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- EU Parliamentarians concerned about draft anti-gay law 18 décembre 05:40|45 commentaires
- Your questions to the head of UN's Climate change panel! 2 décembre 02:49|8 commentaires
- LUX prize promoting European cinema across the language barriers 10 novembre 06:19|6 commentaires
European Parliament As Parliament gears up to return to is full cruising speed next week - why not take the opportunity to check out the blog Writing for (y)EU, written by the people working for the Europarl website and the EP Facebook page:
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I won’t come back on 2009. I am not a nostalgic kind of guy. I’ll just support Steve’s claim on how this particuliar year marked many breakthroughs for us, professionally and online speaking, and I kind of feel things will be different and, possibly, a bit less exciting for us. ...
European Parliament Following yesterday's arrest of Human Rights activists in Moscow, among them the 82 year old 2009 Sakharov Prize winner Lyudmila Alexeyeva, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said: "I am profoundly and personally touched when I think that this very respectful 82 year old woman spent the night of New Year's Eve u...nder Russian arrest. I call on the Russian authorities to release her immediately." http://tinyurl.com/BuzekonFB
European Parliament Thursday expressed concern about Uganda’s draft “Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009” and said that international donors, non-governmental organisations and humanitarian organisations would have to reconsider or cease some of their activities in Uganda should the bill pass into law. ...
European Parliament Chat now! While more and more heads of state and government are arriving in Copenhagen tension is raising.... Get info live and debate now with European Parliament Member Karl-Heinz Florenz, one of Parliament´s key representatives in Copenhangen... and start!
European Parliament They are threatened and risk their lives fighting for human rights in Russia. Read the interview with Mr Orlov and watch Sakharov Prize 2009 being awarded to „Memorial” today live @ 1200 CET: http://tinyurl.com/sakharovlive
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With Moscow temperatures dipping to -20C, we met the head of the Memorial human rights organisation, Oleg Orlov, who told us about the frozen atmosphere of the Kremlin towards human rights. ...
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Climate negotiations in Copenhagen are reaching a critical point. How is the EU negotiating and what are the summit´s chances of succeeding? Raise your conerns & discuss with MEP Florenz who is in Copenhage. This afternoon 14:15 to 14:45 right on http://www.facebook.com/europeanparliame
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Live chat with one of the key European players on climate change and vice-chair of the Parliament's delegation to the UN Climate conference.
He is in Copenhagen and ready to answer your questions on what is going on there: atmosphere, major conflicts, key players, surprises, expectations...
Wednesday 16 December at 14.15... CET... Be there!
Mr. Florenz is the author of the report "Future begins today - EU's future policy on climate change". You can find it here: http://bit.ly/7j9LT0
For more info on Parliament's delegation in Copenhagen: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/climatecha
Date/heure :mercredi 16 décembre 2009 14:15
Lieu :Copenhagen - www.facebook.com/europeanparliament
European Parliament Starting now! A live chat in English from Moscow with the human rights defender and Parliament’s Sakharov Prize winner Oleg Orlov. He will be here on Facebook until 1640 CET to react to your questions and comments. Please understand that he may not be able to respond to every question during the chat. 3, 2,1… Go!
European Parliament Among the highlights of the last Plenary of 2009: Adoption of the EU budget for 2010, a review of Sweden's EU Presidency and a new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This year's Sakharov human rights Prize will be awarded to the Russian organisation "Memorial". Read more @ http://tinyurl.com/decemberplenary and wat...ch live @ http://tinyurl.com/plenarylive!
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The last plenary session of the year will approve next year's budget, which includes emergency provisions to tackle the dairy sector crisis. Other items on the agenda include the award of the Sakharov Prize to Russian human rights NGO Memorial. ...
European Parliament "In Soviet times people who fought for human rights risked being locked up, today they risk their lives", says Lyudmila Alezeyeva of this year's EP Sakharov Prize winning organisation Memorial in this Euronews reportage. Watch it and tune into the chat with Memorial chair Oleg Orlov on Monday 4pm CET!
European Parliament If nothing is done about the climate change, Tuvalu - a country of several islands in the Pacific Ocean - is likely to disappear as the sea level rises. Read the interview with the Prime Minister of Tuvalu @ http://tinyurl.com/pmtuvalu
European Parliament The financial crisis and its follow-up: "Today, most people who run hedge funds embrace the principle of regulation but they try to ensure that regulation is as light as possible." - Jean-Pierre Gauzès, MEP in charge of regulating fonds managers.
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Economic and monetary affairs (Article) : The extent to which hedge funds should be regulated is one of the key issues facing MEPs on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. In the spring they must ...
