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EU looks at easing visas for Russians, Chinese

Source: Bangkok Post, Nov 8 2012, 3:42am CST

With newly-affluent Russians and Chinese queuing up to tour the EU, Brussels on Wednesday urged European nations to facilitate travel visas to help spur badly-needed economic growth. More than one million Schengen visas were issued in 2011, twice as man ...

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Unemployment casts long shadow over EU summit

Source: EUbusiness  |   May 18 2013, 10:12pm CDT

(BRUSSELS) - European leaders gather this week for a summit overshadowed by rampant unemployment and the deepening eurozone recession, but with hopes of breaking down resistance to a planned crackdown on tax evasion. The one ...

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EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil

Source: The Malaysian Insider  |   May 18 2013, 6:20pm CDT

Bottles of olive oil are lined in a factory in Dos Hermanas, near the Andalusian capital of Seville September 21, 2012. — Reuters picBRUSSELS, May 19 — Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats yesterday for t ...

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27 weeks ago


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"We can facilitate obtaining visas for Russia, China and other countries but it would be more complex to abolish them."


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16 hours ago

EU finds time to tell restaurants how to serve olive oil

Source: Straits Times  |   May 18 2013, 11:28am CDT

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) - Critics ridiculed European Union bureaucrats on Saturday for taking time off fighting the euro zone's debt crisis to impose strict new rules on how restaurants serve olive oil. From Jan 1, 2014, eateries wi ...

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16 hours ago

Fellowship opportunity–but only for this weekend!

Source: Society of Professional Journalists  |   May 18 2013, 10:41am CDT

The European Union Center of Excellence is pleased to announce an opportunity for Pacific Northwest journalists eager to learn about and report on current developments in the European Union. Launched in 2009, the EU-Northwest Journalist Fellowship p ...

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Lessons in economic integration for the AU

Source: The East African   |   May 18 2013, 8:16am CDT

As the African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it is still younger and less integrated than the 56-year-old body that is now the European Union, and, according to politicians and diplomats, has a big advantage over the Euro ...

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Won’t accept EU measures on emissions: China

Source: Zee News  |   May 18 2013, 7:26am CDT

Beijing: China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS). Speaking at ...

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1 day ago

Huawei warns of 'strong action' against EU probe

Source: SINA English  |   May 18 2013, 1:29am CDT

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's biggest telecommunication equipment company, has denied receiving government subsidies and has warned the European Union against being judgmental of Chinese companies ...

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1 day ago

Myrtle Beach courts Chinese tourists

Source: The State  |   May 17 2013, 6:59pm CDT

MYRTLE BEACH — China’s booming economy and relaxed travel policies have state and local officials looking to that country as one of the next major international markets for tourism, but they admit opportunities are slow to evolve and it could be yea ...

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Chinese airlines defy Europe over emissions rules

Source: SCMP  |   May 17 2013, 3:14pm CDT

Mainland air carriers will continue to defy the European Commission's order to comply with its carbon emissions trading scheme and provide flight data to and within Europe. An executive from China Southern, who did not want to be nam ...

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