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  Southern Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southern Europe is a region of the European continent.
The southern half of Europe is shown in shades of red.
This area consists of the southern two-thirds of Portugal, Spain's southern half and eastern coast, the southeast coast of France (along with the island of Corsica), all of Italy except the Po River plain and Alps region, the coasts of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania, most of Greece, Cyprus and Malta.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_European   (497 words)

  
 SOUTHERN EUROPE
All of the countries of Southern Europe are facing either stationary or declining populations.
All of the countries of Southern Europe have approximately 30% of their population in the age ranges of under age 15 or over age 65.
In comparison, in all of the countries of Southern Europe, the population distribution by age is fairly equal, both from country to country and between the two given age ranges.
maps.unomaha.edu /Peterson/funda/Notes/Notes_Exam2/SE.html   (1709 words)

  
 The argument for a “ Southern European Welfare State”
After having presented the discussion on the existence of a Southern European model, it is now time to proceed to the analysis of the general characteristics of the social protection systems of the countries of the region.
Over the 1980-1992 period, the southern states have had a real growth of social protection expenditure per capita of approximately 70 per cent, whereas the corresponding figure for the six highest spending Member States was only 31.7 per cent and the EU average 40.
Still, it is noteworthy that the expansion of the welfare structures, welfare structures, contrary to the situation in other European States which profited from the continuous economic development of the 1960’s, occurred in a period of general economic recession (see figure 1).
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 European Southern Observatory - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
European Southern Observatory (ESO), an intergovernmental organization for astronomical research with headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
The ESO began in 1962 as a consortium among Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
Among the other programs of the observatory is the completion of the photographic Sky Survey for the Southern Hemisphere, in cooperation with the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-europns1o1.html   (563 words)

  
 Hans Koechler -- U.S.-European Relations: Impact on the Mediterranean Region, I.P.O. Occasional Papers Series, No. 1, ...
European politics — whether in the West or in the East — were a function of this major struggle in terms of power politics.
Southern European member countries of NATO and of the EU, with the notable exception of Greece, have subscribed to this doctrine of a supposed threat from the South and formed, in November 1996, their own “Rapid Deployment Force” (EUROFOR) consisting of 20,000 soldiers and an associated maritime force (EUROMARFOR).
The European approach to the crisis on the territory of former Yugoslavia, and particularly in Bosnia-Herzegovina, is clear proof of Europe’s weakness because of the lack of co-ordination of its member states’ foreign policies.
i-p-o.org /medit.htm   (5759 words)

  
 European Southern Observatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Southern Observatory (ESO, also more formally the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) is an intergovernmental research organisation for astronomy, composed and supported by eleven countries from the European Union plus Switzerland.
Created in 1962, it is famous for building and operating some of the largest and most technologically advanced telescopes in the world, such as the New Technology Telescope (NTT), which was one of the telescopes which pioneered active optics technology, and more recently the VLT (Very Large Telescope), consisting of four 8-meter class telescopes.
Most of its observation facilities are located in Chile (hence the name "Southern"), and the headquarters are located in Garching near Munich, Germany.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Southern_Observatory   (530 words)

  
 Promoting Middle East Democracy: European Initiatives: Special Reports: Publications: U.S. Institute of Peace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In June 1991 the European Union asserted that the promotion of democracy and human rights was an essential element of its foreign policy and a "cornerstone" of European cooperation.
The European Union is in consultation with these countries and is in the process of assisting with the development of their action plans.
Most significantly, both the United States and the European Union appear to be converging on the need for some type of conditionality—on the need to insist on a linkage between a country's performance on reform-related objectives and the benefits it accrues, whether in the form of increased financial assistance or improved access to markets.
www.usip.org /pubs/specialreports/sr127.html   (8403 words)

  
 U.S. Army Southern European Task Force
The U.S. Army Southern European Task Force [SETAF] is an airborne rapid reaction force and Joint Task Force Headquarters.
With approximately 1,900 soldiers assigned or in tenant support units, USASETAF is the largest U.S. Army force south of the Alps in Europe, with responsibilities throughout the Southern Region and the Mediterranean area.
SETAF is an instrumental part of the European Command's theater engagement strategy, participating in combined exercises in Morocco, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Ukraine and Hungary.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/setaf.htm   (1376 words)

  
 Migration Information Source - Italy's Southern Exposure
Like many of its southern European neighbors, Italy has struggled to find the right tone and approach toward immigration.
While implementation and enforcement activities were criticized, the step boldly declared the government's intention to ease public discomfort and deep European skepticism about the government's ability to manage its long seacoast.
This was especially important as Italy was viewed from many other European capitals as the unsecured door through which immigrants were accessing other European countries.
www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?ID=121   (1640 words)

  
 Maritime Economic Logistics - Southern European Ports and the Spatial Distribution of EDCs
At 15 years after the fall of the Berlin wall, the effect of the progressive involvement of eastern countries in the European Union has led those nations to record rates of economic growth (European Commission, 1997a; DRI and Ghellinck, 1995), greater than those registered by the western ones (Table 2).
The upstream reason is detectable in the differences existing in medium term forecasts in port demand interesting the two ranges: as shown in Table 3 (Drewry, 2004), for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe there is an expectancy of a 10.8% annual increase in port demand.
In fact, East European countries are adapting their port capacity by projecting a growth of 11.3%, figures that quite double those of West Med ports.
www.palgrave-journals.com /mel/journal/v8/n1/full/9100150a.html   (6193 words)

  
 European Southern Observatory News (Night Sky Observer)
ESO 42/06 - Organisation Release: ESO and the European Association for Astronomy Education are launching today the 2007 edition of 'Catch a Star!', their international astronomy competition for school students.
ESO 40/06 - Organisation News: In its first Roadmap, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) choose the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), for which ESO is presently developing a Reference Design, as one of the large scale projects to be conducted in astronomy, and the only one in optical astronomy.
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research and operates astronomical observatories in Chile.
www.nightskyobserver.com /european-southern-observatory-news.php   (1087 words)

  
 The School of Russian and Asian Studies: Regions & Cities: European Russia (Southern)
In Southern European Russia, miles of sunny beaches along the Black Sea, tea farms and a mix of cultures make this area a hot spot for anyone who wants to experience friendly weather and enjoy plenty of sub-tropical sun.
The Azov and oil-rich Caspian seas, connected by a chain of Caucasus Mountains with elegant waterfalls on the southern edge of the region are a unique natural ensemble.
Many archeological discoveries point to the fact that Southern European Russia was dominated by the Scythians (horse nomads) by 1000-750 BC.
www.sras.org /region.phtml?m=15   (278 words)

  
 CuisineNet Digest: Southern European Cooking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Much as the French may protest, many things -- such as indigenous ingredients -- unite southern French, Spanish and Italian cooking with each other and to the rest of the Mediterranean.
Seafood is, of course, a central part of the diet; shellfish and squid are lightly enhanced by lemon juice and olive oil, or simmered into tomato-rich stews and topped with a crusty crouton or a spoonful of pungent aioli (garlic-infused mayonnaise).
The Mediterranean is a great migration spot for northern European birds heading to warmer Africa for the winter, so domesticated chicken and geese are seasonally supplemented by pheasant, grouse, partridge, and duck.
www.cuisinenet.com /digest/region/mediterranean/wmed.shtml   (365 words)

  
 European Union’s Southern Drive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In the face of continued economic shifts and the changing character of its population, the EU is now reaching out to 10 'southern Mediterranean' states from Morocco to Syria, hoping to induce democratic reforms and political modernization in the region.
This blueprint for a reconfigured EU is simple enough: Europe's southern neighbors must be allowed to become a part of an EU "area of cooperation and integration," says Prodi.
Under Prodi's plan, southern Mediterranean states will not only receive more aid than in the past but in the long term, become eligible to participate in the bloc's frontier-free "internal market," benefiting from the so-called "four freedoms" or EU rules for the untrammeled cross-border movement of goods, services, capital and people.
yaleglobal.yale.edu /display.article?id=1738   (1324 words)

  
 Coronary heart disease incidence in northern and southern European populations: a reanalysis of the seven countries ...
Coronary heart disease incidence in northern and southern European populations: a reanalysis of the seven countries study for a European coronary risk chart -- Menotti et al.
Coronary heart disease incidence in northern and southern European populations: a reanalysis of the seven countries study for a European coronary risk chart
European model to southern European populations and vice versa,
heart.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/84/3/238   (3823 words)

  
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After welcoming her guests on behalf of the European Foundation for Street Children Worldwide (EFSCW), the President, Maartje van Putten, recalled: “The integration of migrant children places stringent demands upon the cooperation required of both, social and economic groups and can only be successful, if they work in absolute harmony.
She reminded that children of migrants should also be considered as part of the solution to the demographic problems facing European societies in the future.
Luis Miguel Pariza Castanos from the European Economic and Social Committee also highlighted the importance of harmonised EU-policies in the matter of children’s rights and stressed the crucial role played by NGOs in the creation of a dialogue between the authorities and young migrants often living in ghettos and isolation.
www.crin.org /docs/EFSCW_European_Forum_press_release.doc   (1300 words)

  
 CRUISE.COM SOUTHERN EUROPE - Southern European cruise discounts, Southern Europe cruise deals and Southern European ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Because Southern European destinations are so close together, you can visit a different country each day.
Most Southern European cruises build in a day or two of time at sea for rest and relaxation and some sunbathing, too.
Visiting Southern Europe without taking a Southern European cruise is missing an important part of the Southern European experience.
www.cruise.com /sites_dest/europe_southern_41/default.asp   (215 words)

  
 New Economist: Are European degrees all the same?
Also, visas are also by country, or where, and IIRC the southern country visas were allocated when those countries had a lot more emigrants, so I seem to remember the quotas were not fully used up, thus allowing lesser skilled people to emigrate.
Also, working visa rules favour the young, and in many ''Southern'' european countries pay is a lot more positively age related than in ''Western'' or ''Northern'' ones, especially in the civil service, which employes more workers too, and most of the academics.
Probably USA employers do not look at all the prestigiousness of the European degree of a prospective employee, with the possible exception of Oxbridge, which is the only one to have something like a global brand, and just got to pay more than whatever the person involved was making in Europe.
neweconomist.blogs.com /new_economist/2006/06/european_degree.html   (1599 words)

  
 Southern European Dunedin
Southern European are the Otago representatives for Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda and Porsche.
We have a great range of new and used vehicles, either for your next adventure, or just to get you from A to B. We also stock a full range of parts and accessories, and have a busy workshop ready to keep your car working to its best.
Please give my team a call next time your car is due for a service, needs updating, or if you’d like some genuine accessories to personalise your pride and joy.
www.southerneuropean.co.nz /default.asp   (107 words)

  
 European Southern Observatory - Search Results - MSN Encarta
European Southern Observatory - Search Results - MSN Encarta
European Southern Observatory, astronomy organization founded by a consortium of European countries in 1962 with the purpose of establishing an...
Search for books about your topic, "European Southern Observatory"
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 ESO - The European Southern Observatory Homepage
The European Southern Observatory is an intergovernmental, European organisation for astronomical research.
ESO operates astronomical observatories in Chile and has its headquarters in Garching, near Munich, Germany.
Astronet Symposium: A Science Vision for European Astronomy in the Next 20 Years (Poitiers, France, January 23-25, 2007)
www.eso.org   (81 words)

  
 Southern European Task Force (AIRBORNE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On October 25, 1955, The Southern European Task Force came in to the world in earnest with busloads of troops and a home in Camp Darby, Italy.
To reduce the danger in that area, the U.S. agreed to establish a force there and on October 2, 1955, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force was activated.
Later in October 1999, SETAF demonstrated its ability to form a JTF when it was given the mission to be the JTF core of a major contingency planning operation, Skilled Anvil.
www.setaf.army.mil /history.htm   (1935 words)

  
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Southern European Parliaments in Democracy analyses the development of the parliaments of Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Turkey since the mid-1980s.
Its focus is an assessment of the main changes that have taken place since the periods of transition to democracy right up to the present day.
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 PROTO INDO-EUROPEAN
The migration from eastern Turkey to the southern steppes of Russia
Oddly, the "Epoch" of Proto Indo-European in Southern Russia was comparatively short, and characterized by dissolution of tribal groups dispersing and eventually migrating to distant lands.
The vocabulary of these groups adapted to new environments, but enough "core" terms survived to enable the reconstruction of those terms.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Ithaca/6623/pie.htm   (674 words)

  
 Four Southern European Countries fifteen years later
These two historical examples took the European drug reduction specialists completely by surprise, and many people were quite astounded by the wide range of players involved in these early experiments, which included administrators, political figures at both national and municipal levels, the police force, and the drug users themselves.
In the Southern European States, it was only in the 90's that harm reduction came into being, in the form of syringe replacement programmes.
Rather than just signalling successful results as reflected in the auspicious epidemiological trends, comparisons of this kind also enable us to pinpoint the weaknesses and gaps which need to be remedied if further progress is to be achieved.
www.drugtext.org /library/articles/peddr0021.htm   (1330 words)

  
 E-Commerce News: News: Study: Southern European E-tail Has Small Present, Big Future
A highly fragmented retail market, a dearth of publicly quoted firms, and absent venture capital to fuel dot-com competitors mean that few retailers have the scale, funds, and external pressure to move online.
The study also attributed the sluggish penetration rate in Southern Europe to the fact that the region has fewer online consumers with experience conducting Web-based transactions.
As part of its report on "Southern Europe's Growth Spiral," Forrester interviewed 50 brick-and-mortar retailers operating in at least one of these countries, half of which are already selling online.
www.ecommercetimes.com /perl/story/8368.html   (796 words)

  
 Southern Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Much as the French may protest, many things -- such as indigenous ingredients -- unite southern French, Spanish and Italian cooking with each other and to the rest of the
Unlike the butter-based cuisine of northern France, or the goose and pork fat of the German-influenced east, southern France, like her neighbors, cooks with olive oil.
All kinds of vegetables can be found in the markets, and the cook allows the fresh taste of the food to come forth from
www.cuisinenet.com /glossary/wmed.html   (371 words)

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