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The European Commission has authorised today under the State aid rules a Lithuanian scheme worth LTL 10 million (approximately EUR 2.9 million) aimed at supporting farmers who encounter difficulties as a result of the current economic crisis.
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The effects of the global food, fuel and economic crisis would be felt by Africa’s people for some time yet and it was important to persist with efforts to protect the most vulnerable while laying the foundations for future productivity and growth, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said Tuesday.
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Mongolia’s herders have learnt a hard lesson this winter; a lesson that can perhaps be applied to managing Mongolia’s economy.
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The President of the Republic of Slovenia, Danilo Türk, visited the European Central Bank today.
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DnB NORD Bankas, the leader of the country’s in investment products market, raises initial margin ratio for repurchase deals for most actively traded Lithuanian and Estionian shares.
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Europeans quite happy with their personal situation, but less satisfied with economic and social climate in their country.
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With over 23 million unemployed in the Europe Union and the jobless figure having risen in every member state since last year, how Europe is coping with the crisis and the effect on pension systems were discussed on Thursday 28 January.
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Transatlantic relations are a priority for the Spanish Presidency and Europe will continue to work with the US to strengthen these ties, said the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, after receiving confirmation that President Barack Obama would not be travelling to Europe this spring to attend the annual EU-US summit.
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Reform of the banking system was one of the key themes at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, with bankers coming in for a lot of criticism.
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Small firms have been hard hit by the economic crisis, and so must be given incentives and support, including easier access to credit, help with innovation, tax breaks and less red tape, MEPs on Parliament's Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS), and experts agreed at a workshop on Monday.
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Spain wishes to “make as much progress as possible” to ensure the EU becomes party to the Council of Europe's Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms soon, according to the Spanish Minister for Justice, Francisco Caamaño, at today's opening of a seminar on the challenges and possibilities arising from the Treaty of Lisbon coming into force.
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“I was once beaten up so badly, I spent four days in a coma. I was thrown out onto a heap of corpses, and I was found there by one of my comrades.”
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The European Commission has allocated €7.295 million to help Central Asian countries reduce their vulnerability to natural disasters and to boost the coping capacities of the most affected populations.
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The Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, Diego López Garrido, taking stock of the first month of Spain's Presidency of the EU Council, underscored the support that his Government has received from European institutions and Member States for the work priorities it has set for the coming six-month period.
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The elections and investiture of Porfirio Lobo as President of Honduras have cleared the way for the EU to restore normal relations with the Central American country and negotiations for signing a bi-regional Association Agreement may soon resume.
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The exhibition entitled “20 suits for Europe. Designers converse with literature” is the creative result of twenty designers from Spain, Belgium and Hungary being inspired by the works of other Spanish, Belgian and Hungarian writers and poets.
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Essen in Germany, Istanbul in Turkey and Pécs in Hungary are the three European capitals of culture for 2010.
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Committee meetings and political groups week – Brussels
Hearing of Kristalina Georgieva. The new Bulgarian Commissioner-designate is scheduled to appear before the Development Committee for a three-hour hearing (Wednesday).
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The European Commission has approved applications from Lithuania for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
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The European Commission has decided to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the basis of Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) for failing to comply with a Commission decision of July 2008.
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