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Smokers' paradise: French turn to Belgium for cheap cigarettes...tentatively suggested something similar. With taxes on 20 cigarettes currently ranging from the equivalent of 82p in Bulgaria to GBP4.62 a packet in Ireland, the EU would need a king-size harmonisation. This could be a first test for the... In this article: European Union, Tobacco, Belgium, Tax, Dunkirk, France, and Adinkerke |
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Independent.ie | November 19, 2009
Plan could reduce bin charges by EUR50 a year
...have to segregate food from their waste, which will be sent for composting. This will help Ireland meet EU targets to avoid sending biological waste to landfill. Failure to comply with the directive could result in fines of EUR20m-EUR30m a...
In this article: Waste, John Gormley, Department of the Environment, Composting, Carbon dioxide, EU, Dublin, and Ireland
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Sports Illustrated | November 19, 2009
Ireland demands replay
Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni called the prospect of a rematch "impossible," and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he would raise the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a meeting of the 27 EU leaders in Brussels.
In this article: Ireland, Thierry Henry, FIFA, World Cup, Dermot Ahern, France, The Football Association, and John Delaney
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Brendan Keenan: Secret of good looks lost on economy that lacks symmetry
...it might be even worse. But it is not over yet. When Ireland and Britain joined the EU in 1973, their joint currency would have been worth EUR3.50 to the pound, had the euro existed then. By the time it was founded, in 1999, Ireland was...
In this article: Inflation, Britain, Ireland, Cost of living, Goods and services, Currency crisis, EU, and Ronald Reagan
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CNN | October 30, 2009
Replacement for European Union constitution almost set
...after previously rejecting it. The European Union had assured Ireland that the treaty would not affect the country's anti-abortion laws or its neutrality and that Ireland would keep a European commissioner. The focus of the two-day summit...
In this article: Vaclav Klaus, Climate change, Jose Manuel Barroso, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and U.S.
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EU approves revised guarantee plan for banks
EU approves revised guarantee plan for banks European Union regulators approved the Government's revised plans to guarantee bank deposits and debt to stabilize its financial industry. "The new guarantee scheme will give credit institutions...
In this article: Subordinated debt and Ireland
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Yahoo! News | November 19, 2009
Ireland asks FIFA for France World Cup replay (AFP)
...become a diplomatic row. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said he supported the Football Association of Ireland's request, and promised to raise the issue with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at an EU summit. Video replays showed Henry...
In this article: FIFA, Thierry Henry, Brian Cowen, Nicolas Sarkozy, Raymond Domenech, EU, Ireland, World Cup, and Giovanni Trapattoni
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Asylum law test case rejected
...mother to live with them in Ireland. The action by the Lusk, Co Dublin family -- who are all Irish citizens -- was seen as a test case, relating to the rights of Irish citizens to have their non-EU dependent relatives live with them here.
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Vivid images of 1989 stress importance of united Europe
...of the euro in 2002. In the past decades, Ireland has forged strong bilateral ties with our EU partners, not least the reunited Germany that today rightly celebrates the great achievements of the past 20 years. Germany is one of the...
In this article: Berlin, Europe, Germany, Ireland, Democracy, Eastern Europe, Willy Brandt, Ideology, and Climate change
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Top judge under fire over 'bring back death penalty' call
...every Council of Europe state. "If Ireland wished to re-introduce the death penalty, it could do so only at the cost of renouncing its membership of the European Union and the Council of Europe," he said. "As a matter of law, it is deeply...
In this article: Council of Europe, Ireland, and Irish Council for Civil Liberties
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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product and about 22% of the PPP gross world product.
The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws which apply in all member states, ensuring the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. It maintains common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. Sixteen member states have adopted a common currency, the euro, constituting the Eurozone. The EU has developed a limited role in foreign policy, having representation at the WTO, G8, G20 and at the UN. It enacts legislation in justice and home affairs, including the abolition of passport controls by an agreement between 25 member states which form the Schengen Area.
The EU originates from the European Coal and Steel Community formed among six countries in 1951 and the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then, the EU has evolved through a process of enlargement, while new policy areas have been added to the remit of its institutions.
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