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European Commission Issues Bond for EU´s Assistance Packages to Ireland And Portugal
The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union, has issued a €4.75 billion bond with a 10 year maturity to fund disbursements of the assistance packages to Ireland and Portugal. From the proceeds Ireland will receive €3 billion and Portugal...
European Aviation Crisis Coordination Cell Activated As Grimsvötn Volcano Erupts in Iceland
There is an evolving situation with respect to Grimsvötn volcano and a possibility of volcanic ash affecting European airspace, starting with northwestern Europe, including the UK and Ireland. Already, the EACCC (European Aviation Crisis Coordination...
New Charges Filed Against Firm for Exporting United States Military Items to Iran
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has charged Mac Aviation Group, an Irish trading company, and its officers Thomas and Sean McGuinn of Sligo, Ireland, in a superseding indictment with purchasing F-5 fighter aircraft parts, helicopter engines...
Raids Across Europe Deal ‘Major Blow’ to Drug/firearm Network
Simultaneous dawn raids across Europe have resulted in the arrest of 32 people. 750 officers were involved in an international operation run from command centres in Malaga, London and Dublin. The target was a criminal network suspected of trafficking...
UK’s Pet Travel Scheme Celebrates Its 10th Birthday.
After ten years of driving dogs, caravanning cats and ferrying ferrets, in which 660,000 pet journeys were made using pet passports, the UK’s Pet Travel Scheme is celebrating its 10th birthday. It was 28 February 2000 when owners were first able to...
US Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Switzerland
The Department of Justice has announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Switzerland for resettlement in Switzerland. The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Geneva,...
European Parliament Adopts Budget for 2010
The European Parliament has adopted the final EU budget for 2010, which will be €141.4 billion in commitments and €122.9 billion in payments. The main challenge for this year’s budget was to find the funding for the already agreed but not yet...
U.K. Energy Minister Signs Agreement with 8 Other Countries to Develop Offshore Wind Grid
Nine countries including the UK have signed up to develop an integrated offshore grid in the North and Irish Seas. In the margins of the Energy Council meeting in Brussels, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt signed the agreement along with ministers...
