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Serbia Applies for European Union Membership
This afternoon, Serbia submitted a formal application for membership of the European Union (EU). Serbian President Boris Tadi? handed his country’s application for EU membership to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Stockholm. “I welcome...
European Union Agrees to Pay EUR 2.4 Billion Per Year From 2010 to 2012 to Fight Climate Change
On the second day of the summit between the EU heads of state and government in Brussels, the leaders reached an agreement on ‘fast start funding’. The EU’s figure came to EUR 2.4 billion per year from 2010 to 2012. “I am particularly...
A (Noble?) Experiment to Move Business Beyond Ideology
Last month I took Barack Obama to task for trying to turn a town hall meeting in China into an opportunity to promote his convictions about “universal rights.” At that time I tried to offer evidence that just about any concept of universality...
San Francisco Remembers Elisabeth Söderström
San Francisco Remembers Elisabeth Söderström Today’s New York Times ran Anthony Tommasini’s obituary for the Swedish soprano Elisabeth Söderström, who died on Friday in Stockholm at the age of 82. Tommasini cited the Marschallin in...
Iranian Opposition Leader Mousavi Rejects Partial Vote Recount
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has rejected a government proposal to conduct a partial recount of presidential election votes whilst insisting that the results be annulled. In a statement on his Web site, Mr. Mousavi questioned the impartiality...
Thousands Across the Globe Rally for Iranian Protesters
Iranians living overseas have joined with the hundreds of thousands in Iran in protesting the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections that “officially” showed a landslide 63 percent vote for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the main...
Egypt Urges Sweden to Return 212 Archaeological Pieces
Egypt has made a formal request for the Swedish government to return 212 archaeological pieces presently on display at the “Auster Gotland” museum in Stockholm, APA learned Monday.
