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Set Climate Change Limits — Says EU

  • October 31st, 2007
  • Posted by EUEditor

industry-pollution-ec.jpgSquabbling 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 »

Putin Event Marks A Date For EUAustralia …

  • October 26th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

ec-parrot-site.jpgThe convening of a summit in Portugal this month (26.10.07) among European leaders and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, marks an anniversary for this news service – EUAustralia Online. … Read More »

Second Soldier Killed In Oruzgan

  • October 26th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

sergeant-locke-reduced.jpgThe loss of the second Australian soldier to be killed in action in Afghanistan — Sergeant Matthew Locke from the SAS — coincided with a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in the Netherlands; amid renewed debate over strength of the allied commitment. … Read More »

Swiss Vote On Migration; Rugby; Microsoft; Uneasy Stock Markets

  • October 23rd, 2007
  • Posted by EUEditor

swiss-vote-231007-bbc.jpgEuropeans began the week thinking about migration in Switzerland; anxiety on the Bourse; possible software changes; and life after the Rugby World Cup. … Read More »

Changes in Poland and Ukraine

  • October 23rd, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

donald-tusk.jpgVoters in Poland replaced their government at elections on Sunday (21.10.07), putting an end to the contentious rule of the twin brothers — Jaroslaw Kaczynski as Prime Minister with his identical twin Lech as President.

In neighbouring Ukraine leaders of two parties associated with the 2004-5 Orange Revolution were close to settling terms for a government coalition, after successfully contesting elections on 30.9.07. … Read More »

Rome Runs Red

  • October 21st, 2007
  • Posted by Sian Graham

dyed-trevi-fountain.jpgTourists who visited Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain on Friday (19.10.07) got more than they bargained when a vandal attacked the fountain turning the water red with dye. … Read More »

France Bids Adieu To First Lady

  • October 21st, 2007
  • Posted by Sian Graham

sarkozys.bmpAfter weeks of speculation in the press on Thursday (18.10.07) French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia Sarkozy publicly announced that after 11 years of marriage they were getting divorced.

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