http://en.redtram.com/ euractiv.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:37:37 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 137507 | EU report sees unemployment rising in 2010 http://en.redtram.com/go/236306303/top100/ 236306303 Unemployment across the 27 EU member states is set to worsen in 2010, and may not begin to fall until 2011, the European Commission said in its annual Joint Employment Report yesterday (15 December). Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306303/top100/ 137507 | EU to increase fishing of some species, cut others http://en.redtram.com/go/236306290/top100/ 236306290 European Union ministers reached a deal yesterday (15 December) to reduce many of next year's fish quotas for overexploited species, while cautiously increasing others to ensure the livelihood of fishermen. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306290/top100/ 137507 | Carbon capture ruled out of UN clean projects list http://en.redtram.com/go/236306280/top100/ 236306280 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will not be added to the list of technologies that industrial countries can invest in to offset their emissions, after some countries expressed their reservations at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306280/top100/ 137507 | Climate expert: EU targets 'fake and untransparent' http://en.redtram.com/go/236306271/top100/ 236306271 As world diplomats struggle to hammer out a climate agreement in Copenhagen, former senior EU negotiator on the Kyoto Protocol Jørgen Knud Henningsen told EurActiv in an interview that the debate on targets is ill-fated. He said leaders would be Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306271/top100/ 137507 | Climate summit struggles to overcome targets row http://en.redtram.com/go/236306263/top100/ 236306263 With UN climate talks marred by tensions between poor and rich countries over carbon emissions reduction targets, some are now looking at the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a more solid foundation for a deal. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306263/top100/ 137507 | Think-tank leader: EU's 2020 strategy 'too short-termist' http://en.redtram.com/go/236306253/top100/ 236306253 The EU's 2020 strategy to build a sustainable future beyond the current economic crisis is too short-termist and fails to address the fundamental problems of the current growth model, Philippe Herzog, founder of the Confrontations Europe think-tank, told EurActiv in Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:26:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306253/top100/ 137507 | Bulgarian commissioner asked to dispel 'rumours' http://en.redtram.com/go/236306247/top100/ 236306247 Rumiana Jeleva, the EU's new commissioner-designate for humanitarian aid, was asked to clear allegations regarding her husband's links with a business group that have fuelled rumours of a possible conflict of interest, reports Dnevnik, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:54 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306247/top100/ 137507 | Copenhagen stumbles over climate aid to poor http://en.redtram.com/go/236306236/top100/ 236306236 The high-level segment at the UN climate summit opened in Copenhagen on Tuesday (15 December), with UN chief Ban Ki-moon telling nations to "seal a deal" on climate change but warning that a deal on financial aid to poor nations Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306236/top100/ 137507 | Banana deal ends EU's longest trade dispute http://en.redtram.com/go/236306228/top100/ 236306228 The European Union and United States initialled a deal on Tuesday with Latin American, African and Caribbean nations ending a decades-old trade war over bananas. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306228/top100/ 137507 | Poland stops refugees' Strasbourg protest http://en.redtram.com/go/236306219/top100/ 236306219 A train carrying over 200 refugees from the Caucasus residing in Poland was blocked yesterday (15 December) at the German border, Polish media reported. The refugees were on their way to protest to the European Court of Human Rights in Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:25:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236306219/top100/ 137507 | The Spanish EU Presidency http://en.redtram.com/go/236264386/top100/ 236264386 Spain takes on the European Union's six-month rotating presidency at a defining moment for the bloc, marked by the first steps of the Union's first-ever permanent president and foreign affairs chief and efforts to lift Europe out of its worst Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:43 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264386/top100/ 137507 | Robinson: Lack of climate deal 'will spark civil unrest' http://en.redtram.com/go/236264379/top100/ 236264379 Civil unrest will grow in the coming years unless heads of state and government show political leadership to stop climate change, said Mary Robinson, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former Irish president, in an interview with Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264379/top100/ 137507 | Business group: Action needed to prevent 'W-shaped' recession http://en.redtram.com/go/236264370/top100/ 236264370 Governments across Europe must do more to address late payments and access to credit, according to Andrea Benassi, secretary-general of UEAPME, a business lobby. He said SMEs fear a W-shaped recession as public deficits grow and nervy consumers choose to Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:26 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264370/top100/ 137507 | Lawmaker: EU held back by 'trivial' communications http://en.redtram.com/go/236264358/top100/ 236264358 A common platitude is to state that EU elites are pro-European while the citizens aren't," argues French MEP Sylvie Goulard, who recently won a prize for her book, 'Europe for dummies'. In an interview with EurActiv, she explains that the Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:15 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264358/top100/ 137507 | EU leaders condemn attack on Berlusconi http://en.redtram.com/go/236264351/top100/ 236264351 EU leaders condemned the recent attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who was admitted to hospital on 13 December with broken teeth, a fractured nose and a scarred face after a man with a history of mental problems threw Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264351/top100/ 137507 | EU criticises Turkey's court ban of Kurdish party http://en.redtram.com/go/236264341/top100/ 236264341 Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on 14 December that he was against the closure of parties, after a court ban on a Kurdish party caused angry protests, including by Brussels, and plunged the country into political uncertainty. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:04:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264341/top100/ 137507 | EU tips from the author of 'Europe for dummies' http://en.redtram.com/go/236264331/top100/ 236264331 French MEP Sylvie Goulard, who recently won a prize for her book 'Europe for dummies', says opinion leaders in Europe are misguided about the EU and are too preoccupied with "trivial" national issues to take an interest in greater common Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:04:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264331/top100/ 137507 | 'Third pole' crucial to Copenhagen talks http://en.redtram.com/go/236264323/top100/ 236264323 The Tibetan plateau - also known as the third pole - is bearing the brunt of climate change. On November 18-19, parliamentarians from 30 countries met in Rome for the 5th World Parliamentary Convention on Tibet and drafted a declaration Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:04:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264323/top100/ 137507 | Innovating indicators: Choosing the right targets for EU 2020 http://en.redtram.com/go/236264313/top100/ 236264313 The success of the EU's future 2020 strategy is inextricably linked to the quality, appropriateness and ownership of the pre-determined targets chosen by the EU and its member states, writes Ann Mettler, executive director of the Lisbon Council, in a Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:04:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236264313/top100/ 137507 | Oracle's Sun offer unlikely to win EU approval http://en.redtram.com/go/236234722/top100/ 236234722 Oracle offered the EU's antitrust regulator a set of new terms over the weekend intended to curry favour for its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. But sources close to the deal say Oracle's "public remedies" are unlikely to satisfy the EU's Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:30:27 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236234722/top100/