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China eyes closer innovation cooperation with EU

​Chinese Ambassador to the European Union Yang Yanyi said here that China looked forward to enhancing cooperation with the EU in scientific technology and innovation.

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EU urges to move relationship with ASEAN to strategic level

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday that the EU and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) must work together to move their relationship to the strategic level.

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EU, PNG ink 208-mln-dollar development partnership program

​The European Union and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a development partnership program worth 208 million U.S. dollars, the Pacific News Agency Service (PACNEWS) reported Thursday.

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Russia to expand EU travel ban list if West increases sanctions

Moscow is ready to expand its travel ban list of European Union (EU) officials if the West increases its own blacklist of Russian officials, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

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Gain of populist, Eurosceptic forces in Italy's regional vote shows similar with Spain

​The large round of regional elections held in Italy on Sunday delivered disappointing results for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD), with two major populist and anti-euro forces showing a positive performance in crucial areas of the country.

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Three million jobs created in EU due to trade with China: study

​About three million Europeans have jobs because of export from the European Union (EU) to China, according to a study released on Monday here by EU institutions.

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Ukraine objects to further delay of trade deal with EU

​Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Thursday that Kiev will not agree to further delay implementing the Association Agreement with the European Union (EU) , which includes a comprehensive free trade deal, despite concerns raised by Russia.

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EU, ASEAN share peace, prosperity integration experiences: EU representative

​Peace and prosperity are among the key lessons of socio-economic integration for Europe, South-East Asia and beyond, according to the European Union's most senior representative to Laos.

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China hails 40th anniversary of ties with EU

China on Wednesday hailed the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties with the European Union (EU), saying the commemorative activities will support win-win cooperation and upgrading of relations.

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Which is good for global agriculture development, EU model or U.S. one?

​Some experts have claimed the European Union's agriculture model is more market-oriented than the U.S. one, and that's why the EU model can be introduced globally, despite that the model itself needs reforming, they said.

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Sanctions over Ukraine crisis linked to Minsk deal implementation: EU

​The EU's sanctions policy against Russia over the Ukraine crisis would be linked to the implementation of the Minsk agreement till the end of 2015, European leaders agreed on Thursday.

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Finland tries to make out how deficit, debt exceed EU limit

​Finnish Finance Minister Antti Rinne noted on Tuesday the actual reasons for the country's violation of EU Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) norms remain unclear, Finnish national radio reported.

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China immune to side effects of ECB's QE?

​Quantitative Easing (QE) program by the eurozone is unlikely to impact directly on China through financial markets, but it may affect China's monetary policy-making and have an indirect negative impact on China's real economy in turn, experts have said.

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European Commission president calls for creation of EU army

The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has called for the creation of an European Union(EU) army, German Newspaper Die Welt reported on Sunday.

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EU warns of macroeconomic imbalance in Germany, fiscal problem in France

​The European Union officials on Wednesday warned of macroeconomic imbalance in Germany and fiscal problem in France, adding that Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania, Finland, Sweden and Britain requiring monitoring and policy action to address fiscal situation.

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Juncker's plan must give equal priority to human investment: report

​A think-tank's report released on Monday said human investment must be given equal priority to physical investment by the new European Union (EU) Commission against background of "unacceptably" high unemployment across EU countries.

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Russia vows to take "adequate response" to new EU sanctions

Russia vowed to take "adequate response" to the expanded EU sanctions imposed on it over the Ukraine crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.