GEORGES-FRANCIS SEINGRY REPRESENTS THE FRENCH COMMUNITY IN BELGIUM AND IN PARIS
BRUSSELS – We met Georges-Francis SEINGRY (Rassemblement des Français de l’Etranger, close to UMP-party), highly regarded in the french community in Brussels and [...]
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RUSSIA, A STILL TO IMPROVE DEMOCRACY
It is usual to read in the western european press that Russia is not a democracy. I would assume that Russia never has been a democracy, neither before or after the [...]
PROF. DR. F. BINDI INTRODUCES IIC, ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA IN BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS- Prof. Dr. Federiga BINDI was appointed one year ago as general manager of the Instituto Italiano di Cultura in Brussels. We met her to discuss her realisations [...]
AT THE CONCORDIA ANTARCTIC BASE OF THE ESA
BRUSSELS – Secluded from civilisation and living in a white desert, the crew at the Concordia research base in Antarctica have settled in to their home and are ready [...]
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION: GUNTHER OETTINGER IS HAPPY !
Today the Council adopted the Regulation on Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure. The European Parliament has already formally approved the regulation. [...]
GASTRONOMIA BRUXELLES
gαΣtronoμία@Bruxelles BRUSSELS- Following the success of Brusselicious, the Greek National Tourism Organisation in Belgium and SETE (the Association of Greek Tourism [...]
EDA ASSIGNS THE EGMONT PHD PRIZE
At the EDA annual conference held last 21 march in Brussels, the First EDA-Egmont PhD Prize in European Defence, Security and Strategy has been awarded to Dr Bejamin Pohl . [...]
SOON A EU-JAPAN SUMMIT
On 25 March in Tokyo, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, will meet Japanese Prime Minister [...]
LATVIA BECOMES PARTNER OF ESA
Latvia becomes the seventh country to sign the European Cooperating State Agreement with ESA (the european space agency).. This agreement strengthens Latvia’s relations [...]
EIB TO BACK RTE’S SUPER GRID PROJECT
The European Investment Bank has agreed to participate in the financing of seven high voltage and very high voltage power grid upgrading projects in France over the period [...]
THE EESC CALL FOR AN END TO FOOD WASTE IN THE EU
Food waste amounts to 89 million tonnes a year in the EU, while 79 million EU citizens live below the poverty line. In its opinion on Prevention and reduction of food waste, [...]
EP TRANSPORT COMMISSION DEBATES FLYING TIME OF PILOTS
MEPs quizzed European Commission Aviation Director Matthew Baldwin on Tuesday about the new rules on flight and duty times for flight crews recommended by the European [...]
THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION AND ITS ROLE IN THE SECURITY AREA
Revenue collection, national security, trade facilitation, community protection, and collection of trade statistics are the traditional roles of Customs. In the era of [...]
EU WANTS TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN SOMALIA
Today the EU has decided to provide additional support of €33 million to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which plays an essential role in securing the [...]
MENSCH DE L’ANNEE AWARDS
The CCLJ, centre communautaire laïc juif, awards every year the “MENSCH OF THE YEAR”This year four persons were distinguished. The MENSCH OF THE YEAR is aimed to [...]
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