european union, italy, france, germany, financial, bulgaria, ukraine, spain, austria, united kingdom, romania, hungary, iceland, oxford, eastern europe, crisis, harvard university, leaves, bucharest, traian basescu, international monetary fund, goldman sachs group inc, baltic states, reeling, ilie serbanescu, anton vladescu, mugur isarescu, daniel daianu
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Europe - Nov 1, 2008
BRUSSELS -- The global blacklisting system for financiers of al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups is at risk of collapse, undermined by legal challenges and waning political support in many countries, according to …
Also tagged: europe, afghanistan, european union, iraq, terrorism, united nations, london, france, pakistan, south africa, germany, george w bush, sweden, risk, luxembourg, new york, united states, switzerland, al qaeda, osama bin laden, turkey, united kingdom, saudi arabia, malaysia, at, muslim brotherhood, denmark, financing, hezbollah, milan, brussels, council of europe, european court of human rights, johannesburg, united nations security council, albania, bern, liechtenstein, riyadh, strasbourg, armando spataro, blacklists, u s department of state, the taliban, u s department of the treasury, swiss department of foreign affairs, european court of justice, michael chandler, jiddah, youssef nada, the british army, guy martin, u s treasury office of foreign assets control, adam j szubin, gilles de kerchove, alexander alvaro, farhad dockrat, victor d comras, richard barrett, saad al fagih, yassin abdullah kadi, christine schraner, federal supreme court of switzerland
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 30, 2008
Brussels, Oct 30 (DPA) Rules designed to stop airlines from advertising deceptively cheap tickets will come into force Friday across the European Union (EU).Jointly approved by the EU’s 27 member-states and by the …
Also tagged: world, cheap tickets, price transparency, country officials, transport commissioner, national regulators, airport charges, different components, exact breakdown, relevant boxes
nytimes.com » NYT > World - Oct 24, 2008
China has strongly condemned the decision by the European Parliament to select a jailed Chinese dissident, Hu Jia, for a prestigious human rights award.
Also tagged: china, politics and government, political prisoners, hu jia, awards decorations and honors, freedom and human rights
nytimes.com » NYT > Asia Pacific - Oct 24, 2008
In a rebuke of China’s Communist Party, the European Parliament gave a prestigious human rights prize to Hu Jia, an imprisoned advocate for democracy in China.
Also tagged: china, politics and government, political prisoners, hu jia, awards decorations and honors, freedom and human rights
washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Oct 24, 2008
SHANGHAI, Oct. 23 -- The European Parliament on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to jailed Chinese dissident Hu Jia despite warnings from China that its relations with the 27-nation bloc would be seriously …
Also tagged: european union, china, asia, chinese, beijing, nobel peace prize, human rights watch, tiananmen square, e u, honors, qin gang, henan province, hans gert pottering, jailed, dissident, sophie richardson, andrei sakharov, hu jia, zeng jinyan, liu liu, yu jie
telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph Politics - Oct 9, 2008
The European parliament has officially adopted an anthem and flag which were left out of the Lisbon treaty for fears they appeared federalist.
Also tagged: eu, labour, conservative party, meps, sovereignty, liberal democrat, richard corbett, timothy kirkhope, lisbon treaty, ninth symphony, andrew duff, beethoven ode to joy, blue flag