Go to the Content Thursday, 18 March 2010
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| 1. Ashton laps up support | March 18, 2010 |
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Foreign ministers head north to dispel a frosty reception. The Lapland resort of Saariselkä acquired new international status last weekend when Alex Stubb, Finland's... |
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| 2. Sustainable transport across the EU | March 18, 2010 |
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European cities are investing widely in sustainable transport systems. Here we look at three distinct approaches. |
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| 3. A whole community approach | March 18, 2010 |
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A co-ordinated way of improving energy efficiency is paying off. Demonstrating the efficient use of energy in urban areas is one thing. Applying it on a wide scale presents... |
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| 4. A combined approach to powering a city | March 18, 2010 |
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How Berlin has developed its energy systems, and what it plans to do next. The combined generation of heat and power has a long history in Berlin, now a city of nearly 3.5... |
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| 5. Rethinking urban living | March 18, 2010 |
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We talk to Ilmar Reepalu, the mayor of Malmö, which has transformed itself into one of Europe's greenest cities. Malmö was a story of industrial decline... |
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| 6. Let a thousand cities bloom | March 18, 2010 |
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European cities must become low-carbon if the EU is to meet its emissions-reduction targets. European cites have been the cradle of democracy (Athens), finance (Genoa)... |
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| 7. Hedge funds: go slowly but surely | March 18, 2010 |
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Cool heads are required if the right decision is to be made. Law-making in the European Union poses challenges. One of them is knowing when to pick up the pace and when to... | |
| 8. Time to fire up the German locomotive? | March 18, 2010 |
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Germany needs to review its historically conditioned aversion to acting as the lead engine in times of crisis. Germany's senior economic policymakers have long and unhappy... |
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| 9. Parliament postpones debate on paid maternity leave | March 18, 2010 |
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Concerns about costs hamper efforts to raise mothers' minimum rights. Concerns about costs to businesses and governments are hampering efforts to raise mothers' minimum... |
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| 10. Broadcasters seek changes to copyright clearance | March 18, 2010 |
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State broadcasters want changes to how content can be aired via the internet.
Europe's state broadcasters urged the European Commission yesterday (17 March) to... |
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| 11. Neapolitan crime-buster | March 18, 2010 |
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Luigi die Magistri's Mafia-hunting takes him to Brussels. Luigi de Magistris is a popular man. He takes pride in the fact that more people voted for him – more than... |
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| 12. Citizens deserve greater openness from the EU | March 18, 2010 |
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At the start of his second five-year term as European ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros says that he will push forward the frontiers of more transparency in the EU. The... |
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| 13. An unrealistic dream? | March 18, 2010 |
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Germany's finance minister appears to be dusting off his old idea of a core Europe. What are we to make of a leading European finance minister arguing that Europe needs to... | |
| 14. Should the EU subsidise Israeli security? | March 18, 2010 |
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The inclusion of Israel in the European Security Research Programme undermines the EU's commitment to even-handedness in the Middle East. Since the European Community began... | |
| 15. Madrid needs to stand up for the forgotten children of Tenerife | March 18, 2010 |
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The Canary Islands' treatment of its boat children is a disgrace. It is now almost four years since 30,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands, the first EU landfall for... | |
| 16. Is the Parliament too politicised? | March 18, 2010 |
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Staff move between the groups and secretariat; Parliament's Secretariat accused of seeking to delay report A dispute among MEPs over how the European Parliament spends its... | |
| 17. ‘Open skies' deal could be grounded | March 18, 2010 |
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US investment restriction pose threat to the liberalisation of the transatlantic aviation. US investment restrictions could delay progress on an ‘open skies' deal to bring... |
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| 18. EEAS chart sparks row | March 18, 2010 |
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Some member states fear that Catherine Ashton is seeking to diminish their role in policymaking. An outline organisational chart of the European External Action Service has... |
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| 19. Military mission to Somalia | March 18, 2010 |
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EU personnel to train Somali security forces. The European Union is on the brink of launching a new military mission, to train around 2,000 Somali security forces in Uganda.... | |
| 20. EU sends observers to Sudan | March 18, 2010 |
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Monitoring mission to observe elections in Sudan. The European Union has dispatched election observers to Sudan amid growing doubts that they will be able to do their job... |
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