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Eurozone aid for Greece comes one step closer
EURACTIV 08/03/2010French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised on Sunday (7 March) that eurozone countries would help Greece if its financial problems worsened. Meanwhile, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he plans to make proposals soon on a...
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Economic value of nature 'still invisible', says UN
EURACTIV 08/03/2010A United Nations initiative is making massive calculations in an attempt to put a price on nature services such as soil, forest or fresh water in a drive to convince policymakers to implement the 'polluter pays' principle to protect...
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Mixed emotions on Women's Day in Eastern Europe
EURACTIV 08/03/2010Many people, especially those above 35 living in Eastern Europe, still associate 8 March with the old official Communist celebrations, with faded red cloves and drunken men 'celebrating' Women's Day. But gradually the day, which...
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Resounding referendum 'no' strengthens Iceland hand in debt talks
EURACTIV 08/03/2010The spectacular rejection by Icelandic voters of an 'Icesave' accord gives Iceland a resounding mandate to push for better terms in settling €3.9 billion in losses to Britain and the Netherlands....
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Save our elephants, we'll help you save tuna, Africa tells EU
EURACTIV 08/03/2010Support protection of our elephants and we'll help you protect your bluefin tuna, 23 African countries told the European Union on 5 March....
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Bonobos opt to share their food
BBC News | Science & Environment 08/03/2010One of our closest primate relatives, the bonobo, prefers to share its food rather than dine alone, scientists report....
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EU and EECA push for better research ties
EUROPA 08/03/2010Building better research relations between the EU and EECA (Eastern Europe and Central Asia) nations is an important objective for everyone, and the EECAlink project, which has received EUR 600 000 under the Health Theme of the EU's Seventh...
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EU to tackle radio spectrum access
EURACTIV 05/03/2010At an EU summit in late March, the EU will talk about how the bloc can reallocate radio spectrum to catch up with US broadband coverage. But the issue is hotly contested, a situation which an EU consultation launched yesterday (4 March) wil...
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Dutch-led renewable energy venture sets standard
EURACTIV 05/03/2010Dutch authorities were initially sceptical about funding the Minewater project, but with strong local support this unusual renewable energy initiative succeeded in securing EU regional money and went on to become a blueprint for simil...
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France urges looser EU competition rules
EURACTIV 05/03/2010The EU's competition policy is preventing the creation of strong European companies and needs to be more flexible, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday....
