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Keppel wins FPSO P-58 pre-conversion contract...hull blasting and painting program. Work on Castoro Sei is scheduled for completion in 1Q 2010. The vessel will then be deployed for the Nord Stream project, a gas pipeline which will link Russia and the European Union via the Baltic Sea. In this article: Saipem, European Union, Singapore, Brazil, and Russia |
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New Kerala | November 18, 2009
Russia pledges 25 percent emissions cut by 2020
...emissions cut by 2020 Stockholm, Nov 19 : Russia aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below the 1990 level by 2020, President Dmitry Medvedev told an EU-Russia summit here Thursday. Speaking after the summit in...
In this article: Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, Stockholm, Carbon, Jose Manuel Barroso, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Soviet Union
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 18, 2009
Energy issues top bill at EU-Russia summit
...in the arrangement, the Commission said. Russia would like the European Union to aid Kiev financially to pay its gas bills to avoid any more problems, an issue likely to be discussed on Wednesday. "An energy crisis like the one the EU...
In this article: Russia, Moscow, Sweden, Caucasus, Dmitry Medvedev, Ukraine, and Democracy
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BBC News | November 18, 2009
EU concern at Russia human rights
...and we are energy consumers for them Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that Russia hoped to complete a new economic co-operation pact with the EU soon. "We are now agreeing the points of the...
In this article: EU, Russia, Moscow, Brussels, Dmitry Medvedev, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Democracy, Strategic partnership, Global warming, and Alexander Stubb
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boston.com - Latest news | November 17, 2009
EU to ask Russia about its WTO bid
EU to ask Russia about its WTO bid THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING BRUSSELS-The EU says it will ask Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to clarify his country's efforts to join the World Trade Organization at an EU-Russia...
In this article: EU, World Trade Organization, Russia, Carl Bildt, All rights reserved, Dmitry Medvedev, Brussels, Stockholm, Sweden, and Belarus
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EU-Russia summit sees climate progress but human rights row
...thing is that we join quickly," he said. Finally, Russia and the EU hailed an energy early warning agreement signed on Monday in Moscow and aimed at averting a sudden disruption of gas supplies. Russia supplies a quarter of the gas...
In this article: Russia, World Trade Organization, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, Jose Manuel Barroso, Fredrik Reinfeldt, South Ossetia, and Caucasus
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Energy fears to dominate Russia, EU summit
As spats continue between Russia and Ukraine, through which most of the gas reaches Europe, the EU and Russia agreed Monday to create an early warning system to minimize the damage of possible energy supply disruptions. Though the...
In this article: Russia, Europe, Ukraine, Climate change, Vladimir Putin, Eastern Europe, Moscow, Sweden, and All rights reserved
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Oil & Gas Journal | 6 days ago
Russia, EU sign warning agreement on energy disruptions
PARIS, Nov. 20 -- Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and European Union Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs have signed an agreement for an early warning of future disruptions of Russian gas supplies to the EU. Under the...
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Sarkozy: Ready to mediate between Syria, Israel
...East peace process. The United States, the European Union and Russia should stand together by regional powers to relaunch the peace process, according to Sarkozy, who began a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. "The deadlock that we...
In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Bashar Assad, Israel, Middle East, Riyadh, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria, and Bernard Kouchner
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EU, Russia hope for new start despite differences
...first nine months of this year. Russia, a country with vast natural resources and a population of about 142 million, hopes to win more foreign investment from the EU following the global economic crisis. EU officials are encouraged by...
In this article: Russia, Europe, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, World Trade Organization, Stockholm, Ukraine, Climate change, and Global warming
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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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