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EU mulling over visa bans on Iranian officials - Presstv

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:28:00 GMT

President Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election prompted Mousavi supporters to take to the streets to protest the vote result. The rallies turned violent, resulting in the death of at least 20 people. The European Union is considering imposing political ...

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EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trial - Times Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:33:00 GMT

Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, 83, the head of Iran?s ...

Turkey Should Accept All Conditions Of Eu To Succeed In Membership ... - Turkish Weekly

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:29:00 GMT

Sweden, a country which has recently accepted the European Union (EU) presidency, supports Turkey's integration. However, most depends on the Turkish authorities' readiness to reconcile with pressures from several negatively-spirited EU countries and ...

EU to lift ban Indonesia's Garuda, three other carriers - Earthtimes

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:05:00 GMT

Jakarta - The European Union will soon partially lift a blanket ban on Indonesian airlines, imposed in 2007 after a series of deadly air accidents, the Indonesian Transport Ministry said Saturday. The EU's Air Safety Committee has recommended that ...

EU calls on Yemen to improve aviation safety standards - MENAFN

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:55:00 GMT

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Yemeni Minister of Transport Khaled Ibrahim Al-Wazeer was in Brussels Friday afternoon to meet European Commission officials to discuss aviation safety standards following the recent crash of Yemenia airlines in ...

Michelle Obama bringing glamor to Moscow, EU - The Guardian

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:28:00 GMT

Associated Press Writer= MOSCOW (AP) ??? Michelle Obama brings her superstar glamor to Moscow this weekend as she accompanies her husband on his summit with the Russian president. But the American first lady, who has wowed publics in the U.S. and ...

Russia to allow US arms shipments to Afghanistan, 6th Ld-Writethru, EU - The Guardian

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:28:00 GMT

Associated Press Writer= MOSCOW (AP) ??? Russia said it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters U.S. military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over ...

EU may lift Garuda flight ban - Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:56:00 GMT

The Garuda crash in Jogyakarta in 2007 was one of a string of deadly air disasters for the airline. (Reuters: Pentak Lanud Adisucipto, file photo) The European Union is set to lift its ban on Indonesia's national airline Garuda flying into European ...

EU says it raided glass sector on cartel suspicion - Reuters

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:28:00 GMT

BRUSSELS, July 3 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had carried out raids on the premises of companies in the specialist glass sector on suspicion of cartel activities but did not identify them. "The Commission has reason to ...

EU mulls diplomatic pullout in Iran: Sweden - Local

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:54:00 GMT

European nations have been considering a proposal from Britain to recall their ambassadors from Iran in protest at the detention of the British embassy employees. "We are ready to take action if we don't get a reaction" from the Iranian regime, a ...

EU may lift ban on four Indonesian airlines - Gulf News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:01:00 GMT

Jakarta: Indonesia's transport minister says the European Commission will lift a ban on four Indonesian airlines. Jusman Syafii Djamal says Garuda, Mandala Airlines, Airfast Indonesia and Prime Air will be allowed to fly in EU airspace within 20 days ...

Hardline sermons in Iran stiffen EU resolve over embassy staff - Times Online

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:44:00 GMT

Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their defiance to the world. Three Fridays ago Ayatollah ...

Embassy staff face Iran trials

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:05:32 GMT

A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial on unspecified charges of acting against Iran's national security, a move immediately denounced by members of the European Union .

Airline suspends flights

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:14:04 GMT

Protesters linked arms across an entrance at Paris' main airport yesterday to keep passengers off a Yemeni flight to Comoros -- a route that saw a deadly crash this week, after years of complaints about dangerous conditions on the flight path to the Indian Ocean island nation.

Baku: Azerbaijani Political Expert: Swedish Prime Minister Meant Sus

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:15:53 GMT

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:55:45 +0500 AZERBAIJANI POLITICAL EXPERT: SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER MEANT SUSPENSION OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP WHICH INCLUDES AZERBAIJAN FOR COMING HALF-YEAR Naila Abdullayeva Today.Az 02 July 2009 [17:45] I think Swedish Prime Minister Frederick Reinsfild who presides over the EU meant suspension of the Eastern Partnership ...

Czechs Pass Presidency To Swedes

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:16:04 GMT

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:57:08 +0500 CZECHS PASS PRESIDENCY TO SWEDES By Benjamin Cunningham Prague Post July 1, 2009 EU leadership stint criticized for political infighting The collapse of the Topolanek government cast an overwhelming pall over the Czech European Union presidency, say experts, so much so that concrete accomplishments are likely ...

EU Consulting Group Activity Outcomes Summarized In Yerevan

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:18:14 GMT

From : Sebouh Z Tashjian Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:12:32 +0500 EU CONSULTING GROUP ACTIVITY OUTCOMES SUMMARIZED IN YEREVAN /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 03.07.2009 13:49 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The outcomes of the EU consulting group's activity were summarized in Yerevan today.

President Sargsyan Meets OSCE Chairperson-In-Office

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:20:17 GMT

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:43:36 +0500 PRESIDENT SARGSYAN MEETS OSCE CHAIRPERSON-IN-OFFICE armradio.am 03.07.2009 16:16 President Serzh Sargsyan today received the OSCE Chairwoman-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis.

Clearing key to making derivatives safer: EU - Reuters

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:21:00 GMT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Derivatives pose risks on financial markets that central clearing of contracts would mitigate, the European Commission said on Friday, outlining plans that fall short of more radical U.S. steps. EU Internal Market Commissioner ...

Neighbora s Shadow Still Large in Slovakia

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:21:25 GMT

When the Czech Republic unveiled an avowedly satirical artwork to mark the beginning of its European Union presidency last January, neighboring Slovakia was depicted as a giant Hungarian sausage.

Armenia Strongly Affected By August War And Global Recession

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:22:40 GMT

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:57:57 +0500 ARMENIA STRONGLY AFFECTED BY AUGUST WAR AND GLOBAL RECESSION /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 03.07.2009 20:40 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 2008 was a difficult year not only for Europe but also for all Eastern partners.

The AKP In Front Of The "Kurdish Taboo"

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:23:10 GMT

Date : Sat, 4 Jul 2009 15:02:04 +0500 THE AKP IN FRONT OF THE "KURDISH TABOO" By Marie-Mediya Badini Kurdish Globe Friday, 03 July 2009, 11:34 EDT A masked demonstrator, with a DTP flag in the background, flashes a V sign during a protest in Istanbul May 24, 2009.

Czech press survey - July 4

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:31:42 GMT

Czech Social Democrat MP David Rath was an excellent opposition critic of the centre-right government of Mirek Topolanek but it has turned out that Rath can only destroy and not create, Jiri Hanak writes in the daily Pravo today.

GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency - Yahoo! News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:33:25 GMT

GMO corn: France rejects report by EU food agency - Yahoo! News >> Posted By mpchekuri 1 hour, 44 minutes ago in Science & Technology France on Friday rejected a report by the European Union's food safety watchdog that said a controversial strain of genetically-modified corn was safe.

U.S. embassy hosts independence day reception

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:40:21 GMT

Serbian and Greek Presidents Boris Tadiae and Karolos Papoulias have opened a Helsinki Culture Fund Center that they hope will strengthen bilateral ties.

"Montenegro could reconsider Kosovo decision"

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:41:13 GMT

Mesiae invites Kosor to form new govt. 4 July 2009 11:01 Source: Tanjug ZAGREB -- Croatian President Stjepan Mesiae has given the mandate for forming a new government to serving Deputy PM Jadranka Kosor of the Croatian Democratic Union.

Sanctions sanctorum

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:51:20 GMT

Xinhua reports that Russia is opposed to enacting any sanctions against Iran in response to its crackdown on protesters decrying election cheating.

Yemenia Airways could face blacklist: France

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:55:35 GMT

France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau warned on Friday that Yemenia Airways could be on the blacklist of banned airlines in Europe unless it makes "very big efforts." "If it does not want to go on the blacklist, Yemenia Airways will have to make big efforts, very big efforts," Bussereau told RTL radio, adding that the company was under ...

Clearing key to safer derivatives - EU - Reuters UK

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:14:00 GMT