The European Union and Georgia:
date: 2008-08-21 11:47:15 | European, Union, Georgia:
Not even the Lisbon treaty could create European unity over Russia
NICOLAS SARKOZY, the French president, has certainly had a busy war. Since France has the rotating European Union presidency, he and his foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, quickly zoomed off to Moscow and Tbilisi, where they brokered a six-point ceasefire plan signed by Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev. It was unfortunate that the Russians then ignored the requirement to pull their troops out of Georgia proper, but Mr Sarkozy had a response to this too: he threatened to call an EU summit.
Mr Sarkozy’s activism may be admirable, but not all the lessons he is drawing from the crisis are convincing. In an article in Le Figaro newspaper on August 18th, he proclaimed, first, that the EU had risen to the occasion, showing just how much it could do with enough political will. Second, he argued that it could have done better still if only the Lisbon treaty had been ratified, since it would create both a permanent president of the European Council and a beefed-up high representative for foreign policy. ...
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date: 2008-11-22 21:33:36
The United Nations published a report on Thursday to help lawmakers meeting at an upcoming U.N. climate summit to move closer to sealing a new agreement to confront potentially devastating global warming.
source: www.topix.com
date: 2008-11-22 18:40:31
The International Monetary Fund is "ready to rapidly assist" Latvia deal with its economic crisis, in close cooperation with the European Union, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Friday in a statement.
source: www.eubusiness.com
date: 2008-11-22 06:48:27
Two men talk as they stand behind a memorial plaque that marks the border of the former Warsaw Ghetto in Poland on Wednesday.
source: www.topix.com
date: 2008-08-24 23:44:00
The Bush administration is set to put a high-profile nuclear deal with Russia on hold, according to US diplomats
source: www.ft.com
date: 2008-08-24 23:12:15
The Poles and Americans added insult to injury this week, as far as Russia was concerned.
source: www.topix.com
date: 2008-08-24 23:04:00
With the cheapest petrol in Europe, the 1,200sqâkm where Serbs predominate has become a magnet for customers from across the border. Even Kosovo Albanian motorists are venturing north of the Ibar river to fill up
source: www.ft.com
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date: 2008-11-21 16:47:58
A new Spanish-funded €20m ceiling for the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was greeted this week with effusive praise and angry denunciations in the Spanish parliament
source: traxfer.ft.com
date: 2008-11-21 14:39:10
African countries have agreed to negotiate as a bloc in talks on a new global warming treaty, a move meant to give the continent highly threatened by climate change a greater say in the future pact.
source: www.topix.com
date: 2008-11-21 09:05:33
Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - British customers cut spending on clothes, cars and consumer electronics but food is not the case. This is a chance for Polish exporters.
source: klik.pb.pl
date: 2008-11-21 09:05:32
Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - The owner of Sheraton brand is going to spend EUR 4m next year to renovate its hotels in Poland and to launch a spa in Sopot which will be the biggest in the region.
source: klik.pb.pl
date: 2008-11-21 09:05:31
Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - Ukraine and Egypt are the new regions in which Jan Kulczyk company will look for oil. Loon Energy considers acquisitions of companies which have invested too much in the past.
source: klik.pb.pl
date: 2008-11-21 09:05:30
Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - As many as 600 workers may be fired. The producer of car seat covers fights not to lose cash flow.
source: klik.pb.pl
date: 2008-11-21 09:05:30
Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - Zdenek Bakala company earned less than it had planned. The fourth quarter will be even more difficult.
source: klik.pb.pl
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