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EU offers 10,000 scholarships for 2009-2010 Brussels, July 1 EuAsiaNews -- The European Commission announced here Wednesday that it has awarded almost 10,000 new grants to be funded b...

  • EU offers 10,000 scholarships for 2009-2010

    Brussels, July 1 EuAsiaNews -- The European Commission announced here Wednesday that it has awarded almost 10,000 new grants to be funded by the EU's Erasmus Mundus programme in the academic year 2009-2010.

    1,833 students are being awarded scholarships to study for one or ...

  • EU calls for joint efforts with India to confront global issues

    Brussels, June 26, EuAsiaNews -- EU Commissioner for External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said here Friday that after the Indian legislative elections, "2009 is a crucial year for the EU and India, two natural partners, to find ways to address common challenges posed by climate change, ene ...

  • EU-India Troika to meet in Prague

    Brussels, June 26, EuAsiaNews -- An EU-India Troika ministerial meeting will be held in the capital of Czech Republic, Prague, on Monday, said a statement released by the EU Presidency in Brussels Friday.

    The meeting will address the EU-India relations and the cooperation between ...

  • EU adopts common visa code

    Brussels, June 25, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union adopted Thursday common rules on procedures and conditions for issuing short stay visas not exceeding three months.

    "This is a major step to further develop a common visa policy and to reinforce cooperation in the Schenge ...

  • President of Senegal says Africa looking towards India, China for

    Brussels, June 24, EuAsiaNews -- President of Senegal , Abdoulaye Wade, has strongly criticised European Union policies towards Africa and said Africa would develop South-South cooperation instead of Europe.

    Speaking at a press conference in Brussels Wednesday, the outspoken Senegalese Pr ...

  • EU humanitarian aid for Tamils in Sri Lanka

    Brussels, June 23, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union has allocated 5 million euro to provide humanitarian assistance to internally displaced people, mostly ethnic Tamils, placed in camps in Sri Lanka.

    EU Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel said in press s ...

  • 20-20 cricket charms Polish youngsters by Surender Bhutani

    Warsaw, June 20, EuAsiaNews -- A short form of cricket or 20-20 game is gaining new fans and that too in the main East European state Poland. Until recently many Poles have read or heard stories about the craze of cricket in the Indian sub-continent. Now for the first time there are curiously ...

  • Jitin Prasada : India supports global initiatives for energy security

    Brussels, June 18, EuAsiaNews -- The Indian Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Jitin Prasada, said in Brussels Thursday that the functioning of international oil and gas markets in a transparent manner is most important from India's point of view.

    Addessing t ...

  • EU welcomes Zardari’s efforts to normalise ties with India

    Brussels, June 17, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union and Pakistan held here Wednesday their first-ever summit to discuss ways to strengthen EU-Pakistan ties, the regional political situation and global issues .

    The President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus described the summit as "hist ...

  • EU seeks strong engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Luxembourg, June 15, EuAsiaNews -- Foreign Ministers of the 27-member European Union called here Monday for EU’s strong engagement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    The ministers meeting here today issued a statement reconfirming the EU’s long-term commitment to working wit ...

  • Aid agencies call on EU-Pakistan summit to focus on plight of Pakistani population

    Brussels, June 11, EuAsiaNews -- The plight of Pakistani people and ways to alleviate their suffering must be top of the agenda when EU leader meet with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari for the first-ever EU-Pakistan summit on 17 June in Brussels, three aid agencies Oxfam International, Acti ...

  • EU reiterates support to Pakistan in fight against terrorism

    Brussels, June 10, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union has strongly condemned the suicide attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar on Wednesday in which over 15 pepople were killed .

    "No cause can justify such acts,“ said the EU Presidency, currently held by the Czech Rep ...

  • Indian Diaspora in Belgium hail President’s address to the parliament

    Brussels, June 5, EuAsiaNews -- Welcoming the address of the President of India to the Indian Parliament in which Ms. Pratibha Patil said that the government will deepen its ties with its Diaspora, the President of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) in Belgium, Sunil Prasa ...

  • EU, Pakistan to sign readmission agreement on illegal immigrants

    Luxembourg, June 5, EuAsiaNews -- European Union interior ministers who are meeting here Thursday and Friday have adopted a decision approving the signing of an agreement with Pakistan on the readmission of illegal immigrants.

    The agreement is designed to strengthen the cooperatio ...

  • Sri Lanka woos European investors

    Brussels, June 4, EuAsiaNews -- Hardly two weeks after the defeat of Tamil Tigers (LTTE) militarily, the Sri Lanka government has began a campaign to attract investors from Europe to boost its economic development.

    Speaking at a seminar on “Business opportunities in Sri Lanka" held in ...

  • Belgian finance house sees victory of Congress as positive for reforms

    Brussels, June 3, EuAsiaNews -- The Belgian Export Credit Agency (ONDD) said in its monthly risk assessment report on Wednesday that the landslide victory of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in India is "positive news as the new government is expected to be more stable and more ...

  • EU criticzes Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka

    Brussels, May 28, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union voiced regret Thursday that it was not possible for the UN Human Rights Council to agree on an acceptable outcome of the Special Session addressing the serious human rights violations and the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka.

  • EU critcizes UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka

    Brussels, May 28, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union voiced regret Thursday that it was not possible for the UN Human Rights Council to agree on an acceptable outcome of the Special Session addressing the serious human rights violations and the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka.

    "W ...

  • EU gives green light for Blue Card scheme for highly- skiiled foreign workers

    Brussels, May 25, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union approved here Monday the Blue Card, a special residence and work permit for third-country citizens for the purpose of highly qualified employment in Europe.

    The Blue Card will facilitate access to the labou ...

  • EU welcomes democratic elections in the Maldives

    Brussels, May 21, EuAsiaNews -- The Europen Union has welcomed the holding of the first democratic multi-party parliamentary elections in the Republic of Maldives on 9 May.

    "The election, which took place following the adoption of a new Constitution in August 2008, was a further s ...