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EU adults go fat due to bad crisis food

Source: Hurriet Daily News, Nov 16 2012, 4:41pm CST

More than half of Europeans are obese or overweight, adding significant pressure to healthcare costs at a time when spending is being cut by governments, the OECD and European Commission said Nov. 16. On average across the European Union ...

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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 taking time off fighting the euro zone’s ...

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EU to dial back measures against global warming

Source: EcoEarth News  |   May 18 2013, 3:24pm CDT

What do you think? The European Union, which has spearheaded efforts to curb global warming, is set to adopt a change of focus in response to concerns over costs and the impact on companies in economically depres ...

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"Spending had already started to fall in 2009 in countries hardest hit by the economic crisis ... But this was followed by deeper cuts in 2010 in response to growing budgetary pressures and rising debt-to-GDP ratios."


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7 hours ago

You Are What You Eat

Source: Psychology Today  |   May 18 2013, 2:18pm CDT

The Scottish, who have higher obesity rates than Americans, consume a diet high in sugary foods and drinks, pastries, fatty meat products, and much of their famous Scotch alcohol and beer. There is also a high level of smo ...

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15 hours ago

Olive Oil Ban: EU Insists Dipping Oils To Be Served In Tamper-Proof Packaging

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 18 2013, 6:30am CDT

Refined diners may have to bid buonanotte to that Italian restaurant classic, rustic bread and olive oil, as the European Commission is to ban the use of refillable bottles and dipping bowls of olive oil from next year. The move is a ...

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18 hours ago

Why I'm Fed Up With Austerity: EU's Rehn

Source: CNBC  |   May 18 2013, 3:30am CDT

The European Union's top economic policy maker and scourge of debt-fueled budget deficits, is fed up with austerity. Or at least with being tarred by a term that "is clearly used to label somebody as an unw ...

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19 hours ago

European officials look at crisis management

Source: The Olympian   |   May 18 2013, 2:36am CDT

tool goes here Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis. Officials say the International Monetary ...

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1 day ago

At trade talks, U.S., E.U. ready for fight on genetically modified crops

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 17 2013, 8:14pm CDT

LENNEWITZ, Germany — Many Europeans see American farming and its reliance on genetically modified crops as more Frankenstein than Farmer in the Dell. Now, the opposition here to U.S. agricultural practices is threatening to become a major battle in dis ...

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1 day ago

For the Euro, Against the EU

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 17 2013, 2:36pm CDT

By Alexander Kazam In the 1990s, proponents of a common European currency hoped that the euro would be the lifeblood of an ever more united Europe. Now a poll released Monday from the Pew Research Center finds that Europeans in ...

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Britain not essential to EU, says Hollande

Source: Sydney Morning Herald  |   May 17 2013, 12:21pm CDT

Continent cut off: "Europe existed before Britain joined it," says the French President, Francois Hollande. Photo: Reuters Paris: French President Francois Hollande has attacked Britain's antipathy to the European Union, saying Europe would su ...

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