Carmen Paun
Digital Journalist based in Brussels, Belgium.
Joined on Aug 15, 2010
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Brussels -
The leaders of the trade unions striking today in Belgium had a common message for the leaders of the EU countries meeting today in Brussels: austerity measures are not a solution to the current economic crisis.
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Bucharest -
A week ago Romanians took to the streets in support of Raed Arafat, who quit his deputy health minister position after disagreements with President Basescu over a new healthcare plan that would see most of the emergency ambulance system become private.
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Brussels -
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the press on Thursday that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) represents the beginning of a European Monetary Fund.
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Brussel -
The employees of one of the companies handling ground services at Brussels Airport are on a 24-hour strike. The flights of 39 airlines might be impacted.
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Bruxelles -
The Ambassador of Libya to the European Union and the Benelux countries has defected, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton announced tonight.
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Brussel -
The 6th of February marks the International Day against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton and European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding released a joint statement condemning the practice.
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Constanta -
On Thursday, a man jumped from the 9th floor of an apartment building in Constanta, Romania, while holding his child. The man jumped after stabbing his wife, the Romanian press agency Mediafax reports.
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Brussels -
The citizens of Taiwan holding a passport that includes an identity card number will be able to travel without a visa in the Schengen area starting 2011, announced the Council of the European Union (EU) last week.
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Washington -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will hold a press conference today at 12:30 EST to discuss the discovery of an exceptional object in the Earth's cosmic neighborhood.
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Brussels -
Citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina who possess biometric passports will be able to travel without a visa in the Schengen area from mid-December. The decision came today after a meeting of the Council of the European Union (EU).
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Bucharest -
Google company will open an office in Romania that will be lead by Dan Bulucea, the former Business and Marketing Director of Microsoft Romania.
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Bucharest -
Romania seems to be reaching a boiling point today as thousands of people are protesting on the streets of Bucharest while the members of the Romanian Parliament are debating and getting ready to vote on a censure motion to dismiss the government.
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Brussels -
Hundreds of Congolese activists marched in Brussels on Saturday carrying an empty coffin after the Congolese authorities refused to repatriate the body of Belgian-Congolese activist Armand Tungulu Mudiandamb, dead in Kinshasa at the beginning of October.
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Brussels -
The Republic of Moldova will start receiving 90 million Euros in macro-financial assistance in the following weeks, after the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union declared the readiness of the block to continue supporting this country.
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Brussel -
Brussels Airport announced on its website that the air traffic has been suspended in Belgium on Tuesday from 14.00 local until a time to be determined, due to a strike by air traffic controllers.
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Brussels -
The Romanian President, Traian Basescu, told journalists on Thursday that there needs to be made a clear distinction between the whole Roma community and the travelling Roma.
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Brussels -
Bogdan Aurescu, State Secretary in the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that France has deported Roma people not on the basis of crimes they have committed, but on the basis of the possibility that they will commit crimes in the future.
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Brussels -
Israel and Palestine will resume direct bilateral negotiations on the 2nd of September in Washington, as a response to an invitation from the United States.
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At least 200 students are marching today through Costinesti, Romania, in an effort to raise awareness on the quality of higher education in their country. The event is organized by the National Alliance of Students’ Organizations in Romania (ANOSR).
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Brussels -
Approximately 120,000 people admired the Flower Carpet laid over in the main square of Brussels, Belgium on August 13-15. A trademark of the Belgian Capital, the Carpet celebrated the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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