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Better, Faster, Stronger: Launch of new selection procedure for EU officials

EU : Commission: 3 days ago
IP/10/262 Brussels, 11 March 2010 Better, Faster, Stronger: Launch of new selection procedure for EU officials On 16 th March, the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) will launch a modernised and streamlined selection procedure for EU ... ...read article

Dutch fine Fortis for false information

FindLaw : Business: 3 days ago
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian insurer Fortis Holding said Wednesday that Dutch regulators fined it euro576,000 ($781,000) for giving incorrect information about the financial situation of Fortis bank, months before it nearly collapsed and sought ... ...read article

Fortis fined over market manipulation

Financial Times : Business Europe: 3 days ago
The Belgian insurance group is fined â¬576,000 by the Dutch financial regulator for market manipulation and late publication of market-sensitive information in 2008 ...read article

'Innovation in healthcare: from research to market - SMEs in focus', Brussels, Belgium

CORDIS: 4 days ago
An event entitled 'Innovation in healthcare: from research to market - small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in focus' will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 20 and 21 May 2010. This conference will focus on SMEs operating in the … ...read article

Dutch regulator fines Fortis Holding for market manipulation

Expatica : Belgium: 4 days ago
Dutch financial markets watchdog AFM said Wednesday it had fined insurance group Fortis Holding 576,000 euros (780,000 dollars) for market manipulation and withholding share price sensitive information. ...read article

King of Belgians to visit Congo as strained ties ease

Expatica : Belgium: 4 days ago
The king of the Belgians, Albert II, will attend 50th anniversary celebrations of former colony Democratic Republic of Congo's independence, the Belgian government said Wednesday in the strongest sign yet of strained relations easing. ...read article

Lady Ashton defends start in EU role

Guardian Newspaper : World: 4 days ago
British peer blames plight on Brussels turf wars over shape and powers of a new European diplomatic serviceBritain's new EU foreign and security policy chief, Lady Ashton, used the platform of the European parliament today to hit back at the chorus ... ...read article

EU Parliament backs UN report on Gaza war

The Daily Star : Middle East: 4 days ago
BRUSSELS: In a move likely to worsen EU ties with Israel, the European Parliament urged its 27 member states Wednesday to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in Gaza.It also called on Israel to immediately open border ... ...read article

West worries about Russia turning to coal

EurActive: 4 days ago
European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels yesterday (9 March). ...read article

European Parliament Condemns Belarus Clampdown On Poles

Radio Free Europe: 4 days ago
The European Parliament has condemned Belarus's clampdown on its ethnic Polish minority, in a row that has strained ties between Brussels and Minsk. ...read article

Leaping off the page - Belgian paper prints '3D edition'

BBC : Europe: 4 days ago
A Belgian daily has issued what is thought to be Europe's first 3D newspaper - complete with cardboard viewing glasses. ...read article

Brussels against exporting nuclear waste outside EU

EU Observer: 4 days ago
Brussels is against member states exporting their nuclear waste to countries outside the EU or to store it in joint sites, energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger said, as the commission works on a set of common safety standards. ...read article

Belgian PM: No new asylum demands

B92: 4 days ago
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said that there have not been any new demands from Serbian and Macedonian citizens seeking asylum in Belgium. While in Pritina, Leterme reiterated that citizens from Serbia and Macedonia seeking political asylum ... ...read article

GM considers employees' plan to rescue plant

Financial Times : Business Europe: 4 days ago
The US carmaker says it is studying a proposal from its Belgian employees to keep its Antwerp plant open to build vehicles on contract for other carmakers ...read article

EU warns US against protectionism in Pentagon deal

FindLaw : Business: 4 days ago
BRUSSELS (AP) - The EU on Tuesday warned the United States against protectionism after a European-led consortium pulled out of the bidding for an Air Force contract, saying the terms had been altered to favor a U.S. company. ...read article

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