http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/-t1.htm Posts related to the European Commission. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:34:34 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver/site_logo.gif http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/-t1.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/multilingualism-a-damned-nuisance-says-dutch-academic-t79.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26742/?rk=1 On the eve of the release of the European Commission's first-ever communication on mulitlingualism, a Dutch academic has called multilingualism "a pain in the neck" at an EU debate on the topic in Brussels. Abram de Swaan, emeritus research professor for social science at the University of Amsterdam, put a cat amongst the pigeons at a recent debate organised by the European Commission by attacking the need to employ multiple languages. "Language ... Commission Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:34:34 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/multilingualism-a-damned-nuisance-says-dutch-academic-t79.htm#79 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/multilingualism-a-damned-nuisance-says-dutch-academic-t79.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-set-to-improve-maternity-leave-conditions-t76.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26732/?rk=1 The European Commission intends to extend the minimum length of maternity leave from fourteen to eighteen continuous weeks, while ensuring a full salary. "Longer leave would have a positive impact on the mother's health in general," the draft commission paper, seen by EUobserver, says, adding that full payment of wages or salary would prevent women from suffering financial losses during their time away from work. Currently, the ... Commission Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:51:32 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-set-to-improve-maternity-leave-conditions-t76.htm#76 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-set-to-improve-maternity-leave-conditions-t76.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-condemns-opec-oil-production-cut-t61.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26726/?rk=1 A surprise decision by OPEC, the group of major oil-exporting countries, to lower its oil production by 520,000 barrels a day has sparked criticism from the EU and the US. EU energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that OPEC's decision to cut back supplies - the first such cut since December 2006 - increases volatility and is bad for the market. Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday (10 September) he suggested leaving the price ... Commission Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:14:19 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-condemns-opec-oil-production-cut-t61.htm#61 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-condemns-opec-oil-production-cut-t61.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-to-help-africa-expand-energy-sector-t56.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26709/?rk=1 The EU is to help African countries expand their electricity networks and promote energy interconnections between Africa and the EU, such as a Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. The joint statement was signed on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by EU Energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs, EU development commissioner Louis Michel and African Union (AU) commissioner for infrastructure and energy, Elham Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim of Egypt. It is the first ... Commission Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:06:35 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-to-help-africa-expand-energy-sector-t56.htm#56 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-to-help-africa-expand-energy-sector-t56.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-investigates-corruption-allegations-against-trade-official-t55.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26707/?rk=1 The EU anti-fraud office (OLAF) opened a case file on Monday (8 September) after a trade director within the European Commission apparently leaked confidential information to reporters of the Sunday Times posing as lobbyists, in exchange for prospective financial benefits. According to the Sunday Times, commission trade director Fritz-Harald Wenig leaked insider information about Chinese companies likely to get exemptions from EU tariffs. The ... Commission Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:04:44 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-investigates-corruption-allegations-against-trade-official-t55.htm#55 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-investigates-corruption-allegations-against-trade-official-t55.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-approves-gmo-bean-despite-public-fears-t54.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26710/?rk=1 The European Union has approved the import of a strain of genetically modified soybean, a move announced on Monday (8 September) by the European Commission. The bean, which bears the moniker A25704-12 and was developed by German biotechnology firm Bayer Cropscience, is now authorised to be brought to Europe to be used in food or animal feed for the next 10 years. The decision was arrived at by the EU's executive, the commission, after ... Commission Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:02:31 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-approves-gmo-bean-despite-public-fears-t54.htm#54 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/brussels-approves-gmo-bean-despite-public-fears-t54.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/cut-red-tape-to-attract-venture-capital-to-cutting-edge-high-tech-research-t51.htm Don http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1288&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en The Commission today called on the Parliament and Council to support a new drive to cut red tape and allow greater flexibility to make European high-tech research more effective. It was responding to the 'Aho report', the most comprehensive evaluation of EU ICT research yet, looking beyond the management of research to evaluate its impact on innovation. The report ... Commission Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:23:09 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/cut-red-tape-to-attract-venture-capital-to-cutting-edge-high-tech-research-t51.htm#51 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/cut-red-tape-to-attract-venture-capital-to-cutting-edge-high-tech-research-t51.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-breaks-the-ice-with-belarus-t50.htm Don http://euobserver.com/9/26703/?rk=1 The European Commission has proposed inviting Belarus foreign minister Sergei Martynov to a high-level EU meeting, breaking a four-year long taboo on contact with the eastern European dictatorship. "I believe there could be a so-called trojka meeting on the margins of the next foreign ministers session [in Paris on 15 September]," external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said at an informal EU gathering in Avignon, France ... Commission Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:19:08 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-breaks-the-ice-with-belarus-t50.htm#50 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-breaks-the-ice-with-belarus-t50.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-lobbyists-shun-european-commission-register-t46.htm Don Source http://euobserver.com/9/26695/?rk=1 While Brussels is home to an estimated 15-20,000 lobbyists, who daily and doggedly attempt to win lawmakers to their clients' point of view, up to now, only around 300 lobbying organisations have signed up to the European Commission's voluntary registry. As of Wednesday (4 September) - a day when across the Atlantic, Jack Abramoff, once one of Washington's most powerful lobbyists, was sentenced to four years in prison for his extensive corrupt ... Commission Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:54:22 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-lobbyists-shun-european-commission-register-t46.htm#46 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/eu-lobbyists-shun-european-commission-register-t46.htm http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/state-aid-weekly-5-9-08-t39.htm Don Link to download http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/newsletter/current_issue.pdf Content Highlights Public consultations New legislation Commission decisions Block exemptions European courts European Economic Area Additional points of interes Highlights Invitation to tender: study on the financial situation and restructuring prospects of a German credit institution (WestLB) - COM/2008/D3/019 Deadline for submitting tenders: 6th October 2008 Invitation ... Commission Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:19:01 GMT http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/state-aid-weekly-5-9-08-t39.htm#39 http://youreu.forumotion.net/commission-f3/state-aid-weekly-5-9-08-t39.htm