Leaders of Greece's conservative New Democracy party said yesterday (21 May) that a small splinter group led by former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis had agreed to rejoin it for the 17 June election, which is seen as crucial for the country's future in the eurozone. 

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Die Übungen mit Yoga sind ein ganzheitliches Konzept, welches den Körper, Geist und Seele in Einklang bringt. Yoga ist eine philosophische Lehre, die ihren Ursprung in Indien hat und heute auch in den westlichen Ländern vermittelt wird. In der Regel werden hierfür Unterrichtseinheiten angeboten, bei denen Asanas, Meditations- und Atemübungen sowie ...

The EU is facing an energy policy vacuum after a firm set of policy goals for renewable energy, carbon cutting and energy saving expires in 2020.

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European Union countries agreed yesterday (21 May) to press for new controls on credit ratings agencies, with a law to challenge the power of the debt raters whose downgrades of countries angered politicians as they struggle with an economic crisis.

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US President Barack Obama urged Europe yesterday (21 May) to strengthen its defences against financial market turmoil and recapitalise its banks as part of a four-pronged strategy for tackling the eurozone crisis. 

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Telecommunications regulations, set for an overhaul later this year, could be expanded to give the mobile sector sweeping new powers over the internet, international leading players representing the web have claimed.

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Cyber security, intellectual property piracy and regulatory reach from the telecommunications industry are all putting the free online space under threat, Vinton Cerf, one of the inventors in the epoch-changing technology, told EurActiv, underscoring  that there is a danger of killing off the innovation that underpins it.

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Huge water leakage differences between member states make an EU-wide water efficiency target “not necessary”, says an EU official working on the directive for the European Commission.

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Having safe drinking water should be a basic human right, but consumers and governments also have a duty to set a price high enough to encourage efficiency, says Hans Telgan, who heads Europe’s plastic pipe industry trade association TEPPFA.

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Austrian MEP Richard Seeber (European Peoples Party) says differences in regional needs and infrastructure make it difficult to have a one-size-fits-all approach to water efficiency.

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Commenting on the results of recently parliamentary elections in Armenia, analysts underscored democratic improvements and say the country may win more EU support through the European Neighbourhood Policy.

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Romania's recently elected prime minister, Victor Ponta, was prepared to attend the informal EU summit on Wednesday (23 May) although his country is usually represented by President Traian Băsescu. If both turn out at the summit, they there will only be one chair for them, a Council representative told EurActiv.

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Nicht nur Prominente wie Ralf Rangnick, Sebastian Deisler, Tim Mälzer, Matthias Platzeck, Maria Carey, Sven Hannawald brennen innerlich aus. Betroffen sind, oder ganz normale Arbeiter und Angestellte, jeden kann es treffen, niemand ist geschützt vor Burnout, Rückenschmerzen, Schlaflosigkeit, Depressionen^[1] etc. Sofern man...

A two-day NATO summit continues today (21 May) with the future of the alliance’s action in Afghanistan and the Europe-based anti-missile shield featuring high on the agenda. In contrast, NATO enlargement has been taken off the table.

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