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The European Union has already commissioned a new study, which aims at discovering the costs, opportunities and possible obstacles that would hinder the development of a new system of using public roads. The officials want to learn if it would be possible to create what they refer to as “road trains”, whi... |
9 November 2009
09:11 GMT |
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The Construction Phase of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) facility will not begin until spring 2010, roughly one year after preliminary work at the construction site has been finished, officials have announced. The delay was caused by the fact that the participants in the project had not y... |
14 October 2009
05:36 GMT |
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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released a report regarding the situation of ATM crime in the European Union. According to the agency, the rate of such crimes increased by 149 percent in 2008 and resulted in over 485 million euros being lost to fraud during last year. The European AT... |
8 September 2009
07:31 GMT |
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Not exactly known for its forward thinking or fast response and adapting to current needs, the European Commission is looking to make the necessary changes to copyright law in anticipation of the further digitization of the world's libraries. In light of the Google settlement with authors and publishers in the U... |
8 September 2009
04:47 GMT |
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In an attempt to make its Windows flagship product compliant with the EU antimonopoly regulations, Microsoft announced that the upcoming Windows 7 flavor of the operating system would not include its Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) browser. Dubbed Windows 7 “E,” the OS version was expected to come to the market... |
3 August 2009
03:41 GMT |
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Mobile phone users living in the European Union will be able to enjoy smaller roaming fees for their calls starting today, July 1. As many of you might already know, the European Parliament approved not too long ago the lowering of roaming costs all around the EU, and the move will affect not only the cost of voice c... |
1 July 2009
11:01 GMT |
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The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) is one of the most ambitious projects of the 21st century, one that makes use of the technological and scientific knowledge that we've gained so far in order to recreate a replica of the human body in computer simulation. In this never-ending and increasingly complex process... |
30 June 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Sweden's Pirate Party is getting some high scores in the polls and may be able to secure a seat in the European parliament. The party is the third biggest in the country according to polls ahead of the European elections, as Times Online reports, and its popularity is growing, especially after the Pirate Bay tri... |
23 May 2009
06:09 GMT |
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The European Union is set to aggressively move into the realm of regulating videogames, but, somewhat surprising, it has nothing to do with the levels of violence and explicit materials appearing in them. Commissioners Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva are thinking about introducing a guarantee period for videogames.... |
19 May 2009
14:11 GMT |
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In a decisive move, the European Union has banned imports of seal products coming from animals that are slain in the most brutal ways. Adopted yesterday, with 550 votes for and 49 against, the new legislation is aimed squarely at Canada, one of the main suppliers for the European market, which has come under increase... |
6 May 2009
06:32 GMT |
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During her last weekly video message (transcript - PDF), entitled "Europe must be prepared for cyber attacks," the EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, brought forward the idea of a "Mister Cyber Security." The Commissioner wants such a position established as soon as possible, in order ... |
28 April 2009
03:52 GMT |
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On Wednesday, European lawmakers set the basis for one of their most ambitious projects to date, namely for the creation of a unified air space above the Union, in a move that is aimed squarely at reducing the amount of pollution created by airplanes traveling long routes in order to go around certain areas. That is ... |
26 March 2009
11:23 GMT |
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There is good news for those living in the European Union. The EU Parliament is reported to work on lowering the roaming fees within the region, while amending the 2007 roaming regulation, which lowered the voice roaming charges in EU to €0.46. The new decision of the Parliament sets the new fees at €0.40 ... |
11 March 2009
06:57 GMT |
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The majority of the European Parliament members have backed up the bill proposed by the European Commission regarding the introduction of biometric passports in the Schengen zone. Countries have until June to start issuing the new passports, with a deadline for completing implementation until 2012.The basis for the n... |
15 January 2009
03:35 GMT |
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The European Commission allowed for the imports of Monsanto's genetically-modified (GMO) soybean, known as MON 89788, or Roundup Rready2Yield, on the markets of all its 27 countries over the next decade, officials announced on Thursday. The products will not be grown for direct human use but, rather, will be use... |
5 December 2008
02:40 GMT |
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Previous reports of four of the largest car manufacturing countries in the European Union coming to a consensus on how to reduce the amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) their automobiles put in the atmosphere were neither infirmed, nor confirmed by Thomas Steg, a spokesman for the German government.During a press confere... |
21 November 2008
17:01 GMT |
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Global warming seems to be causing even more than glacier meltdowns and temperature rises; it also prompts countries neighboring the Arctic to think about negotiating the division of the new stretches of sea that are currently formed by ice sheet withdrawals. The European Union is already talking about regulating the... |
20 November 2008
10:21 GMT |
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Cruel hunting methods employed by Canada has prompted the European Union to announce that it will implement measures to ban imports of Canadian blubber, meat and pelts by as early as 2009. If the legislation passes, it will deal a devastating blow to the Canadian industry, as fishermen across the Atlantic coast rely ... |
20 November 2008
03:47 GMT |
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Increasing electricity demand in Europe has prompted EU officials to elaborate a strategic energy grid development plan, which is to break the vicious circle that keeps the Union dependent on Russia for most of its gas imports. Seeing how 42 percent of all gas coming into the Old Continent is delivered by the Russian... |
17 November 2008
03:14 GMT |
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New international pressure adds to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), in regard to closing the bluefin tuna fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea, as Italy and Spain requested the protection of the fish and the creation of tuna sanctuaries throughout breeding grounds, respective... |
4 November 2008
03:30 GMT |
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Living wills have been the subject of serious debates ever since they first appeared. The main issue is that some of them give specific directions as to what medical course of action is to be taken in case the writers of the will is incapacitated or unable to otherwise decide for themselves. Some of these directions,... |
1 November 2008
07:32 GMT |
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European officials recently emphasized again the importance of emerging economies, such as China and India, limiting, or even reducing, their carbon emissions. The target the E.U. envisions is at 15 to 30 percent below the currently-emitted levels. This could prove to be very difficult for developing economies, which... |
30 October 2008
03:55 GMT |
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Testing pesticides for any effects they might have on the human brain is not part of the standard procedure these chemicals undergo before being approved for widespread use. Recently, a European study uncovered that many of the chemicals that are currently being used throughout the Union are very toxic to infant brai... |
28 October 2008
09:04 GMT |
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The Guardian uncovered a new leaked English document that was aimed at pressing other countries into eliminating the aviation sector from the 2020 deadline for renewable energy implementation. The discovery comes as a shock, because Britain's prime-minister, Gordon Brown, is dedicated to ensuring that his countr... |
14 October 2008
10:41 GMT |
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New researches conducted on the impact wind turbines have on biodiversity proved that the European Commission has nothing to worry about. Farm birds are not about to be decimated by the turbines, as doom-sayers “foretold.” The findings are actually quite important, as the Commission has plans of supp... |
1 October 2008
07:05 GMT |
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As expected, Intel is now being slapped with another Statement of Objections coming from the European Commission, in which the Santa Clara-based chip maker is accused of anti-competitive behavior. However, even if this is not the first time that Intel is facing this type of charges from the European Commission, the c... |
18 July 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Even if Intel's Q2 revenues have been fairly within initial expectations, this doesn't necessarily mean that the Santa-Clara based chips manufacturer is doing all that well. Or, there is also the possibility that perhaps everything is well with the company, and that it just isn't genuinely concerned fo... |
16 July 2008
10:21 GMT |
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Intel's offices in Munich, Germany, have been raided yesterday by European Commission representatives that are involved in antitrust investigations. Intel spokespersons acknowledged the fact that the company's offices have been ransacked during the search, but claimed that the departments gave their full co... |
13 February 2008
02:55 GMT |
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One disadvantage in being on top is that you become a better target. That was the case with Microsoft and other corporate giants that have become the subject of antitrust lawsuits. Now it's time for Intel to see the other face of success: the allegations of multiple antitrust violations.The first accusations com... |
8 January 2008
02:38 GMT |
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The European Commission surely keeps itself busy as after all the racket and buzz that followed the official antitrust charges pressed against the most important chips manufacturing company in the world, Intel, the same body presented sometime ago another set for charges, this time against the memory developer Rambus... |
10 October 2007
06:44 GMT |
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As promised, the European Commission has posted the results for the introduction of roaming. The companies which have decided not to respond to their Eurotariff regulation and the fees of those that have already switched to the new tariff have all been posted on the European Union's page.Surprisingly, there are ... |
6 August 2007
09:16 GMT |
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The deadline for carriers to adopt the European Union's regulation on the Eurotariff ended in July. Non-compliant companies will be posted online by the end of the week as to make their subscribers aware of the rights that they ripped of.All roaming service providers in the European Union were given the chance t... |
3 August 2007
06:17 GMT |
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The European Union has decided to set the roaming fee at the same pricing structure for all member countries. This is meant to protect the interest of those that frequently use their mobile phones when traveling abroad."This is putting an end to the saga of excessive roaming charges", said E.U. Telecommunications Com... |
24 May 2007
07:56 GMT |
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