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Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
London Labour MEP, Robert Evans is leading a delegation to Sri Lanka this week as part of his work as Chair of the European Parliament's Delegation to South Asia to discuss various issues with the hope of re-starting the peace process. Leading a multi-party group of Euro MPs, Robert Evans will be meeting the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and various Government Ministers to discuss the stalled...
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Rhondda Leader (icWales) (Free subscription) | yesterday
PLAID MEP Jill Evans has been re-elected unopposed as vice president of the party, for what will be a third term in the role, and she has thanked members for placing their confidence in her again.
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Behaviour in Brno YOUR Brussels correspondent finds himself in Prague this week. Over an otherwise uncontroversial lunch, the subject came up of this week's Charlemagne column, which hymns the mobility brought to Europe by low-cost airlines. Charlemagne fondly imagined he had covered himself against charges of naivety about some of the less appealing sides of low-cost tourism by conceding that British...
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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
A member of the European Parliament, German politician Silvana Koch-Mehrin would like to see a decentralized Europe that puts its citizens first, she writes in an exclusive essay for DW-WORLD.DE.
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Green Lane Allotments (Free subscription) | yesterday
Below is a copy of part of an email from PSD - Information Services to MEP Nigel Farage! "Dow have now indicated that they are withdrawing products which contain aminopyralid from sale and PSD is formally suspending their authorisations whilst we investigate the options for preventing arecurrence of this problem. A key issue in our consideration will bewhether the conditions of use regarding
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The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
A long-awaited transport project LONDON is trying to move ahead with plans for its long-awaited Crossrail project. The train line is intended to cut west-east across the metropolitan area, allowing a traveler to go from Heathrow airport, say, to Canary Wharf and points further east (via key Tube interchanges in the city centre) without switching lines. If all goes smoothly, Crossrail could open in...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Wondering about Karadzic's secret life NOW that the world is absorbing the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, wanted for the worst massacre in Europe since the second world war, questions are rightly being asked about how he evaded capture for so long. Living under a false name with a long white beard and practicing alternative medicine near Belgrade, he hardly had the kind of disguise that would stump the...
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
A Liberal Democrat politician who led a campaign for the abolition of a ban on HIV+ travellers to the US has said she is "delighted" that the Senate has voted to end the current restrictions.
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Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Socialists in the European Parliament today welcomed the arrest of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic as evidence of the new Belgrade government's readiness to cooperate with the UN International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
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Liberal Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
In slow and tentative steps towards becoming a serious electoral force, the Green Party's Caroline Lucas was recently the first (and favourite) to bid for party leader. But she has already been criticised by others like Derek Wall. Can Lucas discontented liberals and lefties with a credible home?
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Scottish nationalists are rumbling ALEX Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), is insisting that this week's parliamentary election in Glasgow East will result in a "political earthquake." Long considered a safe Labour seat, it is now being hotly contested—just the latest challenge to Gordon Brown's wobbling government. Both parties were in full campaign mode in Scotland over the weekend.Despite...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
MEP ALYN Smith is convinced a solution will be found to ensure the future operation of Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry services.
