Topic: European Union

Spain expresses disappointment that Obama will not attend EU-US summit A senior Spanish official expressed disappointment Tuesday that President Barack Obama will not be attending an EU-US summit in Spain and hope that the meeting can be rescheduled.An official in Zapatero's office ...

Global financial regulation overhaul seen in 2010

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial regulation has changed little since the 2008 banking crisis, but that won't be the case much longer.U.S. In the United States, the House of Representatives has approved a bill, but the Senate has not and the prospect ...

U.S. to propose 17 percent emissions cut in Copenhagen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 at a U.N. climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.Obama's negotiating position for the talks in Copenhagen has been ...
EU urges US to spell out long-term climate goal, says climate deal hinges on US, ChinaThe United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European ...

Biden calls for bigger security role for east Europe

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on central and east European states on Thursday to become more involved in fighting security threats and work closer with their former Soviet bloc peers outside western alliances.The United States is keen to ...

Obama to host EU-US summit in November

US President Barack Obama will host the leadership of the European Union for a summit on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and the global economy in early November, the White House said Friday.Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik ...
The European Union has joined the Justice Department in investigating the antitrust implications of Google's book search service, reports TG Daily. Even though the copyright deal is specific to the U.S., the EU can still voice its opinions to the Justice department. ...

Social Welfare and Its Discontents

After all, in Europe, of the sub-prime crisis here in the United States, is this incredible indebtedness of countries like the 3 Baltic republics like Hungary, like, never mind, Bulgarian, and Romania. And at the same time, the exhaustion of a certain ...

Support for Iran rallies 'cannot be justified'

Iran's European Union envoy hit out Thursday at international backing for supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, saying it " cannot be justified. ""The foreign support for these trouble-makers and anarchists under the cover of supporting democracy and the voice ...
Hasan Yahya, PH.DsThe United States of America will prevail, in the Year 2014 as it was in Clinton times. Futurists are busy in their projections worldwide. The most important for us Americans is future of the United States, locally, internationally, and globally. ...