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EU fears Russia will refuse to leave

ft.com     11 hrs ago   524 related          

There is growing concern among European Union governments that they will be unable to persuade Russia to withdraw its forces from a “buffer zone” in Georgia, which they occupied during their military victory last month....                    

EU wants to be more equal to Washington

xinhuanet.com     4 hrs ago   5 related          

AVIGNON, France, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) wants to be a "more equal partner" to the United States, said EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner on Friday. She told reporters after the...                    

Gül's visit raises hopes for symbolism paving way for thaw

todayszaman.com     6 hrs ago   20 related          

Turkish national soccer team players arrived in Yerevan on Friday. President Abdullah Gül will become the first Turkish president ever to set foot in Armenia today in a visit largely viewed as symbolic but that may well...                    

EU urges Turkey to break cycle of political crisis (Reuters)

yahoo.com     2 hrs ago   1 related          

AVIGNON, France (Reuters) - The European Union urged Turkey on Friday to break out of a cycle of political crisis by enacting reforms to prepare for EU membership, and praised its regional peacemaking role. The 27-nation...                    

EC seeks to cut red tape to boost research investments

eetimes.eu     11 hrs ago   2 related          

The European Commission has called the Parliament and Council to cut red tape in order to help European high-tech research be more effective and competitive. This mostly concerns information and communications technology...                    

Microsoft settled antitrust case not knowing vote was 7 to 6

gulfnews.com     5 hrs ago          

Washington: Microsoft may have made a mistake by settling anti-trust charges with the Eur-opean Union last year after losing an EU court ruling. The software maker didn't know it was one vote away from winning. Judges...                    

TÜSİAD head: Gov't should focus on EU accession

todayszaman.com     6 hrs ago          

Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) President Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ has said that Turkey should make up for the time it lost over the last two years and hold on to the European Union project. On...                    

Bad Phorm: Detectives question BT over secret trials

itwire.com.au     10 hrs ago   7 related          

File under About Bloody Time. At long last UK police detectives have questioned BT about the secret Phorm trials it carried out without customer knowledge nor consent. Does this mean a formal investigation is to follow?...                    

Italy to increase Troop numbers on the street.

indymedia.org.uk     16 hrs ago          

We all know that the Italian state put 3,000 troops including paratroopers on the streets of Milan, Rome and Naples earlier this year. We were unanimous in our condemnation. Pat yourself on the back. But now we get to see...                    

Don't use WTO bid to punish Russia: Mandelson

reuters.com     17 hrs ago   1 related          

By William Schomberg BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia should not be punished for its military action in Georgia with moves to slow its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson...                    

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