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Fresh calls have been made for independence for Kosovo, the former Yugoslav province caught in a contest of wills between authorities in Serbia, and Western interests, predominantly the European Union. … Read More »
EU delegates at Bali joined the applause when Australia joined the Kyoto agreement on climate change … but they want a tighter commitment to numbers on cutting back CO2. … Read More »
Squabbling over climate change policy in the Australian election campaign coincided this week with initiatives in Europe pursuing mandatory goals for reducing air pollution.
Other countries have been called on to join in an ambitious carbon trading scheme being operated up by the European Union – with developed countries taking the first initiative.
This week also saw the formal implementation of the new Europe-wide law imposing tight controls on industrial air pollution. … Read More »
Relations between Australia and the European Union are to be revised in a new agreement on their relationship, in 2008. … Read More »
Following settlement on a European reform treaty in the early hours of Saturday (23.6.07) (EUAustralia, “Breakthrough At Brussels” 24.6.07), at Brussels, friends and opponents of the changes have been taking stock. … Read More »
Heads of government succeeded in making a deal on a new reform treaty to change the structure of the European Union, early Saturday (EUAustralia date adjusted 24.6.07), after weeks of haggling at negotiations – including a hectic two days at their conference centre. … Read More »
Figures on minimum wages demonstrate the current uneveness and diversity of chances in the European Union, confronting the drive to harmonise and develop previously lagging sectors in the single market. … Read More »