Latvia Is Back In The News, And Expect More To Come
Dec 24, 2009 Europe, Latvia, Latvia: In English
The Latvian government is getting nervous about the level of lending coming from Swedish banks. According to the Financial Times, "Latvia’s prime minister has warned Swedish banks they risk choking off recovery ...Tags: Bad Decisions, Bad Loans, Baltic State, Base Money, Credit Bubble, Economy, European Union, Financial Times, Households, Latvian Authorities, Latvian Government, Latvian Market, M1, Prime Minister, Problematic Issue, Recession, Seb, Swedbank, Swedish Banks, Unpleasant Consequences
Memorial honoured for dangerous human rights work
Dec 15, 2009 Europe
The Russian human rights defence organisation Memorial and its three leading representatives are being awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov…Tags: Defence Organisation, European Parliament, Human Rights Defence, Parliament, Sakharov
Banana peace declared, EU to lower tariffs
Dec 15, 2009 Europe
Sixteen years of transatlantic banana tariff-splitting draws to a close. The EU, the US (with major distributor interest) and Latin American, African…Tags: Banana, Latin American, Peace, Sixteen Years, Tariff, Tariffs
EU staff demand 3.7% pay rise
Dec 14, 2009 Europe
EU civil servants have taken part in a three hour strike demanding a 3.7 per cent pay rise that they had expected. Fifteen of the European Union's 27…Tags: Civil Servants, European Union, Staff Demand
Fewer fish, hard times and Norway factor affect quota talks
Dec 14, 2009 Europe
European Union fishing quota decisions for 2010 this week are expected to be even more complicated than usual because the EU has failed to secure an…Tags: Decisions, European Union, Fish, Fishing, Hard Times, Norway, Quota
EU zests Copenhagen with climate fund for poor countries
Dec 11, 2009 Europe
The European summit in Brussels has produced a funding pledge from the leaders, aimed at encouraging the participants in the Copenhagen Climate…Tags: Brussels, Climate, Copenhagen, European Summit, Participants, Pledge, Poor Countries, Zests
Europe favours taxing financial transactions worldwide
Dec 11, 2009 Europe
The European Union's leaders have urged the International Monetary Fund to pursue a global tax on financial transactions to limit the risk of another…Tags: Europe, European Union, Favours, Financial Transactions, Global Tax, International Monetary Fund, Risk
EU summit studies climate fund boost
Dec 10, 2009 Europe
Greenpeace environmental activists dressed in business suits have managed to foil security at European Council headquarters, calling on the EU to…Tags: Business Suits, Climate, Council Headquarters, Environmental Activists, Greenpeace, Summit
Brown-Sarkozy joint stand on global finance reform
Dec 10, 2009 Europe
No problem, just clearing the air... British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have met on the sidelines of the…Tags: British Prime Minister, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Finance Reform, French President Nicolas, Global Finance, Gordon Brown, Met, Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Sidelines
Humour wins the day at European Book Prize
Dec 10, 2009 Europe
This year's European Book Prize, worth 10,000 euros to each winner, has recognised both humour and a genre known as 'literary reportage'. The…Tags: Book Prize, Genre, Humour, Prize Worth, Reportage, Wins, Year Book
