.: Europe

Date: 13 May 2012

By: Gwynne Dyer

Last year, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel warned: “Nobody should believe that another half-century of peace in Europe is a given. If the euro collapses, Europe collapses. That can’t happen.” But there is now a risk that the euro, the 10-year-old common European currency, might indeed collapse. The trigger could turn out to be last weekend’s election in Greece.



Date: 10 May 2012

Hameed Shaheen

ISLAMABAD - Nato's aerial dominance initiative received Thursday an initial set-back when the German lawmakers vetoed their government's push for funding its drone project, international reports said. Germany is one of the members of Nato.



Date: 23 Apr 2012

HANNOVER, Germany April 23 (INP): China fully recognizes the status and role of Germany within the European Union (EU) and is willing to work with the country to promote China-EU ties, visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.



Date: 20 Apr 2012

By Toby Vogel

Controversial agreement approved with clear majority after years of wrangling over privacy concerns.

The European Parliament today voted in favour of a controversial deal that gives American counter-terrorism officials access to personal information



Date: 18 Apr 2012

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is planning to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years, officials say, reports BBC.



Date: 18 Apr 2012

Hameed Shaheen

ISLAMABAD – In their serious search for a peaceful internal settlement of crisis in Syria, the Friends of Syria Group (FOSG), comprising more than sixty countries, is meeting in Paris on Thursday, tomorrow, to carry forward their collective deliberations of the Istanbul meeting earlier this month.



Date: 28 Mar 2012

London: London Mayor has refused to blame the police for the robust way they responded to last year’s rioting that spread from the city to elsewhere across the country. In an exclusive interview with Editor of The Muslim News, Ahmed J Versi, he chose instead to blame the lack of education and the social media as one of the main reasons.



Date: 21 Mar 2012

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — French police officers have exchanged gunfire and are negotiating with a man who claims connections to al-Qaida and is suspected of killing three Jewish schoolchildren, a rabbi and three paratroopers in three attacks.



Date: 14 Mar 2012

Brussels: A high-level conference under the title "Engaging Youth: Palestine Refugees in a Changing Middle East" will be organised on 19 and 20 March in Brussels by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) with the support of the European Union and the Government of Belgium.



Date: 8 Mar 2012

By Toby Vogel

European Union home affairs ministers have agreed to develop an early-warning system for migration emergencies as part of a set of measures to strengthen solidarity among member states.



Date: 2 Mar 2012

Brussels: European Union leaders have granted Serbia "candidate status", at a summit in Brussels.

Belgrade has made a series of democratic reforms and captured war crimes suspects to satisfy EU demands. It applied for EU membership in 2009.



Date: 27 Feb 2012

Brussels (EuAsiaNews): The European Commission , the executive body of the European Union, Monday published its second Trade and Investment Barriers Report, which describes the progress achieved in dismantling barriers to the markets of six strategic economic partners , China, India, Japan, Mercosur, Russia and the US.



Date: 14 Feb 2012

By Corinne Gretler

- Feb 13,2012

European (SXXP) stocks advanced the most in more than a week after Greek lawmakers approved austerity measures needed to get the financial rescue the nation seeks.



Date: 7 Feb 2012

Amsterdam (Holland): The Intercultural Progressive Foundation (IPF) based in the city of Hague, an active organization in the field of Film, Music, Theater arts & culture since January 1998, is observing literary events on Faiz, Ustad Daman and Habib Jalib on Feb 24, 2012 at The Hague. The repeat of the event will be held on 25 Feb at Amsterdam, 26 Feb at TU Delft Univeristy.



Date: 6 Feb 2012

Brussels: Kashmir Centre EU, together with a crowd of peaceful supporters hed a candlelight vigil outside the residence of the Prime Minister of Belgium. The Vigil, on the Global Kashmir Solidarity Day, is a peaceful and solemn event to remember the people of Indian Held Kashmir and those that have lost their lives in their struggle for freedom.



Date: 5 Feb 2012

Hague: Kashmir Council EU and Kashmir Centre Holland jointly organised a demonstration on the solidarity day of 5th February in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Date: 29 Jan 2012

Brussels: A scheduled strike by transport workers in Belgium on 30th January, threatens knock on disruption throughout Europe.



Date: 24 Jan 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters): The euro zone debt crisis is escalating and could derail the global economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday as it called for urgent action to restore confidence.



Date: 23 Jan 2012

Sanctions to ban new contracts between bloc's 27 member states and Islamic Republic over its disputed nuclear programme

The Obama administration has imposed sanctions on Iran's third largest bank, adding to sanctions imposed on Tehran by the EU earlier in the day.



Date: 23 Jan 2012

The European Parliament (EP) should officially agree with family alliances in order to tackle the unstoppable demographic decline. The European Union (EU) is seeking to address the birth plight that the Old Continent is suffering from.



Date: 21 Jan 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned that a military strike on Iran would "trigger war and chaos in the Middle East."

His comments come days ahead of a European Union debate on possible oil sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear program and with tensions seemingly escalating between Iran and the West.



Date: 13 Jan 2012

NEW DELHI: As European Union readies its oil embargo plan against Iran, EU countries have asked two of the world's largest importers of Iranian oil, India and China, to join the embargo.



Date: 11 Jan 2012

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Ms Maggie DE BLOCK Secretary of State for Asylum, Immigration and Social Integration, attached to the minister of Justice

Brussels: The Secretary of State responsible for asylum and migration Maggie De Block (Flemish liberal) intends to clamp down on abuses in the system that allows sick failed asylum-seekers and illegal immigrants to seek leave to remain in Belgium. The number of foreigners that try to get residency papers on medical grounds has risen sharply in recent years.



Date: 9 Jan 2012

* Western governments targeting Iranian oil

* EU ban may need several months to take effect

* Worries over economic impact complicate EU plans

* Sanctions on Iranian central bank disputed (Adds diplomats on central bank)



Date: 19 Dec 2011

Brussels: Eurozone finance ministers agreed today to provide €150 billion to boost the lending capacity of the International Monetary Fund to help tackle the eurozone crisis. But the UK refused today to contribute to increasing the IMF's resources, saying it would only do so as part of a combined effort with the G20 group of the world's richest and fastest growing economies.



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