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Rodeo marks Holy Week in Uruguay

More than 200, 000 riders and their horses are in Uruguay’s capital for South America’s largest rodeo. more »

Global Health: Commission calls on EU to gear up on health actions

Today the European Commission adopted proposals to enhance the EU's role in global health. more »

Commission adopts strategic priorities for 2010

The European Commission has today adopted its work programme for 2010. more »

EU translation competition encourages multilingualism

The 27 winners of the EU’s 2009 translation competition receive awards for their language skills. more »

Out of the crisis: a "real" economy and world governance system

The EU is the world's largest economy, with enough international clout to return to "real capitalism" rather than resign itself to an alien "financial capitalism", concluded MEPs and experts at a public hearing held on Thursday by Parliament's special committee on the crisis. more »

N. Sarkozy visited the USA

It was a busy day in Washington for French President Nicolas Sarkozy. more »

The Ice man’s tricks

The Ice man cometh. China’s Chen Kecai astounded tourists in the city of Xiamen by enduring more than 108 minutes in an ice-filled container. more »

Rio Tinto employees are convicted

China-born Stern Hu - who headed Rio Tinto s iron ore operations in China - was sentenced to 10 years - in a trial which dates back to the middle of last year. more »

FBI arrested Christian militia group

Members of a Christian militia group called the Hutaree have been indicted on charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government. more »

A step forward for the common visa policy: the EU Visa Code becomes applicable

As from 5 April, the EU Visa Code will become applicable. The Visa Code gathers into a single document all legal provisions governing decisions on visas. more »

Giancarlo Scottà on food quality and country origin labels

Food quality and labelling are likely to be key issues when the Common Agriculture Policy is overhauled in the coming years. more »

Buzek condemns Moscow metro attack and sends EP condolences

With scores of people killed by a suspected terrorist attack on the Moscow metro, Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek has condemned the attack and offered his and Parliament's condolences to the victims. more »

Are minimum incomes the answer to poverty and “working poor”?

The dark spectre of unemployment is stalking Europe and 2010 is the year it has earmarked in the fight against poverty. more »

Ruined Chile is still waiting for help

Just about a month after a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed vast swaths of Chile’s south central region, residents in the coastal town of Dichato continue to wait for much needed aid. more »

Canada is ready for G8

Canada prepares to host foreign ministers from the G8. The meetings will be held in the town of Gatineau. more »

EIB supports Russia’s power generation sector with EUR 250 million to contribute to energy efficiency and emission reduction

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 250 million to Russian company Enel OGK-5 to finance the upgrading of a gas fired power plant located in Nevinnomyssk, South Russia. more »

China bought Volvo

In Gothenburg Sweden a deal is done for Volvo. A delegation from China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China’s largest private-run car maker, was given the red carpet treatment when it agreed to buy Ford Motor’s Volvo car unit for 1.8 billion dollars. more »

Europe 2020 targets adopted

EU leaders agree to cooperate more on economic policy – part of a strategy to spur higher growth over the next decade. more »

Zapatero hopes to reach employment figures of 70 percent for women in the EU by the year 2020

The President of the Spanish Government and current rotational President of the European Union, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, affirmed this Sunday that during his presidency of the EU, Spain will continue to support the inclusion of the "complete affirmation of equality between men and women" within the new economic strategy. more »

UniCredit Bank Lithuanian Branch resisted the economic recession

Despite the unfavorable macroeconomic situation, AS UniCredit Bank Lithuanian Branch achieved positive activity indicators in 2009: the bank branch operated profitably, the total loan portfolio and assets increased and the number of customers grew. more »