October 19, 2006
"Further delay for Metop satellite....
The launch of Metop, Europe's most sophisticated weather and climate satellite, has been delayed again. MetOp1, a revolutionary state-of-the-art satellite, will be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A British anti-EU video.."The EU is a monster that needs to be stopped before it destroys our great nation"
EU foreign ministers have formally endorsed the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the bloc in 2007- but the slow entry preparations of the two countries has prompted the EU to draw lessons for future enlargements of the bloc. Oh, Turkey again:) European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP [also] confirms her support for Romania and Bulgaria joining the EU in 2007 and urges the need for controls concerning US access to personal data while US wants more freedom on use of EU air passenger data.
EuroQuest discuss How do young Muslim men, born and bread in Europe, become fundamentalists? !
European Union Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, center, talks to the media during a joint press conference with EU Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism Jan Figel, left, and EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik, right, at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday Oct. 18, 2006. The EU Commission has adopted today a proposal to establish a European Institute of Technology (EIT). (AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)
* Proposed EU Broadcast Rules Threaten Video Bloggers
* Interview: 'Business needs incentives to work with universities'
While EU losing faith in Russia energy charter scheme, WTO chief critical of EU's bilateral trade deals. Meanwhile, European Parliament chief Josep Borrell has defended the power sharing arrangement between the assembly's two biggest political groups on the presidency of the institution as a "practical solution."
* Plea for action on child poverty; the United Nations children's agency Unicef has appealed to Eastern European and Central Asian governments to pay more attention to child poverty.
* France's La Poste prepares for battle
* Air pollution 'critical' in large cities; A survey of 26 large European cities shows that only three are in full compliance with EU air-quality standards. The survey comes one week ahead of a key vote on air quality in the Council.
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