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EU-Argentina disputes escalate

The European Union filed a suit against Argentina's import restrictions with the World Trade Organization (WTO) today (25 May), intensifying the disputes between the South American nation and its trading partners.

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REACH chemical safety review: Re-opening a can of worms?
Five years after its adoption, the European Commission is preparing to review the controversial REACH regulation, which for the first time required chemical manufacturers to justify that their products are safe for consumers before placing them on the market.

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EUrid: Being green pays off in increased competitiveness

It is not by making new regulations that policy-makers will force ICT companies to reduce their carbon footprint, but rather pushing member states to implement existing rules and convincing companies that they gain in competitiveness, argues Marc Van Wesemael, EURid CEO, in an interview with EurActiv.

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Greece's choice: a hard landing or a crash

Even though austerity depresses economic output, the Adjustment Programme is not the root of Greece's woes, argues Nikos Chrysoloras, a Brussels-based correspondent for Kathimerini, Greece’s leading newspaper and a Robert Bosch Stiftung “EU Journalism Fellow” for 2012, on a journalism practice with EurActiv.com. The op-ed was first published on the Euro Crisis blog.

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Another monopoly of “Gazprom” level will appear in the RF
Upon the initiative of the President of the RF V.Putin and signature of the Prime-minister D.Medvedev, one of the greatest energy companies “Ros..

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Report: West tolerated Kosovo mafia - 16 December 2010 - News

A Council of Europe draft report alleging that Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi is a Mafia-style boss spells out a truth that diplomats privately acknowledge: the West in Kosovo has favoured stability over justice.

EU team sent to Greece to curb 'alarming' refugee flow - 25 October 2010 - News

A team of EU border officials is being sent to help Greece deal with an increase in the number of immigrants crossing its frontier from Turkey, the European Commission said on Sunday (24 October).

France calls on Turkey to fight human trafficking - 19 October 2010 - News

On a visit to Cyprus yesterday (18 October), French Immigration Minister Eric Besson said Turkey must "do better" on immigration by protecting its borders and readmitting illegal migrants, including hundreds of prostitutes working in the northern part of Cyprus.

'European Pact on Immigration' unveiled - 07 July 2008 - News

France is expected to achieve the first success of its EU Presidency by officially presenting a 'European Pact on Immigration and Asylum' at informal talks between justice and home affairs ministers on 7-8 July in Cannes. The text, seen by EurActiv, has been watered down to accommodate concerns from Spain, which advocates a more open immigration policy.

Commissioner urges adoption of French missing-children system - 18 January 2007 - News

Speaking to EU, US and Russian VIPs in Paris, Franco Frattini called for the pan-EU implementation of an American scheme, already in use in France, which involves police sending SMS and email warnings to people within widening radii of a child's disappearance.

Frattini backs EU-wide helpline for trafficked prostitutes - 15 June 2006 - News

Questioned by the Parliament on the EU action against forced prostitution during major sport events, Justice Commissioner Frattini said that an EU-wide hotline for victims of forced prostitution is under consideration.

Commission sets out plan to fight human trafficking - 20 October 2005 - News

According to EU Justice Commissioner Frattini, fighting human trafficking is a "moral necessity" and member states should consolidate and improve their anti-trafficking policies without delay.

New Member States to become final destination for drugs and prostitution? - 19 April 2004 - News

Rather than organised crime spreading from the new Member States to the rest of the EU, experts warn of the development of new lucrative markets for drugs and human trafficking in the East.

Of human bondage - 26 June 2003 - Analysis

This analysis of human trafficking claims that we may be reaching the point when as many people worldwide have been enslaved since the fall of communism as were shipped from Africa to Europe and the Americas over 450 years.

Czech-German Police Break Major Trafficking Network - 25 June 2003 - Analysis

According to the German government, Austria overtook the Czech Republic as the main route into Germany for illegal immigrants.

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