Indian parliamentarians visit Germany to boost bilateral ties By Pushpranjan New Delhi, Oct 27, EuAsiaNews -- A group of Indian parliamentarians visited Germany from 16-21 October under the auspices of Germany’s guest pro...

• Indian parliamentarians visit Germany to boost bilateral ties By Pushpranjan

  New Delhi, Oct 27, EuAsiaNews -- A group of Indian parliamentarians visited Germany from 16-21 October under the auspices of Germany’s guest programme, according to a German embassy press release here Thursday.

  " The visit was to provide the parliamentarians insights into feder ...

• Six EU countries fail to comply with rules for highly qualified migrants

  Brussels, Oct 27, EuAsiaNews -- The European Commission , the executive body of the European Union, Thursday formally requested six EU countries to comply with the rules of the Blue Card regulation, whose deadline for implementation expired on 19 June.

  Germany, Italy, Malta, P ...

• EU , Sri Lanka sign agreement to boost air transport

  Brussels, Oct 27, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union and Sri Lanka initialled Thursday in Colombo an agreement for developing aviation relations between Sri Lanka and EU Member States.

  The deal will place several provisions in bilateral air services agreements between 15 EU Memb ...

• Five jailed in Netherlands for helping LTTE

  Brussels, Oct 21, EuAsiaNews -- A court in the Hague Friday sentenced five ethnic Tamil men up to six years in prison for helping finance the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) with millions of euros.

  Prosecutors had accused the five men, all of whom now have Dutch citizenship, of raising fu ...

• EU postpones summit with China due to debt crisis

  Brussels, Oct 21, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union has postponed a summit meeting with China as EU leaders will be busy with their own summit meetings next week to deal with the debt crisis .

  The 14th EU-China summit was to take place in China on 25 October but an EU statement Fri ...

• EU announces emergency aid for flood victims in South East Asia

  Brussels, Oct 21, EuAsiaNews -- In response to the typhoons and flooding that are seriously affecting South East Asia, the European Union Friday decided to allocate 10 million euro to support the emergency response and provide relief to between 500,000 and 1 million of people in the flood-hit cou ...

• EU expresses concern over rise in protectionism across G20

  Brussels, Oct 19, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union released a report on Wednesday saying it finds a lack of progress in the reduction of trade barriers within the group of G20 countries.

  It concludes that G20 members have to do more to stick to their initial commitment to ref ...

• Indian exports to EU rise by 23%

  Brussels, Oct 17, EuAsiaNews - Indian exports to the 27-member European Union during the period January-July this year reached to 23.4 billion euro up by 23 % from 19 billion euro for the same period in 2010.

  EU exports to India increased to 24 billion euro during the Jan-Ju ...

• 600 jobs axed at ArcelorMittal plant in Belgium

  Brussels, Oct 13, EuAsiaNews -- Overcapacity in the world's steel industry and poor economic forecasts has led to the closure of part of the production process at the Liege plant in Belgium of steel producer ArcelorMittal .

  The closure will lead to the loss of at least ...

• Kaml Nath urges Europe to partner with India to develop infrastructure projects

  Brussels, Oct 13, EuAsiaNews -- Kamal Nath, Indian Minister of Urban Development, Wednesday said the next decade has to be called the "decade of infrastructure" in India and stressed that they offer huge opportunities for Europe to participate.

  "We do need the experience and ...

• EU welcomes release of political prisoners in Myanmar

  Brussels, Oct 12, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union Wednesday welcomed the decision of the President of Myanmar (Burma) to grant an amnesty to a

  significant number of prisoners.

  "We are pleased to learn that a number of political prisoners are included in this amnest ...

• EU launches new secure Schengen visa system

  Brussels, Oct 11, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union's new Visa Information System (VIS) for foreigners applying for a Schengen visa started operations Tuesday.

  Visa applications will now be processed much faster thanks to the use of biometrics (fingerprints and a digital facia ...

• Report : Tamil Tigers runnig weekend schools in Holland

  Brussels, Oct 4 , EuAsiaNews -- Front organisations for the Tamil Tigers run at least 21 Saturday schools in the Netherlands, according to a police report published in the Dutch media Tuesday.

  The police report was given to the local authorities organisation VNG ea ...

• Pak analyst sees significant developments in Indo-Pak ties

  Brussels, Oct 3, EuAsiaNews -- A leading Pakistani security expert and analyst Ikram Sehgal has said that there are "welcome and positive" developments in relations between India and Pakistan.

  Speaking at a press confernecne at the sideline of an international security conf ...

• NATO denies report on offer of missile cooperation with India

  Brussels, Sept 30, EuAsiaNews -- NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday categorically denied that the 28-member Alliance has offered India cooperation and sharing of technology in the field of missile defence as reported recently in sections of the Indian press.

  "I have to say ...

• Think tanks discuss India-EU Effective Multilateralism By Pushpranjan

  New Delhi, Sept 29, EuAsiaNews -- The third International Seminar on India-EU Forum on Effective Multilateralism was organized by Indian Council of World Afairs (ICWA) in collaboration with Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) and the European Union Insisture for Security Studies (E ...

• EU calls for pragmatism in FTA negotiations with India

  Brussels, Sept 26, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union's top trade official expressed optimism Monday that negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India could be achieved by early next year but he urged for pragmatism and flexibility from both sides.

  "We remain fully e ...

• Ravi lauds role of Indian Diaspora in boosting Dutch-Indian relations

  The Hague, Sept 26, EuAsiaNews -- A conference on Indian Diaspora in the Netherlands ended here Sunday night after stressing the vital contribution of the Indian community in deepening cultural and economic relations between the two countries.

  Shri Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overse ...

• EU hopes to conclude FTA negotiations with India in 2012

  Brussels, Sept 24, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union's Foreign Affairs Council which will meet in Brussels on Monday is expected to discuss the prospects for rapid conclusion of the talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) with India.

  According to EU sources in Brussels, the negot ...

• EU aid for flood victims in Bangladesh and Pakistan

  Brussels, Sept 20, EuAsiaNews -- The European Union has allocated 5 million euro to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of Bangladeshis who recently have been affected by severe monsoon floods.

  This emergency funding will provide food assistance, nutritional care, clean dr ...