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Former finance minister and leader of the liberal Venstre opposition party, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, has warned against China’s ambitions in Greenland. In recent months, several Chinese companies have begun exploration projects or negotiations with a…
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German Environment Minister Peter Altmeier wants to counter the steep increase in electricity prices prompted by the government’s pro-renewables energy policy. The law on the promotion of alternative energies has boosted the use of renewables from 8 …
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According to the International Monetary Fund, the economic outlook for Hungary will remain „difficult“ in 2013. On January 28 in Budapest, the IMF concluded a two-week joint mission with the Commission to analyse the state of Hungary’s public finance…
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„Swiss research in the European showcase,“ beams Swiss daily Le Temps. The Human Brain Project an initiative of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was selected on January 28 as one of two projects by the European Union’s FET Flagship…
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“Complete victory,” headlines Frettabladid following the ruling of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in favour of Reykjavik in the case it brought against the European Commission. The Commission had been pursuing Iceland, arguing that when…
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Bol Pekidžing Evropa je zahvaljući novoj fabričkoj liniji u Beogradu prošle godine u našoj zemlji ostvario rekordnu proizvodnju od 1,3 milijarde limenki, od čega je 85% bilo namenjeno izvozu. U …
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SOFIA (Bulgaria), January 29 (SeeNews) – The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE) said its non-consolidated net profit rose to 608,000 levs ($418,000/311,000 euro) last year from 314,000 levs a year earlier.
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CHISINAU (Moldova), January 29 (SeeNews) – A Chinese-Moldovan joint venture will invest $1.0 million (744,000 euro) in the construction of an adhesive tape plant in the Valkanes free economic zone, Moldova's economy ministry said on Tuesday.
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BANJA LUKA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), January 29 (SeeNews) – The number of tourists staying in Bosnia's Serb Republic in 2012 rose by 1.4% and totalled 241,214, official figures showed.
Finance Minister Luis de Guindos has indicated that he may be willing to review deficit targets for Spain’s regions, if the European Commission will consent to lower deficit targets for the Spanish state in 2013.
A more attainable deficit target is o…
New Eastern Europe, Cracow – Ahead of the end of immigration controls on Romania and Bulgaria in January 2014, some UK ministers are thinking of running a campaign to deter a repeat of the 2004 “wave” of immigration when eight former communis…
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), January 29 (SeeNews) – Registrations of new commercial vehicles in Slovenia fell by 4.8% to 7,601 in 2012, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) said on Tuesday.