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  • 03/05/2012 | Argentina

    ECLAC reports foreign investment reached 3% in 2011

    The Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) in Argentina reached 7.243 billion dollars in 2011, 3 percent higher than the previous year, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

  • 22/01/2013 | World

    Cameron to promise Britons straight choice on EU exit

    Prime Minister David Cameron will promise today to give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, provided he wins an election in 2015.

  • 05/02/2013 | World

    EU sets new restrictions over Argentine biodiesel imports

    The European Committee has set new limits in biodiesel imports coming from Argentina and Indonesia, and determined that this product must be registered at Customs office before entering the EU territory.

  • 01/11/2012 | World

    UK risks sliding to EU exit, Deputy PM Clegg warns

    Britain faces a crisis that could end with the world's sixth largest economy leaving the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned ahead of a showdown over budget spending with other states in the 27-member bloc.

  • 23/11/2012 | World

    A deal briefly glimpsed before EU budget talks fail

    During a "tour-de-table" among the EU's 27 leaders, it seemed for a moment that France, Poland, Italy and others might accept deeper cuts than originally proposed, diplomats said today after the summit broke up without agreement.

  • 17/12/2012 | World

    Draft EU rules open door to plain cigarette packs

    The European Union's executive Commission will propose larger health warnings on cigarette packs and a ban on flavourings such as menthol, a draft revision of EU tobacco rules showed.

  • 15/10/2012 | World

    EU tightens Iran sanctions, Ashton sees more talks

    European Union governments agreed further sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors, cranking up financial pressure on Tehran in the hope of drawing it into serious negotiations on its nuclear programme.

  • 24/10/2012 | World

    Greece says it has been given more time on austerity

    Greece's finance minister said that his country had been given more time by its international lenders to implement austerity cuts, an assertion played down by leading European Union officials.

  • 31/10/2012 | World

    France, Britain set stage for EU budget wrangling

    British Prime Minister David Cameron came under pressure to act tough on the European Union budget and France threatened to use its veto, signalling a divisive start to bargaining over the 1 trillion euro ($1.3 trillion) long-term spending plan.

  • 09/10/2012 | World

    IMF: Global financial confidence 'very fragile,' euro crisis key threat

    The International Monetary Fund urged European policymakers to deepen the financial and fiscal ties within the euro area with some urgency to restore sagging confidence in the global financial system.

  • 12/10/2012 | World

    EU wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize

    The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize today for promoting peace, democracy and human rights over six decades in an award seen as a morale boost as the bloc struggles to resolve its economic crisis.

  • 15/10/2012 | World

    Soros: Euro destroying EU, and Germany should save it

    The European Union could be destroyed by the "nightmare" euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said.

  • 03/09/2012 | World

    Moody's downgrades EU's outlook to negative

    Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the European Union's outlook from "stable" to "negative," stating that its decision is linked to the recent outlook downgrade of the bloc's member countries, such as Germany and France.

  • 10/09/2012 | World

    Spain's PM expects 'reasonable' terms for any new aid

    Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he expected the European Union to set reasonable conditions for Spain if the country sought a bailout, saying he should not be told exactly where to trim public spending and would not cut pensions.

  • 17/09/2012 | World

    EU foreign policy chief to meet Iran nuclear negotiator

    EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will meet Iran's chief nuclear negotiator on Tuesday, Ashton's office said, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a political solution was still possible in the stand-off over Tehran's atomic programme.

  • 24/07/2012 | World

    Moody's changes EFSF's outlook

    Moody's Investors Service modified the Aaa outlook of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) from stable to negative, which is a blow to the fund that was supposed to back the weak members of the European Union.

  • 30/07/2012 | World

    EU investigates ECB's Draghi following complaint

    The European Union's internal watchdog has launched an investigation of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi following a complaint of conflict of interest, the institution's spokeswoman said.

  • 02/08/2012 | World

    Iran, EU agree to talk again on nuclear dispute

    Chief negotiators for the EU and Iran agreed to hold more talks about Tehran's nuclear work, but the European Union gave no sign progress was imminent in the decade-long dispute.

  • 07/06/2012 | World

    EU states prepare rules for suspending visa-free travel

    European Union governments would be able to suspend passport-free travel in parts of Europe for as long as two years under regulations proposed to address concerns over large-scale immigration.

  • 18/06/2012 | World

    Barroso: 'I expect G20 leaders to support European crisis steps'

    European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said he expected leaders of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing states to support the steps taken and planned by Europe to tackle its debt crisis.

  • 09/07/2012 | World

    EU gives Spain more time on deficit, sets bank aid

    Euro zone ministers agreed to grant Spain an extra year until 2014 to reach its deficit reduction targets in exchange for further budget savings and set the parameters of an aid package for Madrid's ailing banks.

  • 10/04/2012 | World

    Iran cuts oil to Spain ahead of nuclear talks

    Iran has cut oil exports to Spain and may halt sales to Germany and Italy, Iran's English-language state television reported, in an apparent move to strengthen its position ahead of crucial talks with world powers later this week.

  • 23/04/2012 | World

    EU rejects Spain's request to leave Argentina out of negotiations with Mercosur

    A member of the European Union assured it is not possible to negotiate an agreement between the EU and Mercosur without Argentina, as the Spanish Government planned after the country’s decision to expropriate YPF.

  • 30/05/2012 | World

    Barroso: 'Euro zone should have a banking union, joint financial supervision'

    The euro zone should have a banking union, joint financial supervision and bank deposit guarantees as elements of a deeper economic union that European Union leaders will discuss in June, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said today.

  • 07/12/2011 | World

    S&P puts European Union on watch for credit downgrade

    Standard & Poor's warned that it could cut the credit ratings of the European Union and large euro-zone banks if a mass downgrade of euro-zone countries materializes.

  • 06/03/2012 | World

    Obama seeks to calm 'drumbeat of war' over Iran

    US President Barack Obama said the United States 'will not countenance' Iran developing a nuclear weapon but pledged to take a sober approach to dealing with Tehran's nuclear programme.

  • 15/03/2012 | World

    Sanctions vice tightens on Iran over nuclear dispute

    The sanctions vice is tightening on Iran, cutting it out of key global financial networks, but Tehran is taking urgent steps to withstand the pressure over a nuclear program the West suspects is intended to produce bombs.

  • 02/12/2011 | World

    Expelled Iran diplomats leave Britain

    All Iranian diplomats left Britain, expelled in response to protesters storming the British embassy in Tehran, hardening a confrontation between Tehran and the West over its nuclear programme.

  • 05/12/2011 | World

    Chocolate helps you grow? EU sifts the evidence

    A European Union committee approved more than 200 health claims for use on food products, which could offer a competitive advantage to companies seeking to target health-conscious EU consumers.

  • 07/12/2011 | World

    Germany pours cold water on EU summit hopes

    Pessimistic comments from EU paymaster Germany and new figures exposing deepening stress among Europe's banks dented financial market hopes of a turning point in the euro zone's debt crisis at a summit this week.

  • 14/11/2011 | World

    EU ministers postpone decision on new Iran sanctions

    European Union foreign ministers spoke out in favour of tougher sanctions against Iran on Monday, but decided to wait until their next meeting on Dec 1. before taking further action.

  • 28/11/2011 | World

    US, EU agree to develop joint plan to foster growth

    The United States and European Union agreed to develop a plan to capitalize on already strong economic ties to create more jobs and fuel economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • 01/12/2011 | World

    EU adds about 180 names to Iran sanctions list

    EU governments agreed today to add about 180 people and entities to its sanctions on Iran, an EU official said. The ratcheting up of pressure on Iran follows a November 8 report by the International Atomic Energy Agency which presented intelligence suggesting Iran had worked on designing an atomic bomb.

  • 21/10/2011 | World

    EU/IMF approve next aid tranche for Greece

    Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have approved the payment of the next tranche of financial support to Greece, a senior euro zone source said.

  • 22/10/2011 | World

    EU seeks to break deadlock over bolstering banks

    EU finance ministers neared agreement  on a framework to provide 100 billion euros to European banks, but were still wrangling over how to do it as Spain, Italy and Portugal raised concerns over the cost.

  • 22/10/2011 | World

    EU leaders meet on debt crisis, hope for Wednesday deal

    European Union leaders hold talks tomorrow to try to hammer out a comprehensive plan for tackling the euro zone debt crisis, but a breakthrough is not expected until another summit on Wednesday.

  • 22/07/2011 | World

    Last major Serbian war crimes suspect extradited

    Serbia extradited the last ethnic Serb wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The Hague, in a symbolic moment for the once-pariah Balkan nation's European future.

  • 07/09/2011 | World

    Italy Senate okays austerity plan, moves to chamber

    The Italian Senate approved the government's widely criticised austerity programme aimed at staving off financial crisis in a vote of confidence called by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

  • 16/09/2011 | World

    Kosovo: Heavily armed NATO troops deployed to Serbian border

    Kosovar and European Union police and customs officers deployed at two contested border crossings with Serbia in the predominantly-Serb north of the country, an official said, amid concerns that the move could provoke ethnic violence.

  • 24/06/2011 | World

    European Union toughens immigration stands

    European Union leaders agreed today to tighten migration safeguards, including potentially reintroducing border controls between states, in a controversial response to an influx of migrants fleeing North Africa's upheaval.

  • 30/06/2011 | World

    Greek parliament to vote austerity bill second part

    Greece's parliament is expected to vote a second austerity bill today to enable the country to avert bankruptcy by securing a 12 billion euro ($17 billion) loan tranche from the EU and IMF.

  • 08/07/2011 | World

    IMF approves 3.2 billion euro loan tranche for Greece

    The International Monetary Fund's executive board said it approved a disbursement of about 3.2 billion euros to help Greece pay debts due this month.

  • 22/06/2011 | World

    World’s biggest bond fond predicts Greece default

    The head of PIMCO, the world's biggest bond fund, predicted that Greece and other European economies would default on their debts to resolve their problems as the euro area deals with its debt crisis.

  • 23/06/2011 | World

    Greece in deal with EU/IMF on austerity plan

    Greece won the consent of international lenders for a five-year austerity plan intended to avoid looming bankruptcy, sources familiar with the talks said, and its prime minister pledge to push radical economic reforms through parliament.

  • 24/06/2011 | World

    EU gives green light to Croatia to join the Union

    European Union leaders gave the go-ahead today for Croatia to join the EU, after six years of preparations marred by slow democratic reforms in Zagreb and the EU's reluctance to expand.

  • 23/05/2011 | World

    European Union significantly expands sanctions against Iran

    The European Union significantly extended its sanctions against Iran, reflecting mounting frustration over a lack of progress in nuclear talks with Tehran.

  • 03/06/2011 | World

    Next tranche of Greek aid expected next month-lenders

    A next tranche of international aid for Greece should be available in early July following further talks in the next few weeks on the government's economic programme, the EU, ECB and IMF said.

  • 13/06/2011 | World

    European Union commends Turkey’s Erdogan for victory

    The European Union congratulated newly elected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Turkey’s parliamentary victory yesterday and trusted that “it will bring new opportunities and expand trust between Turkey and the European block.”

  • 28/03/2011 | World

    Europe and US converging on Internet privacy

    Few topics are more sensitive for Web users, or more likely to raise concerns in the corridors of Facebook or Google, than how to regulate privacy.

  • 06/04/2011 | World

    Portugal caves in, requests EU financial aid

    Portugal's caretaker government said it had decided to seek financing from the European Union in an abrupt turnaround after resisting a bailout for months despite sharply deteriorating financial conditions.

  • 12/05/2011 | World

    Denmark pushes for EU border reforms

    Denmark defended its decision to tighten border controls saying it needed to curb smuggling and illegal immigration, in a sign of growing European concern over unrestricted travel.

  • 21/01/2011 | World

    Three shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

    Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital, in what Prime Minister Sali Berisha called an opposition attempt to foment a Tunisia-style uprising.

  • 22/01/2011 | World

    Big powers leave Iran nuclear talks empty-handed

    World powers failed to prise any change from Iran in two days of talks on its nuclear programme, with the EU and United States calling the discussions disappointing and saying no further meetings were planned.

  • 19/03/2011 | World

    World leaders take action in Libya

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that French airplanes have been sent out to Benghazi, inducing the no-fly zone to prevent an attack by Gaddafi, while British Prime Minister David Cameron announced "the time is now" to take action.

  • 13/06/2011 | Latin America

    Colombia confirms first E.Coli case, EU says epidemic is controlled

    Doctors from Colombian hospital have confirmed the presence of the E.Coli bacteria in a man hospitalized for weeks now. According to relatives, his health is deteriorating. European commissioner for Health Issues, John Dalli, said today in Malta however that the epidemic is “under control.”


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