EU to propose end of sugar quotas from 2016
The European Union’s executive will propose abolishing the bloc’s system of sugar production quotas and guaranteed minimum prices from 2016, two EU sources with knowledge of the plans said on Friday.
Greek Economy Concerns Forces Pause in EU, IMF Loan Review
Greece’s deepening recession will probably scuttle its 2011 deficit targets and mean no growth next year, the country’s finance minister said, as European Union and International Monetary Fund officials suspended a review to allow Athens to work on measures to boost growth.
08/20/2011
— Filed under: Finance
Tags: economy, European Central Bank, Greece
Greece Matters Again and It Could Be In Trouble
On July 21, EU leaders, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund agreed on a second rescue package for Greece, one they hoped would put the country in a position to come to grips with its debts. As they agreed, fears were already growing over Spain and Italy, which a few weeks later required the ECB to step into the market and start buying the bonds of both countries.
Emblematic Bulgarian Mafia Killer Captured in Portugal
Plamen Dishkov aka Kela, a Bulgarian mobster sentenced for a gangland murder committed in 2002 has been arrested in Portugal after 10 years in international hiding.
08/18/2011
— Filed under: Crime
Tags: Bulgaria, killer, Mafia
Free movement public education on hold pending EU funds
A planned public education programme on the full free movement of OECS nationals will not be launched this month as anticipated.
08/17/2011
— Filed under: Society
Tags: education programm, free
EU Sugar Harvest Expanding as Nestle Says Supply Running Short
The European Union’s sugar-beet crop, the world’s largest, will be the biggest in six years, at a time when Nestle SA and other food companies say supplies are running short.
08/16/2011
— Filed under: Business
Tags: European Union, Nestle, sugar
Kohl warns ‘erratic’ German foreign policy endangering EU
FORMER GERMAN chancellor Helmut Kohl has launched a stinging attack on his political successors, warning that Berlin’s «erratic» foreign policy risked breaking up the EU.
08/15/2011
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: EU, foreign policy, Helmut Kohl
Sarkozy in China for EU zone crisis talks
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will pay a lightning visit to Beijing for talks with his Chinese counterpart likely to be dominated by the euro zone debt crisis and the conflict in Libya.
08/14/2011
— Filed under: Politics
Tags: China, EU zone, Sarkozy
Swiss in talks with EU countries on separate tax deals
After striking deals with Germany and the UK to make clients in those countries pay a levy on their secret accounts held with Swiss banks, Switzerland is now negotiating other bilateral agreements in response to pressure from EU countries to crack down on tax evasion.
Newham police chief hails crime crackdown success
The aptly named Operation Target across the Metropolitan Police and resulted in more than 5,000 arrests across London in the biggest ever crackdown on neighbourhood crime in the Metropolitan Police’s history.
