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- Tobacco sales down in Belgium
Cigarette sales in Belgium during the first half of this year were down by 12 per cent or 750 million on those of the equivalent period of last year, according to an Expatia.com report.At the same time, sales of lose tobacco, at almost 3,400 tonnes, were
- Egypt and EU sign deal on farm goods
Brussels: European Union negotiators have initialled a deal to liberalise trade in most farm and fishery products with Egypt, the most important Middle East market for EU produce, the European Commission said on Saturday. The agreement will give EU
- EU, Egypt sign trade deal on food products
EU exporters get free immediate access to Egyptian market for 90% of agriculture, fisheries products. BRUSSELS - European Union negotiators have initialed a deal to liberalize trade in most farm and fishery products with Egypt, the most important Middle
- US must move on climate change at G8: Barroso
Brussels, July 05 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The United States must take another step towards a global climate change pact when major industrialized countries meet in Japan next week, the head of the European Union's executive said on Friday. 'In this G8
- Asian labor, employers skeptical of dialog's effectiveness
BRUSSELS -- Trade unionists and employers associations from developing Asian countries expressed skepticism about the effectiveness of social dialogues with developed European countries in settling industrial disputes and creating decent work for all,
- EU, Egypt agree on agricultural trade liberalization
Brussels - The European Union and Egypt have agreed on liberalizing their trade in agricultural and fish products, officials in Brussels said Friday. Negotiators reached 'preliminary agreement' that the EU should have free access to Egypt's market for
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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy.
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AP - The path to sainthood has grown shorter for a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium who ministered to exiled leprosy patients in Hawaii in the 19th century.
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