Since December 2014, The Philippines is a beneficiary of the European Union’s special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (‘GSP+’), providing trade preferences to over 6,000 products, including processed fruit and foodstuffs, coconut oil, footwear, fish and garments. GSP+ can benefit in particular agricultural exports where many tariffs are now zero percent. Geographical indications (GI) – signs used to identify a product as originating in the territory of a particular country, region or […]
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New EU-PH Partnership vs IUUF
The European Union Delegation to the Philippines sponsored a symposium on the new EU-Philippine partnership to govern the planet’s oceans. Invited guests, New EU Fisheries Policies Director-General Ms. Lowri Evans said that the Philippines, as a sea nation, which not only relies on the oceans as a source of food and livelihood, but as a part of the essence of the country, and that Philippine seafarers are in all sorts of ships and present in […]
More than 3,000 Europeans fighting with is – EU’s De Kerchove
The number of foreign fighters joining ISIS have ballooned to 3 thousand according to EU.
Aquino criticizes Arroyo in EU
In front of the European officials, President Benigno Aquino III criticized the Arroyo administration for taking credit of the economic growth attained by his administration. He said into his speech at the Egmont Institute in Brussels, Belgium that opportunities were wasted by the Arroyo Administration for focusing on political self-preservation instead of laying foundations for growth. He also dubbed the Arroyo Administration to be a ‘’ Period Of Lost Decade’’. “Before my term in office, the Philippines […]
EU supports Bangsamoro Basic Law
European Commission President Manuel Barroso expressed his support on the peace process in Mindanao. Barroso expressed his support during his meeting with President Aquino in the European Commission headquarters in Belgium. EU will give 106 million euros or 6, 148, 000, 000 billion pesos for the development of Mindanao. Barroso also commended Aquino on the signing of the final peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as well as the creation of the draft […]
Spain, EU concerned about Philippine Chinese tensions on West Philippine Sea
King Philip VI of Spain and European Commission President Manuel Barroso both expressed concern regarding the rising tensions between Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea, with EC supporting Philippines’ rule-based approach to resolve the issue.
EU seeks billions of euros to revive economy
The European Union sought ways on Saturday to marshal billions of euros into its sluggish economy without getting deeper into debt, casting the net wide to consider options from a pan-European capital market to a huge investment fund. Finance ministers from the bloc’s 28 countries gathered at an informal Ecofin meeting in Milan to flesh out a host of ideas circulating in European capitals. With interest rates already at record lows, ministers need radical steps […]
EU raises pressure on Moscow with tougher sanctions
(Reuters) – The European Union tightened sanctions on Russia on Friday over its role in the Ukrainian conflict, restricting access to financing for top Russian banks, defense and energy firms and freezing the assets of senior politicians and rebel leaders. The United States was set to follow suit with its own tougher sanctions later on Friday, heaping pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region and sent troops to back pro-Russian […]
EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, ready Russian sanctions
(Reuters) – European Union leaders on Saturday chose Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations, as the EU prepared to threaten Russia with new sanctions overUkraine. A summit in Brussels shared the two coveted EU posts between a Kremlin critic from ex-communist Eastern Europe and the foreign minister of one of Moscow’s biggest customers for gas. EU officials gave Ukraine’s embattled President Petro Poroshenko […]
Italian food perfect for Filipino taste
Filipinos are known for our love of food and one of the cuisine that caught our fancy is the Italian cuisine!
EU Elections 2014
European elections in the EU 28-member states are underway from May 22-25 The EU voters are to elect the 751 members of the new European Parliament who will be serving the next five years. They represent EU’s more than 500 million inhabitans. MALOU FRANCISCO REPORTS
In Ukraine, nationalists gain influence – and scrutiny
(Reuters) – When protest leaders in Ukraine helped oust a president widely seen as corrupt, they became heroes of the barricades. But as they take places in the country’s new government, some are facing uncomfortable questions about their own values and associations, not least alleged links to neo-fascist extremists. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine has fallen into the hands of far-right fascist groups, and some Western experts have also raised concerns about the influence […]
