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13 October 2008
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Interview: US seeking EU help to close Guantanamo  [FR] [DE]

The European Union has been engaging in in-depth discussions with the United States over the last three years to harbour prisoners detained in the controversial US Guantanamo centre in Cuba, EU counter-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerchove revealed in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.


EU eyes higher pay for skilled immigrants  [FR] [DE]

Foreign engineers or doctors applying for jobs in the EU should earn at least 1.5 times the average salary in their host country in order to be defined as "skilled workers", EU ministers agreed ahead of a justice and home affairs meeting on Thursday (25 September).


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Maritime Safety  [FR] [DE]

Following oil slicks that devastated European coasts in the past decade, the Commission is taking further action to improve maritime safety by preventing accidents and pollution and better controlling their effects. (read more)

Internet Security  [FR] [DE]

Security in the online world is essential for the internet to realise its economic potential - but experts agree that there is no simple solution to a problem that has multiple dimensions: technological, societal, economic and psychological. (read more)

Environmental crime  [DE]

EU member states have confirmed their support of plans aimed at criminalising the worst offences against the environment - however, sanctions are to be limited to transgressions of EU, not national, laws. (read more)

 
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