Govt under EU pressure to compensate Equitable Life victims
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The government came under pressure from lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday to compensate policy-holders hit by heavy losses at insurer Equitable Life.
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Royal Mail faces an EU investigation into whether funding received was illegal under laws governing state aid.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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Families of victims of the military crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests have urged the Chinese government to publish a true account, apologize and pay compensation to bereaved relatives and survivors.
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Four people who lost their workplace  pensions are taking the government to court in a bid for compensation.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 2 (IPS) - The EU is being urged to address the human rights  content of its asylum and immigration policy due to be adopted  later this week.
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The government says it will consider an independent complaints system for vulnerable old people in care.
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The European Union stepped up pressure Tuesday on Ukraine to review the outcome of its disputed presidential election, which has triggered widespread criticism from across the continent.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (IPS) - Plans by the European Union to allow police to  study data on asylum-seekers have run into difficulty amid  concerns that the move could result in victims of persecution  being treated as criminal suspects.
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Europe has made little progress towards equal pay for men and women, the European Commission says.
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The European Union has launched a new drive to reduce its regulatory burden on companies, in a bid to tackle one of the most frequent complaints made by business.
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The government was claiming victory at the summit of European Union leaders here after seeing off a threat to national vetoes over justice and security matters.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 29 (IPS) - The European Union's only directly elected  body is demanding increased aid for basic health and education in  poor countries before it approves next year's budget for the  27-nation bloc.
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Former Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, want to see an EU fund to pay for security for individuals facing death threats
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will notably be pressed over it at an informal meeting with his EU counterparts starting Friday in the Netherlands, which currently holds the rotating EU ...
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Five violent killings in six days in the Irish Republic increase pressure on the Irish government to take action.
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EU officials are in Libya to try to resolve the case of medics sentenced to death for infecting children with HIV.