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Australia’s Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd in London on Tuesday backed the European Union embargo on oil imports from Iran, decided on the day before.
Talk of a crisis over the flare-up in relations with that country coincided with renewed expressions of concern by the IMF over the larger crisis over weakening in the world economy. … Read More »
The Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, has begun a one-week tour in Europe taking in consultations in Brussels on the economic situation, security talks in London and a new bilateral agreement in France, signed on Friday (20.1.12).
NEW AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE INCLUDES PACIFIC, AND THE WESTERN FRONT
An agreement signed in Paris with the French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, raised the status of the relationship between the two countries to that of a strategic partnership. … Read More »
When the leaders of two NATO countries engaged in the Libyan campaign went to Libya after the death of Muammar al-Gaddafi (picture), speculation arose as to whether they’d be receiving rewards.
Writer - Daniel Roche … Read More »
Silvio Berlusconi, the mercurial former Italian Prime Minister, forced from office under gathering clouds of scandal in mid-November, says he is “still on track”, not out of the political game. … Read More »
A week of decision has got under way in the campaign to quell crisis over state debt in Europe, centred on Greece. … Read More »
After the evident panic on global stock markets during the last week, Finance Ministers from the G20 leading economies, together with the IMF on the weekend in Washington, talked about moves towards economic stabilisation.
The Australian Treasurer, Wayne Swan, had just received the accolade of “Finance Minister of the Year” from Euromoney Magazine. … Read More »
The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, is set to visit Australia at the beginning of next month – a visit postponed in 2009 because of troubles at the time in the world economy. … Read More »