30.06.2009 - News
EU presidency comes to an end

The Czech Republic ends its six month presidency of the EU at midnight on Tuesday, making way for the next presiding country Sweden. At a ceremony marking the end of the presidency at the Office of the Government Prime Minister Jan Fischer and his predecessor in the post Mirek Topolánek said the presidency had fulfilled its agenda successfully despite the fall of the government halfway through...

30.06.2009 - Girl found alive after Yemeni plane crashes in Indian Ocean
"The young girl, aged 14, has arrived at the El Maarouf hospital. We were told that her condition is not worrisome," said Red Cross spokeswoman Ramulati Ben Ali...

30.06.2009 - Failed EU immigrants are held in Turkish camps
Each day, police vans deliver batches of illegal migrants to the Gaziosmanpasha detention center, an hour's drive north of Istanbul. The migrants have been deported from Greece, an entry point into the European Union, where they had hoped to start better lives...

30.06.2009 - EU Commission approves state aid for Germany's Quelle
DW-WORLD: Quelle hopes for bailout The fate of the mail-order business Quelle seems a little brighter, despite conflicting signals of a bailout. Munich gives the go-ahead, Berlin says not so fast, but this winter's catalog is off to the printers...

30.06.2009 - Baltics expect no miracles, but small steps from Swedish EU presidency
Just a few years ago, the Baltic countries were considered a European success story. Fifteen years after gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were labelled the Baltic Tigers, heralded for their business friendly governments and their highly educated and creative workforce...

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