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The European Commission (EC) has approved three million euros of emergency aid in response to the situation caused by the earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday and has caused over 300 deaths.
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The planned overhaul of the EU common fisheries policy should take better account of the huge differences across European fleets and fisheries, give greater responsibility to fishing regions, address the problem of fleet overcapacity and improve the traditional quota system, according to a non-binding report adopted by Parliament on Thursday.
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To achieve quicker de facto gender equality, Commission and Member States should adopt and implement specific gender equality policies, Parliament said in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
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Are you thinking about setting up your own business or are you already a successful entrepreneur? The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs exchange scheme offers an excellent opportunity for new entrepreneurs to acquire relevant skills for managing a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
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The EMU framework and economic governance within the eurozone need to be revamped.
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Young people should be a priority in EU action next year, it emerged on Tuesday, as the Budgets Committee started work on the EU's 2011 budget.
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At the start of this week's Brussels session of the European Parliament, EP President Jerzy Buzek expressed sympathy for victims of the Belgian rail disaster of 15 February and the Madeira floods of 21 February.
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The ministers of defence of the European Union agreed on Wednesday to expand the objectives of Operation Atalanta to include control of Somali ports where pirate ships are based, as well as the possibility of “neutralising” the mother ships that allow the pirates to operate more than 1,000 km from the coast.
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European Investment Bank (EIB) support for EU regional policy is crucial for tackling the economic crisis, EIB President Philippe Maystadt told the Regional Development Committee on Monday.
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Three thousand former car, refrigerator and construction workers in Germany and Lithuania could get €7.6 million in EU globalisation adjustment fund aid for training, self-employment and professional orientation under plans approved by the Budgets Committee on Tuesday.
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The primary aim of the Young Architects of Spain exhibition is to discover a generation of Spanish architects under 40 years of age who are admired by their professional peers.
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The European Union attended the climate change summit in Copenhagen in December “well prepared and at the forefront” of environmental policies, said Moratinos, and would have liked its positions to have been better represented.
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Eurojazz is a festival that is being held to mark the Spanish Presidency of the EU, although it certainly doesn't need such important justification.
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You can now access books, journals, films, maps etc from across Europe via the EU's online library, Europeana.
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Today, 22 February, the EU Council of Agriculture and Fishing in Brussels, under the chairmanship of the Spanish Minister, Elena Espinosa, will analyse the impact of the economic crisis on the Greek agricultural sector, which has experienced a drop in prices and income, with small farms that pose an obstacle for the producer for negotiating with large distribution chains.
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Municipal policies to tackle the crisis and their application at EU level will be discussed during the three days of the summit entitled, “Networked Local Governments for a New Europe”, which will bring together representatives from 260 cities in Barcelona.
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The heads of European diplomacy will hold two meetings on Monday, 22 February in Brussels, first in the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC), chaired by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, and afterwards the General Affairs Council (GAC), where the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, will be the Chair.
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EU summit. MEPs will assess the informal meeting of EU leaders of 11 February on the economic crisis (Wednesday).
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The Spanish Government, currently holding the EU Presidency is to meet the new European Commission in Madrid on 23 February to study the priorities for the Spanish term, and to prepare for the March Council meeting, which will work on designing the basic structure for a new EU model of economic policy.
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The EU's Cohesion Policy and its future is the focal point of the discussions by representatives of the EU-27, who have been invited by Spain's Secretary of State for the Treasury and Budgets, Carlos Ocaña, to attend the Informal Meeting of Regional Policy Ministers this Friday in Zaragoza.
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