After an agreement was reached with the European Union ( EU ) to increase Honduras's banana quota to the EU, the large banana companies were avid for additional land for increased production to meet the anticipated new demand from Europe.

After a strong GDP growth in 1945-1990, the last two decades's average annual growth rates lagged well below the EU average ; moreover, Italy was hit particularly hard by the late-2000s recession.

After a joint NATO-Serb crackdown on Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo, European Union ( EU ) officials were able to negotiate a cease-fire in June.

After Belarus expelled the EU and Polish ambassadors, EU nations jointly withdrew their ambassadors from Belarus, citing tremendous concern over the political oppression in the nation.

After many court disputes the EU decided to leave 33 % of the flights at Linate until the rail link opened.

After much discussion, the most concrete result was the EU Battlegroups initiative, each of which is planned to be able to deploy about 1500 men quickly.

After Vance's withdrawal, Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg brokered the EU Action Plan of December 1993.

After series of major corruption scandals including most prominently Rywin affair, Transparency International rated Poland as the most corrupt state in 2003 of the then 25 EU members.

After Papandreou agreed to step aside, however, the two leaders announced their intention to form a national unity government that would allow the EU bailout to proceed and pave the way for elections on 19 February 2012.

After the EU enlargements in 2004 and 2007, the CC-EB countries are included in the Standard Eurobarometer, intermittently still comprising the remaining candidates, Turkey, and Croatia, as well as the Turkish Cypriot community ( Northern Cyprus ).

After a year, the panel lost its jurisdiction over the matter, and the EU did not pursue the matter any further before the WTO.

After he left office, many in Greece continued to blame the New Democracy governments of Karamanlis for economic difficulties, and both financial markets and Greece's EU partners chastised the country for vastly underestimated budget deficits under his watch

After quota are fixed by the Council of Ministers, each EU member state is responsible for policing its own quota.

After impregnating Annabelle with a second genetically improved child, a girl this time, he begins a live broadcast, where he reveals the lies of the EU government and rescinds his support for the presidential campaign.

After Finland joined the European Union ( EU ) in 1995, she was elected to the European Parliament.

After international election monitors criticized the conduct of that election, there were several demonstrations at which protestors flew the Zubr flag next to the first post-independence Belarusian white-red-white tricolour and the EU flag.

After the top section was removed the mast's reduced height relegated it to 14th highest structure in the EU and second highest in the UK after Skelton.

After the verdict in the 2009 natural gas deal European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton stated the verdict showed justice in Ukraine was being applied selectively in politically motivated prosecutions and that the Ukrainian Government handling of the case risked deep implications for its hopes of EU integration.

After the end of the Cold War, the EU expanded eastward to include the former Communist countries.

After Canada threatened to forcibly remove Spanish fishing vessels, the EU pressured Spain into finally reaching a settlement on April 15.

After the elections, he became chair of the delegation to the EU – Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, which he still is, and thereby a member of the conference of Delegation leaders.

After the accession of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the European Union on May 1, 2004, many Baltic Russians have moved to other EU countries.

After the war began, he long refused to permit emancipation of the slaves by Union action even in the Border States that stayed with the Union.

Abby May wrote in her journal on January 17, 1843, " A day of some excitement, as Mr. Alcott refused to pay his town tax ... After waiting some time to be committed jail, he was told it was paid by a friend.

After being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile ( 1308 – 1359 ), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage.

After a successful campaign Manuel I and Andronikos returned together to Constantinople ( 1168 ); but a year later, Andronikos refused to take the oath of allegiance to the future king Béla III of Hungary, whom Manuel desired to become his successor.

After a recent increase in profits by 60 %, the company refused to raise worker's pay by more than 30 %.

After Charlemagne's columns arrived at the gates of Zaragoza, Sulayman got cold feet and refused to let the Franks into the city.

After being refused a shelter by other Protestant cities, he directed his steps towards Poland, at that time the most tolerant state in Europe.

After the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s, Bartók refused to give concerts in Germany and broke with his publisher there.

After the release of Shoulder Arms he requested more money from the company, which was refused.

After she refused to pay the ransom, they started to threaten Chaplin's youngest children with violence.

After six weeks of negotiations, Molotov refused the demands and the talks were adjourned.

After the proper facilities had been built and the personnel hired to make such a change, the U. S. Department of Agriculture issued an injunction and refused to allow Creekstone to buy the kits necessary to test.

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

After the four phones AT & T Wireless had offered to the public ( two from Panasonic, one from Mitsubishi and the Ericsson R289LX ), AT & T Wireless eventually refused to activate the devices.

After being treated for strabismus in childhood, he refused to wear an eye patch.

After laying charges of sedition against the Jews, Haman gained the king's approval to write a decree for their destruction ; offering ten thousand silver talents to the king for approval of this plan, but the king refused to take them ().

After his demands were refused, he attempted to incite the gens de couleur to revolt.

After having been passed over for the All-Star team in 1935 and being left on the bench for the 1937 game, Greenberg refused to participate in the 1938 contest.

After Gresham's death in 1895, Landis refused an offer of an ambassadorship, and returned to Chicago to practice law and marry.

After being refused recognition as official representative of the Bolshevik regime, Radek alongside other delegates ( Adolph Joffe, Nikolai Bukharin, Christian Rakovsky and Ignatov ) to the German Congress of Soviets.

After four awkward meetings with his biological father, the man refused further contact.

After Mary's death, he sought to marry Elizabeth, but she refused him.

After a decision of the High Court in favour of the Nevis Island Administration, the Prime Minister gave newspaper interviews stating that he " refused to accept the decision of the High Court ".

After defeating King Porus in the fierce Battle of the Hydaspes ( modern day Jhelum ), his battle weary troops refused to advance further into India to engage the formidable army of Nanda Dynasty and its vanguard of trampling elephants, new monstorities to the invaders.

After Doolittle tensions between Deal and Francis came to a head ( for example, Francis threw a guitar at Deal during a concert in Stuttgart ), and Deal was almost fired from the band when she refused to play at a concert in Frankfurt.