How Jeleva was forced out Simon Taylor assesses the events that led to the eventual withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva from the list of candidates for the next European Commission. European Voice By Simon Taylor 1/20/10, 10:16 PM CET Updated 4/12/14, 6:58 PM CET Rumiana Jeleva looked vulnerable even before her hearing before the European Parliament’s […]
Tread carefully in forming EU diplomacy The EU’s new diplomatic service must not seize powers that have always been in the hands of the Commission and EU governments. European Voice By Mirjam van Reisen 11/18/09, 6:41 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 6:41 PM CET The Lisbon treaty will be a game-changer for the European Union’s foreign […]
Big posts for large countries France and Germany emerge as big winners in new European Commission. European Voice By Simon Taylor 11/27/09, 8:26 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 6:45 PM CET José Manuel Barroso’s allocation of portfolios in the new European Commission gives the EU’s largest member states some of the big posts that they had […]
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STONY PLAIN, Alta. — Most of the 634 First Nations in Canada are shutting down their borders and blocking entrances to their reserves in a frenzied bid to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. For some leaders, it feels like a situation where they must fend for themselves, according to Manitoba Assembly of First Nations […]
NEW YORK — New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus doubled in 72 hours to more than 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily quiet streets of the city became the heartbreaking soundtrack of the crisis. As hotspots […]
Scores of countries have moved to restrict the export of face masks, gloves and other medical supplies critical for front-line workers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Canada and others scrambling to source products that now have higher price tags. Sixty-eight countries — Canada is not among them — have curbed exports of […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear face coverings in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, as the U.S. president is aggressively defending his response to the public health crisis. The recommendations, still being finalized Thursday, were expected to apply to those who […]
OTTAWA — Minimum-wage workers who are getting up every morning to perform essential work should get some federal cash too, the NDP says. NDP Finance critic Peter Julian called on the Liberal government Thursday to beef up the minimum wage to ensure no one who risks their health to pack grocery store shelves, operate cash […]
It can be lonely for soldiers in a war zone bunker. Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Buggs came to count on the letters he received from some Georgia kindergartners while he was deployed in Iraq 13 years ago. Buggs said the youngsters were “probably just doing a school project” when they became pen pals, not knowing […]