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  EU to hold emergency meeting on refugee issue

  World | September 16, 2015 13:15 IST

  Brussels: European Union (EU) interior ministers will hold an emergency meeting on September 22 to cope with refugee crisis, officials said.Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg's Minister for Immigration and Asylum and President of the Council, on Tuesday

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  UNICEF urges European Union to protect refugee children

  World | September 11, 2015 18:42 IST

  Geneva: The UN Children's Fund (Unicef) on Friday urged all European Union (EU) member states to fully protect refugee children.Unicef said children already make up a quarter of all asylum seekers in Europe so far

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  Germany demands EU partners share burden of migrant influx

  World | September 07, 2015 16:19 IST

  Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on "a moving, in some parts breathtaking weekend behind us," said Monday that all EU countries could help to accommodate the human tide from the Middle East and Africa.French

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  European Union invites PM Modi for Summit in Brussels

  National | August 06, 2015 18:31 IST

  New Delhi:  Four months after it gave a cold shoulder to a proposed visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Brussels, European Union has invited him for the long-pending India-EU summit just before or after

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  Concrete Europe commitment needed to relieve Greek debt

  World | July 24, 2015 7:08 IST

  Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that "difficult" talks lie ahead with regard to a third bailout programme for Greece and stressed the need for a commitment by European leaders to re-structure Athens' debt."On

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  Greek government suffers defections as austerity vote looms

  World | July 16, 2015 7:01 IST

  Athens: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faced a rising wave of hostility from members of his own party on Wednesday ahead of a parliament vote on an austerity bill that condemns the country to years of

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  Eurozone reaches deal on Greece bailout: European Union

  World | July 13, 2015 20:13 IST

  Brussels: A summit of eurozone leaders reached a tentative agreement with Greece on Monday for a bailout program that includes "serious reforms" and aid, removing an immediate threat that Greece could collapse financially and leave

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  European Union urges Greek govt to make 'meaningful, possible' proposals for renegotiation

  World | July 06, 2015 10:22 IST

  Brussels: The European Union urged the Greek government to make "meaningful" and "possible" proposals in coming hours for renegotiation, following early results which have shown that Greece overwhelmingly rejected the bloc's bailout offer."The NO side

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  Greece enters uncharted territory after referendum 'no' vote

  World | July 06, 2015 18:57 IST

  Athens: Greece lurched into uncharted territory and an uncertain future in Europe's common currency Sunday after voters overwhelmingly rejected demands by international creditors for more austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt

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  Referendum on terms of creditor agreement begins in Greece

  India | July 05, 2015 11:19 IST

  Athens: Greek voters on Sunday started casting ballots in a landmark referendum on terms of agreement with creditors on the next deal with the country's lenders.The voting would determine whether Greece would avert a looming

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  Greece set to vote in bailout referendum today

  World | July 05, 2015 8:51 IST

  Athens: Greece is set to vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to accept the debt draft deal with international creditors to restart financial aid to the country, or to reject the lenders'

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  European Union - India summit expected by end of 2015

  June 17, 2015 12:50 IST

  Brussels: The next summit between the European Union and India is expected to be held by the end of this year, probably in November, after a gap of nearly three years, according to EU and

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  Dutch PM to visit India to boost bilateral ties

  India | April 08, 2015 20:34 IST

  The Hague: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will go to India on a two-day visit in June, accompanied by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen and Minister for Economic Affairs Sharon Dijksma

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  India 3rd least efficient coal-fired power generating nation

  March 13, 2015 18:49 IST

  New Delhi: Chinese and US companies generate power through "least efficient and most polluting form of coal-fired generation", followed by Indian firms at the third position globally, says a report.According to a research by Stranded

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  Naveen allowed EU team to Kandhamal, but banned me: Togadia

  National | February 28, 2015 22:53 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Referring to the visit of an European Union delegation to communally sensitive Kandhamal district, VHP president Praveen Togadia today termed Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik “anti-Hindu”.“While Naveen Patnaik allowed a delegation of EU to

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  European Union diplomats in Delhi to install air purifiers at home, office

  India | February 27, 2015 7:09 IST

  New Delhi: Following the steps of US Union, now European Union has directed its diplomats in national capital to install air purifiers at home and office.This will reduce exposure to high air pollution levels. Joao

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  EU asks its diplomats to install air purifiers at homes, offices in Delhi

  India | February 25, 2015 23:25 IST

  New Delhi:Ambassador and head of delegation of the European Union to India Joao Cravinho said the decision has been taken keeping in mind the well-being of the EU staff here."We don't need to monitor the

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  After mangoes, EU may lift ban on four more vegetables

  India | January 23, 2015 9:40 IST

  New Delhi: Soon after lifting the ban on import of mangoes, the Indian government is expecting the European Commission to remove the ban on shipments of four more vegetables – bitter gourd, brinjal, snake gourd

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  Gender equality in EU makes slow progress: Report

  World | January 21, 2015 9:35 IST

  Brussels: A report approved by the European Parliament showed that very slow progress in gender equality has been made since 2009 in the European Union (EU) countries."There has been progress, but it is too slow.

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  'New packaging practice helped in lifting of EU ban on mango'

  January 21, 2015 7:53 IST

  New Delhi: The European Union's decision to lift ban on mango imports from India is a recognition of inspection process and new packaging practice now adopted by exporters, industry body FIEO said Tuesday."The new procedure