Set Climate Change Limits — Says EU
- October 31st, 2007
- Posted by EUEditor
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 »
The 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. 
The 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. 
Europeans began the week thinking about migration in Switzerland; anxiety on the Bourse; possible software changes; and life after the Rugby World Cup. 
Voters 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.
Tourists 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. 
After 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.