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Социалистите и демократите в ЕП очакват от правителството на България да съблюдава принципите на демокрация, свобода на изразяване и върховенство на закона (BG)

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Muro Berlino: Dichiarazione congiunta Angelilli - Pittella (IT)

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Venti anni fa con il crollo Muro di Berlino si affermava, senza spargimento di sangue, la naturale vocazione alla libertà insita nel popolo europeo, e l’ansia di rinnovamento e giustizia trovava compimento. L´Unione Europea fin da subito aprì le proprie porte al processo di adesione degli stati ex socialisti dell’Europa Centrorientale.

Plenary Session - European Parliament in Brussels from 11 to 12 November 2009. Socialist and Democrat priorities on the agenda

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Socialist and Democrat Priorities - Plenary Session - November I - Brussels Wednesday 11 November 2009 Outcome of European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 Implementation of the Services Directive

ABC’s Diane Sawyer Repeats Concern of Wishing Muslim Shooter’s ‘Name was Smith’; All Three Networks ID Hasan's Faith

NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

All three morning shows on Friday identified the man who killed 12 at an Army base in Texas as a Muslim. However, Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer repeated a concern from Thursday’s World News: " Yes, we heard Martha Raddatz say last night that the wife of a soldier said ‘I wish his name had been Smith,’ so no one would have a reflexive question about [a religious motive]....

Deregulation of oil sector is evitable, says Yar’Adua

turenchi (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has said that deregulation of the petroleum sector was inevitable, and the administration is holding consultations and dialogue with all stakeholders to explain the necessity of the action. Yar’Adua was speaking to Baroness Glenys Kinnock, British minister

Yar?Adua: No Going Back on Deregulation

turenchi (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

President Umaru Musa Yar?Adua said yesterday that there was no going back on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. The policy also received the backing of the House of Representatives as the Lower Chamber asked the Federal Government to sell the refineries.Speaking while receiving the British Secretary of State for Africa, Baroness Glenys Kinnock, at the State...

Make your views known: join the climate change Twinge from wherever you are this Saturday

Labourlist (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

By Ben Furber / @benfurber Climate change is the hot topic on everyone's lips. 62% of respondents in a recent Europe-wide survey consider climate change to be the most serious problem facing the world today. The EU will shortly agree its strategy for COP15 ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December. This will be the topic of discussion in Southport on Saturday at the local...

Marita Ulvskog: Ingen avstängning från internet utan rättslig prövning (SE)

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

– Jag är glad att vi lyckades komma överens om en kompromisstext med ministerrådet. Detta visar att vi tar integritetsfrågorna på allvar. Som texten är formulerad idag ger den ett minst lika omfattande skydd som ändringsförslag 138, säger Marita Ulvskog (S).

Евгени Кирилов: В последно време наблюдаваме ескалация на националистическото говорене на сегашните управляващи в Македония (BG)

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Incontro Pittella con Confcommercio International (IT)

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Il ruolo del Parlamento europeo a sostegno dell'imprenditorialità e gli sviluppi legati all'entrata in vigore del Trattato di Lisbona sono stati i temi principali al centro dell'incontro odierno del vicepresidente vicario del Parlamento europeo, Gianni Pittella con una delegazione della Confcommercio di Pordenone e della Confcommercio International, guidate rispettivamente dal presidente Giovanni...

Paquet Télécoms: "Une bonne nouvelle pour les citoyens européens"

Groupe socialiste (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Des responsables du groupe des socialistes et démocrates saluent l'accord intervenu entre le Conseil, le Parlement européen et la Commission sur le paquet télécoms. "Les négociations ont été ardues mais nous sommes parvenus à un bon accord équilibré qui respecte les droits fondamentaux des internautes", a déclaré...

Leaked Labour Minutes Show Party In a Desperate State

Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

I've been sent the minutes of the London Regional Labour Party Board Meeting from 2 November (written by Luke Akehurst), and very interesting reading they make too. Firstly, this... Claude[Moraes MEP] has been to Washington DC where Obama administration key players made it clear they don’t want to have to deal with a Eurosceptic Tory Government here as they want to be able to deal with the EU...

Scott Brown and Shaun Maloney out of Scotland squad

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

• Scott Brown and Shaun Maloney will not face Wales • Recalls for Ross McCormack and James McFadden The injured Celtic midfielders Scott Brown and Shaun Maloney were today omitted from the Scotland squad for next Saturday's friendly in Wales. Neither player travelled with their club to Hamburg for the Europa League game, with Brown still troubled by an ankle problem and Maloney having suffered...

Official: Political Abuse Is OK

Dick Puddlecote (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

It was abuse, but it wasn't racially-motivated . An Asian man who was accused of calling Nick Griffin a “white b*****d” as he drove past him has been cleared of racially threatening behaviour. The defendant, who admitted calling Mr Griffin a “f****** w*****”, smiled in triumph as the jury returned their verdict after deliberating for 45 minutes at the end of a three day trial....

Prism Hotels & Resorts Names David Martin Senior Vice President of Operations

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009

DALLAS, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based hotel management firm Prism Hotels & Resorts has named David Martin senior vice president of operations. Martin, a 26-year industry veteran, most recently headed the hotel and franchised operations for Wyndham Hotel and Resorts. He has also served as vice president of operations at Kimpton.