After six intense years of debate, negotiation and compromise, the European Union has finally reached an agreement in an effort to fight against the growing number of hate crimes and anti-Semitic on the continent in the past few years. Despite the agreement however, anti-racist groups have attacked the draft, saying that it will not be very effective in fighting growing xenophobia in Europe.

The members of the European Union are drafting new laws, which will force companies to keep detailed records of their customers` telephone and Internet use, even more than European Union law currently requires.

Deputy Prime Minster of Belarus, Vladimir Semashko, told reporters that the continued supply of Russian natural gas through Belarus to Western Europe is dependant on Gazprom

At the height of its sporting glory, the East German athletics teams could proudly compete against its toughest opponents, including the United States and the former USSR

The European Central Bank raised interest rates in the 12 countries of the Euro block by 0.25% to 3.5% Thursday

The United States-based Forrester Research published a new study that indicates that French internet users have been busy

European markets lost height Thursday, pulled down mostly by energy and banking stocks, as well as, slipping Air France stocks.

New Middle East peace initiative at a summit in Spain with French President Jacques Chirac. "Peace between Israel and the Palestinians means to a large extent peace on the international scene"

Long dominant in their respective markets, it now seems that the national telecommunications monopolies in European countries are faced with independent competition by companies seeking to push out the Telecoms and beat them at their own games. The majority of known efforts center around digital subscriber line, or DSL, customers.

Several NBA teams have traveled this fall to Europe to play pre-season exhibition games against European clubs. Last night was fun for all NBA players, European or not

As it was announced a few days ago, the Internet calling service provided by Skype will soon be available at The Cloud`s Wi-Fi hot spots all around Europe.

The World Wide Web has completely invaded an average person`s life. The recent study only confirms this claim. According to this study, the Web users from European countries are spending more time on the Web than they do reading newspapers and magazines.

This fall will see a series of exhibition games between NBA teams and top Euroleague Basketball teams. It`s the teams turn now take on European challenges

This week Geneva was graced with the sight of 250 Chinese and European business leaders. The main topic of the discussion was the expansion of the Chinese industries in Europe.

As it is said in the recent Microsoft`s market research report, Vista would create 50,000 new jobs as well as maintain more than 1 million jobs in six European country markets in France, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Spain and the UK.

Aid upon which the Palestinian Authority relied to pay the salaries of its workers was not forthcoming, and led to a brief campaign by Hamas leaders to travel the world to raise money for the ostracized government. Efforts to bypass the terror leaders of the PA and pay workers has been undertaken, with mixed results.

Europe top scorer, Luca Toni, has decided to stay in his Seire A club, Fiorentina. Toni scored 31 goals for the club during the last season and is considered the best scorer in Europe.

The top European team, Chelsea, with its high priced players proved to be less than adequate to match the Major League Soccer`s All-Stars team from the United States.

Those businessmen or tourists who deal daily with traveling around the world and exchanging money will note that this week has seen subtle shifts in the U.S. Dollar-EMU Euro rate, but overall things are remaining mostly the same.

There are a very few people who believed that World Cup 2006`s final that will be held in Berlin on June 9 would looks the way it is. Italy will meet France for the final showdown of the tournament and we will have a new world champion by the end of the evening.

In an unofficial trip to London, Venezuela`s president Hugo Chavez offered cut-rate heating oil for needy families in the European Union. Chavez had harsh words for the U.S, saying, the "final hours of the North American empire have arrived ... Now we have to say to the empire: We`re not afraid of you. You`re a paper tiger.`"

The Ziba Group, a company that specializes in financial advising, consulting, and executive recruitment, has announced its plans for a European expansion and the opening of its London office.

The new OUT95 Wave Piercing Winged Monohull sailing boat is the cause of much excitement in the Yachting community, and draws reposes from all over the world. The new sailing boat is the product of an extensive development program, and the design was comprehensively tank tested by the Wolfson Unit before construction began.

When Disney opened up a family oriented theme park in California in 1955 and later Disney World in Florida, people from across the globe flocked to the site, helping Disney become the billion dollar business it is today. Many decades later the company decided that it would take the sea by storm by offering a Disney cruise around Florida and the Caribbean.

At a lunch this week hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Dublin, Ireland, the European Union Ambassador to the United States of America, John Bruton, said it is important to keep in mind the wealthy economic relationship between the European Union and the United States.

A European Union panel has called for a 6.5-mile quarantine and surveillance zone around suspected or confirmed outbreaks of bird flu. Countries from Liechtenstein to Romania have ordered poultry indoors or quarantined villages to stem the spread of the disease.

For anyone who loves poker tournaments and television there is nothing more entertaining than the Small Town Poker Tour. This show is one of a kind as it breaks through the celeb based televised poker tournaments to bring you more down to earth realistic game play. In addition, the show is attempting to find the best amateur poker player in the world.

When you are walking down the street the last thing that you want to consider is the scary fact that someone may hit you with their car. Crossing the street should not be a life or death situation, but sometimes this does become the case. Preventing pedestrian death has become important for countries all over the world, specifically in the European Union.

Monaco and Andorra are two European countries that have decided to stay out of the EU for the simple reason of maintaining a no income tax policy. Unlike Monaco, Andorra is not well known for its financial benefits. Although both countries are similar in their economic benefits, they could not be more different in every other aspect.

A superb selection of Vacation Europe cruises will be offered in 2006. Viking River Cruises, European Waterways Luxury Hotel Barges, and Avalon Waterways River cruises are the three main cruise lines offering wonderful deals for top cruises.