http://www.eubusiness.com European Union Business News from EUbusiness.com daily 1 2009-11-25T20:45:09Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/serbia-kosovo.p8x Two months since Serbia and Kosovo agreed to normalise relations, implementation of the accord has barely started just days before European leaders are due to decide whether they merit closer EU ties. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Serbia Kosovo accord implementation FOCUS 2013-06-19T04:32:01Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/croatia-enlarge.p8w The European Union may be engulfed by a debt crisis, but Croatia still sees its imminent membership of the bloc as a victory, the Balkan state's president told AFP in an interview. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Croatia enlarge politics INTERVIEW 2013-06-19T01:52:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/cyprus-economy.p8u Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has sharply criticised the terms imposed for a March debt bailout in a letter to eurozone leaders pleading for help in safeguarding the island's biggest lender. 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Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. China wine 2013-06-18T19:24:26Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-vote-merkel.p8q German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives plan to woo voters with family-friendly promises and infrastructure spending worth tens of billions of euros in elections three months from now, said a draft policy manifesto seen Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Merkel Germany conservatives vote politics 2013-06-18T19:21:37Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/ireland-economy.p8k It is time for the European Parliament to approve the EU's hotly contested budget for the next seven years and give the struggling bloc a much needed spending boost, Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said on Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. economy budget Ireland European Parliament 2013-06-18T19:37:00Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/syria-conflict-un.p8i The EU's top foreign policy chief and the UN's high commissioner for refugees warned on Tuesday about the needs created by the influx of more than 530,000 Syrian refugees into Lebanon. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Lebanon UN Syria refugees conflict 2013-06-18T15:55:26Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/children-poverty.p8d Children in the European Union are increasingly falling victim to the economic crisis, the EU's rights agency warned Tuesday, citing the case of Greece where school-children were suffering from hunger. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline2 poverty children economy 2013-06-18T14:38:57Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-france-trade.p8b France's Michel Hazanavicius, whose silent film "The Artist" won the best film and best director Oscars last year, on Tuesday said France's insistence on protecting European cinema from Hollywood was justified. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. trade diplomacy US France 2013-06-18T14:34:08Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/romania-bulgaria.p89 Conservationist group WWF on Tuesday urged Romania and Bulgaria, home to the last viable wild sturgeon populations in the European Union, to protect the species, threatened by illegal fishing and caviar trade. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Romania environment WWF fishing Bulgaria 2013-06-18T14:33:55Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/egypt-aid-diplomacy.p88 A billion euros of EU aid channelled to Egypt before and after the January 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's reign failed to improve human rights and governance, or reduce corruption, auditors said Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Egypt Headline1 diplomacy aid 2013-06-18T15:03:08Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/lithuania-serbia.p86 Lithuania on Tuesday became the final European Union member to ratify a trade and aid accord with Serbia, a move that could help Belgrade's bid to join the bloc. 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