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- Estonians quarrel over quality of petrol 13 May 2008 17:17 GMT
... television that one can drive further with Finnish fuel than with fuel purchased in Estonia. , ... According to Kaju, both in Estonia and Finland a similar kind of unleaded petrol is ... that will become compulsory in the entire EU area in 2009. Neste Eesti imports its ...
- Turmes: Seeks revamped renewables trading, rejects biofuels target 13 May 2008 10:35 GMT
... you mean by double accounting? For example, Finnish biomass GOs were sold to the Netherlands but ... the Netherlands but also still remained in Finland and counted towards the target. So GOs ... of the wind turbine production in the EU. But this is now triggering a lot ...
- Interest in the Erasmus programme for students and universities continues to increase 13 May 2008 10:34 GMT
... to increase Established in 1987, Erasmus, the EU's flagship education and training programme for mobility and cooperation ... taking up what Erasmus offers them. The European Commission's vision is that participation in the Erasmus ... some countries experienced a decrease (Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Norway and Spain) ...
- Commission casts ICT in green role 13 May 2008 10:34 GMT
... which ICT will promote the competitiveness of EU industry while leading the fight against climate change." Without ... energy consumption to stimulate behavioural changes. In Finland, this smart metering encouraged consumers to increase ... climate change package, endorsed both by the European Parliament and by EU leaders at the March ...
- A long road from Kosovo to Kurdistan 13 May 2008 10:34 GMT
... A long road from Kosovo to Kurdistan By Pepe ... Kosovo will be no more than an EU (and NATO) protectorate. EU officials in Brussels ... journalist John Laughland, manager of the British Helsinki Human Rights Group stresses, "The current status ...
- Free European films for Vietnamese children 13 May 2008 09:58 GMT
... films come from Belgium (Wallonie-Brussels), Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Italy and ... young. Organised by the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam, the Embassies of EU Member States Embassies and European Cultural Institutes, in collaboration with ...
- Twelfth European Film Festival in 2008 to be launched in Yemen 13 May 2008 09:30 GMT
... The 12th European Film Festival 2008 will be begin ... on behalf of the president of the European Union and the French Cultural Center, announced the ... varied subjects and will start with a Finnish film, which represents the European Commission Delegation, ...
- Questions raised over EU diplomatic service 13 May 2008 07:56 GMT
... Establishing the EU diplomatic service with missions in 125 countries ... proper anchoring in the External Action Service." Finnish Secretary of State Pertti Torstila commented recently : "Finland aims to send its "brightest and best" officials ...
- Nanotechnology and consumer confidence 13 May 2008 07:05 GMT
... A project on emerging nanotechnologies has developed an , a ... largely supports advances in nanotechnology. Sept 2006: a Finnish Presidency conference on ). In the conference, the ... : the Commission adopted its first on the EU nanosciences and nanotechnologies action plan 2005-2009. Oct. ...
- Nanotechnology 13 May 2008 07:05 GMT
... on risk assessment methods for the products of nanotechnologies ... largely supports advances in nanotechnology. Sep. 2006: a Finnish Presidency conference on Jan. 2007: The European Group ... responsible nanosciences and nanotechnology research. on the EU nanotech action plan for 2005-2009. Oct. 2007 : First ...
- Focus on the Live-Licensing and In-Life Testing: R and D Processes and Regulation for New Drugs, 2008-2020 13 May 2008 05:30 GMT
... Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report ... The Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki 3.1.2 Establishing Standards for Good Clinical Practice ... Pharma Legislation in the EC 3.5.6 The EU Clinical Trials Directive 3.5.7 Provision for Joint ...
- EU survey finds widespread abuses on airline and travel Web sites 13 May 2008 04:58 GMT
... a preselected option and Blue 1 of Finland added a charge for cancellation insurance to every booking automatically. ... them have since resolved the problems. The European Commission says that it is prevented from identifying all ...
- Ten key inequality facts 13 May 2008 04:53 GMT
... twice as many poor children as Sweden, Finland and Denmark and half as many again as ... Germany and France. (Eurostat) Of the 12 EU or OECD countries wealthier than the UK, 11 are more equal. ...
- UN Israeli War Crimes' Vote Reveals the West is Isolated 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... Tunisia, Uruguay, and Zambia. (11):Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, United ... Obviously Australia would have voted with the US-EU blocs if they had been a member at this time. That Mexico ...
- First Shots Fired in Diplomatic "Battle for Kosovo" 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... A new “Battle of Kosovo” is fast approaching and the ... next few weeks, Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president charged by the UN with overseeing this ... wound up and replaced by a large EU mission dealing with police and justice and ...
- Today in History - Sunday, May 11, 2008. This is Mother's Day. 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
... ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as voters completed a weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden ... weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship ...
- The Great Experiment 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... Zobel's lab would go on to test the ... law, effective 2008, is modeled after a European Union ban on those compounds. Hawaii, Maine and Michigan since ...
- Global Warming: A Convenient Lie 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... marine researcher at the Geological Survey of Finland, said that, “The breaking glacier wall is ... people who can afford that. In the European Union, plans are being made to impose . The European Commission recently proposed to “raise the minimum tax ...
- Cleaning-up Obsolete Pesticides Across Africa: Stockpiles Programme Shows the Way 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... and regulations concerning chemical use. Currently, the partnership counts 13 donors (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, European Union, Finland, France, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, GEF and the World Bank’s Development Grant Facility and ...
- Six in ten Internet users read online newspapers 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... users read online newspapers According to Statistics Finland's report "Everyday Use of ICT in Finland ... in spring 2006. Twenty-three per cent of Finns did not use the Internet at all. The ... Finns shopping online was slightly above the EU average. Every fourth Internet user had at ...
- Employment and unemployment in January 2008 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
... was lowest in the Province of Southern Finland, where it stood at 5.5 per cent, ... also changed. The revisions are based on EU regulations and their aim is to improve the comparability of ...
- OSCE's Human Rights Office Finds Itself in Crossfire over Election Monitoring 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... A controversial election-monitoring mission in Armenia has plunged the ... of the Council of Europe, and the European Parliament concluded in a joint statement that both ... whatever reason, did not report on. [ Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva, who currently holds the ...
- Kazakhstan: Hare Krishna Community Faces Uncertain Future 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... A year after authorities precipitously demolished their dwellings, members ... Ninel Fokina, the chairwoman of the Almaty Helsinki Committee agreed, calling the case "a dirty ... to the United States, Britain and the European Union capital of Brussels, striving to raise awareness ...
- Uncertainty Still Defines Russia's Role in Central Eurasia 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... Over a year after the September 11 terrorist attacks, ... expert of the Foreign Policy Institute in Helsinki. "Working closely with the U.S. and the ... the U.S. and the institutions of the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation ...
- The OSCE Remains Divided over Kazakhstan's Chairmanship Bid 13 May 2008 04:50 GMT
... Scott said. Speaking on behalf of the European Union, the Portuguese representative voiced similar concerns, and ... civil society. [ Already last year the EU had warned that awarding Kazakhstan the OSCE's chairmanship ... further turmoil might await the organization as Finland prepares to take over its chairmanship from Spain. ...
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