Event in European Union
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GERMANY, 2015/12/16
The EU is in the surprising situation of needing to transaction, at its upcoming summit conference at the end of this week, with the question of whether to extend sanctions against Russia. It had been expected to be an automatic continuation on account of Angela Merkel’s routinely doing whatever Washington says. But some European nations are clenching their fists and resisting her leadership on this particular matter.
The EU summit this Thursday and Friday is as a result surprised to have to transaction with the extension of economic sanctions against Russia. The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, on Monday the 14th, at a conference of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, stunned people by placing this question onto the schedule. She tried to downplay the matter by saying that doing this is routine in cases where any Member National may dissent from a consensus. Last week, Italy, in particular, said that it was opposed to extending sanctions, and therefore any extension would require high-level talks.
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CHINA, 2015/11/18
The fourth leaders' conference of China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) nations will be held in east China's Suzhou city from Nov.24 to 25, the initial time for China to host the conference.
LEADERS' MEETING
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and the leaders from the 16 CEE nations will attend the conference in Suzhou, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet the 16 nations' leaders in Beijing, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao said.
Leaders' conference is the majority significant schedule under the framework of China-CEE cooperation this year, Wang said, noting it will lay a stronger foundation for next development.
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BRAZIL, 2015/11/11
The issue made headlines early in October at the same time as the chief of the Brazilian Equestrian Confederation, Luiz Roberto Giugni, suggested that delays in documents being issued by the country’s Ministry of Agriculture could from presently on jeopardize Olympic equestrian events being held there.
Brazil's range of biosecurity measures includes the Deodoro Olympic equestrian venue, Rio do Janeiro's airport and the corridor in between.
Brazil and the European Union have reportedly settled biosecurity-related arrangements that will allow the passage of sport horses in and out of Rio de Janeiro for next year’s Olympics. However, details of any transaction have from presently on to be posted on website of the Olympic Public Authority in Brazil, or the major Games website, Rio2016.com. Details of the transaction are expected to be released this week.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/03/22
Libyan artist, Dr. Maatouk Abou Rawi, is holding an exhibition at the seat of the Euro-Arab Foundation for higher education in the southern Spanish city of Grenade on the theme, “Immortalizing the Arab spring victims”.
The artist says that the exhibition, which 'immortalises the Arab revolutions, thirsting for democracy, freedom and social justice', completes the initial exhibition hosted by the same foundation in 2012, which was dedicated to the 'Illegal migrants having the dream to entering Europe'.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/01/11
Under the new EU rules as of this year high middle-gain nations, as defined by the World Bank will no longer be sheltered by the Generalized System of Preferences, which will be redirected to benefit the development of the poorest of the poorest in the world.
Under the former implementation, the nations presently left out benefitted with 32% of the preferences system, and as well presented a growing competition in certain sectors to a European Union, suffering the consequences of several years of recession, budget cuts and unemployment.
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AZERBAIJAN, 2013/12/16
European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger is expected to visit Azerbaijan's capital Baku in December, a source in the Energy Department of the European Commission told Trend news agency on December 13.
Oettinger will visit the country to attend a ceremony on finalizing an investment decision on the second stage of development of Azerbaijan's giant Shah Deniz gas condensate field in the Caspian Sea, which is expected to take place on December 17.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2013/12/09
Senior European Union leaders have described the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela as a very sad day for the world.
'This is a very sad day, not only for South Africa, but for the whole international community,' the chairperson of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the president of the European Commission, Manuel Durao Barroso, said in a joint statement issued on Thursday evening in Brussels, in a little while next the announcement of the death of the anti-apartheid icon.
For the two European leaders, Nelson Mandela 'is the greatest historical figure of our time, who represents the fight against racism, political violence and intolerance'.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2013/05/23
Tax policy - from closing tax loopholes and avoiding tax evasion to increasing tax revenues - was a major topic at a European leaders summit in Brussels on Wednesday.
"There is a momentum not comparable with other moments in the completed because we are in an economic crisis, an unprecedented European crisis," said Herman Van Rompuy, European Council president, explaining the focus on tax issues.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2013/05/21
An international conference on rebuilding Somalia said Tuesday the strife-torn country had made "significant evolution" and its economy was starting to revive, but warned that a lot of challenges remained.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, co-hosting the London conference, described the evolution made since the initial international conference on Somalia 15 months ago as "remarkable".
Representatives of additional than 50 nations and organisations attended Tuesday's conference, aimed at boosting political stability in the impoverished country which has had no effective government since 1991.
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EUROPEAN UNION, 2012/07/25
