Saudi Arabia extends $500 million economic aid package to support Yemen    Kuwait advances to semi-finals after thrilling draw with Qatar    Azerbaijan airline blames 'external interference' for plane crash    At least 69 dead after boat sinks in Morocco waters    Israel strikes Sanaa airport and other Houthi targets across Yemen    Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race    Ukraine captures injured North Korean soldier, says Seoul    Absher launches service to report about absconding of visit visa holders    Lulu Retail expands in Saudi Arabia with two new stores    King Salman receives written message from Putin    Indonesia's Consultative Assembly speaker hails MWL's efforts in disseminating moderate image of Islam Sheikh Al-Issa receives Al-Muzani at MWL headquarters in Makkah    Saudi Arabia to host Gulf Cup 27 in Riyadh in 2026    Saudi Arabia, Bahrain secure wins in thrilling Khaleeji Zain 26 Group B clashes    Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91    RDIA launches 2025 Research Grants on National Priorities    RCU launches women's football development project    Financial gain: Saudi Arabia's banking transformation is delivering a wealth of benefits, to the Kingdom and beyond    Blake Lively's claims put spotlight on 'hostile' Hollywood tactics    Five things everyone should know about smoking    Do cigarettes belong in a museum    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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UN rebuffs EU proposal for humanitarian mission to Libya
Awwal 08, 1432 / April 12, 2011, SPA -- The United Nations has rebuffed a European Union offer to deploy a military mission to assist humanitarian aid efforts in Libya, European officials in Luxembourg said Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of EU (...)

12 - 04 - 2011
Portugal's golden telecoms shares illegal, EU court rules
The Portuguese government's holding of 500 "golden" shares in former state telephone company Portugal Telecom (PT) is illegal, the European Union's top court ruled Thursday, a week after the government used the shares to veto a Spanish takeover, (...)

08 - 07 - 2010
EU,GCC Joint Ministerial Council Focuses on Expanding Cooperation
The 27-member European Union and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold here later today their 20th joint ministerial council to expand and deepen their cooperation and relationship. The meeting is to endorse a joint Action Plan (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
EU Increases Pressure on Israel for Ending Siege of Gaza
The Chairwoman of Foreign Affairs of the European Union Catherine Ashton said today that the European Union increases its pressure on Israel to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip which has left 1.5 million Palestinians suffering from (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
EU ready to offer humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is set to receive humanitarian aid from the European Commission after ethnic violence in the south of the country led tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, dpa quoted European Union foreign ministers as saying today. The (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
EU agrees on new set of Iran sanctions
European foreign ministers agreed today to recommend a package of additional sanctions against Iran over that country's disputed nuclear program, according to AP. The move came after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton invited Iran's top (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
EU leaders to approve start to Iceland accession
European Union leaders are expected to give the go-ahead for Iceland to begin talks to join the 27-country union later this week, Reuters quoted EU diplomats as saying today. "Having considered the application... (the EU) decides that accession (...)

14 - 06 - 2010
France, UK, Sweden want deep CO2 cut, Italy opposed
Western European countries gave strong backing to deeper cuts to climate-warming emissions today, but Italy's environment minister said her peers were deluded, AP reported. The sudden enthusiasm for ambitious climate action came as a surprise after (...)

11 - 06 - 2010
EU sets goal: 20 million Europeans out of poverty by 2020
The European Union will work to lift 20 million of its citizens out of poverty by 2020, officials agreed today ahead of a summit expected to draw up a new ten-year economic plan for the bloc, dpa reported. The EU is currently debating a "2020 (...)

07 - 06 - 2010
EU court backs 1,134-euro limit for airline baggage claims
Airline passengers whose baggage is lost or damaged cannot claim compensation of more than 1,134.71 euros (1,464.13 dollars) even if they have suffered emotional trauma because of the loss, the European Union court ruled Thursday, according to (...)

06 - 05 - 2010
EU court confirms cap on claims for lost air baggage
Passengers can claim only up to about 1,100 euros ($1,480) from airlines for losing their baggage, Europe's top court ruled on Thursday in a case concerning a traveller who had sought three times as much, Reuters reoprted. The limit to carriers' (...)

06 - 05 - 2010
Saudi Majlis Al-Shura and Luxembourg House of Representatives Explore Cooperation
Speaker of House of Representatives in Luxembourg Laura Mozart received here today the visiting delegation of Saudi Majlis Al-Shura led by Chairman of the Saudi-Belgian Friendship Committee and member of Majlis Al-Shura, Mohammed Al-Jifri. Mozart (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
Majlis Al-Shura Delegation Holds Meetings in Luxembourg
The Minister of Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jeannot Krecke has met here with Majlis Al-Shura delegation headed by Chairman of Saudi-European Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Dr Mohammed bin Amin Al-Jifri currently on a visit to the (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
EU ministers close to a deal on new diplomatic service
European Union foreign ministers were set to strike a deal on the setting up of the bloc's new diplomatic service after hours of painstaking negotiations, dpa quoted officials as saying. The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, met (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
EU to lift visas for Bosnia and Albania by end of year, Italy says
Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania are set to enjoy visa-free travel to the European Union's Schengen area by the end of the year, dpa quoted the Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini as saying today. Frattini said "a positive announcement," set (...)

26 - 04 - 2010
Vietnam shoe duty
A European court has rejected an appeal by a number of Hong Kong and China-based shoemakers against import duties levied by the European Commission on shoes originating form China and Vietnam, Reuters reported. Luxembourg-based EU General Court (...)

05 - 03 - 2010
Court blocks individual claims vs UBS on Madoff
Investors who lost money to American swindler Bernard Madoff through a fund set up by UBS cannot seek compensation directly from the Swiss bank, a Luxembourg court ruled on Thursday, according to Reuters. The court rejected the demands of an (...)

04 - 03 - 2010
EU ministers back Afghan aid revamp
EU foreign ministers have given their backing to a revamp of the European Union"s civilian aid strategy in Afghanistan. Sweden"s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt says the 27-nation bloc"s existing aid plans are not working and need better coordination (...)

27 - 10 - 2009
EU aims to withdraw economic stimulus in 2011
European Union governments vowed Tuesday to start withdrawing hundreds of billions of euros (dollars) worth of stimulus measures by 2011 if the economy recovers steadily next year, reported ap. EU finance ministers said in a statement that the (...)

20 - 10 - 2009
EU promises more money for dairy farmers
The European Union"s farm chief has promised ¤280 million ($420 million) to a special milk fund to ease the plight of dairy farmers facing the fallout of the financial crisis, according to AP. EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel says she has (...)

19 - 10 - 2009
ECB keeps interest rate at 1 pct
The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1 percent today, preferring to wait and see if its «spectacular» infusion of credit into the banking system will loosen lending to consumers and businesses in the euro (...)

02 - 07 - 2009
EU leaders move to reassure financial markets
European Union leaders will take "all the necessary steps" to ensure the stability of the bloc's financial system and protect citizens' savings, a joint statement issued on their behalf by the French presidency of the EU said Monday. Such (...)

06 - 10 - 2008
Turkey's FM says indirect Israel-Syria peace talks making progress
Indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria are making progress and both sides agreed to two more rounds under Turkish mediation next month, Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday. Babacan, who was in Luxembourg for meetings with European Union (...)

17 - 06 - 2008
EU agrees to boost Israel ties
European Union states agreed on Monday they were ready to upgrade ties with Israel while urging the Jewish state to make progress on Middle East peace, officials said. "The European Union is determined to develop a closer partnership with (...)

16 - 06 - 2008
EU ministers hold tough talks on energy rules
European Union government ministers were Friday engaged in tough talks aimed at reaching a make-or-break compromise on efforts to increase competition in their energy markets, according to dpa. The talks among ministers in Luxembourg showed that (...)

06 - 06 - 2008
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