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  • BACKGROUND: Barroso's new European Commission team 25 Nov 2009 13:30 GMT
    ... part in the incoming European Commission, the European Union's executive arm. Negotiations are now underway to ... minister (conservative) Belgium - Karel De Gucht, EU aid commissioner (liberal) Britain - Catherine Ashton, new ... - Antonio Tajani, EU transport commissioner (conservative) Latvia - Andris Piebalgs, EU energy commissioner (conservative) ...

  • Women, Center-Right Set to Dominate New European Commission 26 Nov 2009 05:53 GMT
    ... more than at present," Barroso told the EU Parliament. Photo by BGNES The President of the ... hearings of the individual nominees with the European Parliament in the second week of January. That ... society), Slovenia's Janez PotoÄŤnik (science and research), Latvia's Andris Piebalgs (energy), Finland's Olli Rehn (Finland) ...

  • European Commission composition announced 28 Nov 2009 08:49 GMT
    ... job. The UK's representative is the new EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Ashton. She will be a ... confirmed until they are approved by the European Parliament at hearings in January. Joaquin Almunia from ... Netherlands - ELDR) Development - Andris Piebalgs (Latvia - EPP) Home Affairs - Cecilia Malmstroem ...

  • The 26 nominees to serve on European Commission 28 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addresses the media at ... on his next European Commission. They face European Parliament confirmation hearings in January: — Catherine Ashton ... Joaquin Almunia (Spain, antitrust) — Andris Piebalgs (Latvia, development) — Neelie Kroes (Netherlands, digital economy) ...

  • UPDATE 2-Latvia backs tough 2010 budget amid protests 1 Dec 2009 21:17 GMT
    ... Patrick Lannin RIGA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Latvia's parliament backed a 2010 crisis budget of ... one of the deepest recessions in the European Union, Latvia must cut its budget deficit to ... by the International Monetary Fund and the EU. It also wants to avoid devaluing its ...

  • Andris Piebalgs, EC commissioner-designate from Latvia, to be in charge of development policy 30 Nov 2009 15:21 GMT
    ... Jose Manuel Barroso has announced that the Latvian commissioner-designate for the new European Commission, Andris ... been assigned a significant area within the European Union's foreign policy – that of Development. By ... External Relations Council will bring together the EU member state foreign ministers. Development co-operation means providing ...

  • IMF "concerned" at social costs of Latvia's spending cuts 25 Nov 2009 14:23 GMT
    ... on a multi-billion euro aid package for Latvia - currently suffering the European Union's deepest recession - in order to alleviate ... boasted the best growth figures in the EU, but on May 4 the European Commission ...

  • EU urged to use new treaty to support language rights 1 Dec 2009 13:10 GMT
    ... Parliament's civil liberties committee, called on the EU executive to "name and shame" member states that ... fail to adequately protect minority languages. The Latvian MEP pointed out that as of today ... acts against the core values of the European Union," Zdanoka said, calling for "a more focused ...

  • EU recession over, but sharp contrasts in East 23 Nov 2009 12:52 GMT
    ... Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analytics EU recession over, but sharp contrasts in East The European Union may have inched out of its sharpest ... the stark lot of countries such as Latvia or Hungary, where the economies have been ...

  • Lisbon Treaty comes into legal force across EU 2 Dec 2009 01:13 GMT
    ... EU LEADERS have predicted that the entry into force of ... Netherlands. While boosting the powers of the European Parliament and providing greater oversight to national parliaments, ... Vanhanen and onward to Riga to meet Latvian leader Valdis Dombgrovskis. Ms Ashton, meanwhile, will ...

  • Portfolio attributions puzzle Eastern EU countries 1 Dec 2009 10:31 GMT
    ... is one of the pillars of the EU [...] The portfolio is extremely important considering the ... enlargement portfolio, in which Slovakia, Bulgaria and Latvia had expressed an interest ( ODS, the ... an assignment "at a time when the European Union in fact is not going to enlarge". ...

  • UPDATE 1-Latvia to vote on tough budget amid protests 1 Dec 2009 13:15 GMT
    ... - Protesting students and trade unionists jeered Latvian lawmakers on Tuesday before a final parliamentary ... one of the deepest recessions in the European Union, Latvia must cut its budget deficit to ... by the International Monetary Fund and the EU. It also wants to avoid devaluing its ...

  • EU's Almunia welcomes Latvian govt amendments to 2010 budget 27 Nov 2009 09:05 GMT
    ... - The European Commission welcomed on Friday Latvia's amendments to its 2010 budget that it ... lats next year as agreed with the European Union executive. 'The draft 2010 budget fulfils the ... sector and in the economy at large,' EU economic and MOnetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said ...

  • IT business expands rapidly with EU support... 25 Nov 2009 23:37 GMT
    ... IT business expands rapidly with EU support OUTSOURCING: Latvia’s highly trained specialists command modest salaries making ... signs of buoyant development and growth. The European Union has also been supporting the development of ...

  • EU gives staff inflation-busting pay rise 26 Nov 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... raise salaries for public staff," said the EU executive's spokeswoman for administrative affairs, Valerie Rampi. She ... gone down. The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as Greece, Ireland ... and other allowances and expenses. The new European Union president, Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium, is ...


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