The road between Lubango and Namibe, for example, was completed recently with funding from the European Union, and is comparable to many European main routes.

When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Austrian variety of the German language — limited to 23 agricultural terms — was " protected " in Protocol No 10, regarding the use of specific Austrian terms of the German language in the framework of the European Union, which forms part of the Austrian EU accession treaty.

Azerbaijan also maintains good relations with the European Union, in the framework of its Eastern European Neighbourhood Policy ( See Azerbaijan and the European Union ).

With curtailment of the MCC funding, the European Union may replace the US as Armenia ’ s chief source of foreign aid for the first time since independence.

From 2011 to 2013, the European Union is expected to advance at least € 157. 3 million ($ 208 million ) in aid to Armenia.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with the European Union totaled $ 200 million.

During the first 11 months of 2006, the European Union remained Armenia's largest trading partner, accounting for 34. 4 percent of its $ 2. 85 billion commercial exchange during the 11-month period.

* 2003 – The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting 10 new member states to the European Union.

The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

This synthetic dye is also known as Red No. 2 in North America and E123 in the European Union.

* European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism ( European Union )

BWF ( Broadcast Wave Format ) is a standard audio format created by the European Broadcasting Union as a successor to WAV.

See European Broadcasting Union: Specification of the Broadcast Wave Format ( EBU Technical document 3285, July 1997 ).

The European / Australian PAL ( Phase Alternation Line rate ) and the French-Former Soviet Union SECAM ( Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire ) standard were developed later and attempt to cure certain defects of the NTSC system.

The construction boom has raised many environmental concerns and both the local autonomous government and city council are under scrutiny by the European Union.

It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

" This then brings up the question of what are the essential characteristics of modern science and capitalism, and whether it makes any sense at all to apply European concepts to Chinese history.

At the same time, the majority of Luxembourgers have consistently believed that European unity makes sense only in the context of a dynamic transatlantic relationship, and thus have traditionally pursued a pro-NATO, pro-US foreign policy.

Southern African transit point for South Asian hashish, South Asian heroin, and South American cocaine probably destined for the European and South African markets ; producer of cannabis ( for local consumption ) and methaqualone ( for export to South Africa ); corruption and poor regulatory capability makes the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, but the lack of a well-developed financial infrastructure limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center.

* 1616 – Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the West Australian coast.

The fact that Pytheas lived centuries before the colonization of Iceland and Greenland by European agriculturalists makes them less likely candidates, as Thule was populated and its soil was tilled.

* October 25 – The European Economic Community makes £ 1. 8 million available to help combat the Ethiopian famine.

* European integration makes progress with the definitive circulation of the euro in twelve countries in 2002 and the widening of European Union to 27 countries in 2007.

* November 28 – Winston Churchill makes a landmark speech in support of the idea of a European Union at Kingsway Hall, London.

* July 21 – A Spanish expedition led by navigator and explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira makes the first European landing in Polynesia, on the Marquesas Islands.

** Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European.

* October 25 – Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australian coast.

* Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur ' an into Latin.

* April 17 – da Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay and sights the island of Manhattan.

* Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese navigator, makes the first documented European landing in North America since c. 1000 A. D.

As a counterproposal to this initiative, Chávez has promoted the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ( Alternativa Bolivariana para las Américas, ALBA ), vaguely based on the model of the European Union, which makes emphasis on energy and infrastructure agreements that are gradually extended to other areas finally to include the total economic, political and military integration of the member states

The European Convention on Human Rights, which is legally binding on all European Union states ( following the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998 in the United Kingdom ), makes restricting the rights of an individual to practice or change their religion illegal in article 9, and discrimination on the basis of religion illegal in article 14.

Before European contact, the area that today makes up Jasper County was the domain of the Osage Native Americans who called themselves the Children of the Middle Waters ( Ni-U-Kon-Ska ).

In the one personal element in the book, he makes passing reference to his wife: he abandons her on the first day of a European vacation to return to business in Detroit.

The company presently makes several variations of this original design, and sells the " Bluffton Slaw Cutter " to North American, Asian, and European markets.

The treaty also makes it clear that right of initiative should not be confused with the right to petition, particularly since a petition is directed to Parliament while a citizens ' initiative is directed to the Commission ; whereas a petition is a method of remonstrance, usually focussing on perceived infringements of European Law, an initiative is a grassroots proposal for new legislation.

Robin Richardson, an original member of the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, at a 2009 symposium on " Islamophobia and Religious Discrimination ", said that " the disadvantages of the term Islamophobia are significant " on seven different grounds, including that it implies it is merely a " severe mental illness " affecting " only a tiny minority of people "; that use of the term makes those to whom it is applied " defensive and defiant " and absolves the user of " the responsibility of trying to understand them " or trying to change their views ; that it implies that hostility to Muslims is divorced from factors such as skin color, immigrant status, fear of fundamentalism, or political or economic conflicts ; that it conflates prejudice against Muslims in one's own country with dislike of Muslims in countries with which the West is in conflict ; that it fails to distinguish between people who are against all religion from people who dislike Islam specifically ; and that the actual issue being described is hostility to Muslims, " an ethno-religious identity within European countries ", rather than hostility to Islam.

* " The European Side of the Last Phase of the Development of ALGOL 60 " by Peter Naur

* Legrand, Pierre ( 1997 ) ' Against a European Civil Code ', Modern Law Review 60: 44-63.

Since its creation in 1967, the centre has operated 60 European space missions.

Over 60 million European soldiers were mobilised from 1914 – 1918.

While European immigrants accounted for nearly 60 % of the total foreign population in 1970, they accounted for only 15 % in 2000.

After 1990, the square became the focus of attention again, as a large ( some 60 hectares ), attractive location which had suddenly become available in the centre of a major European city.

In the year 2009 the water board will initiate an Integrated River Basin Management Plan in compliance with the European Union ( EU ) Water Framework Directive, 2000 / 60 / EC.

Especially in Germany, these celebrations had a distinctly political note to them and often stressed Boniface as a kind of founder of Europe, such as when Konrad Adenauer, the ( Catholic ) German chancellor, addressed a crowd of 60, 000 in Fulda, celebrating the feast day of the saint in a European context: " Das, was wir in Europa gemeinsam haben, gemeinsamen Ursprungs " (" What we have in common in Europe comes from the same source ").

One study, using samples from Hetian ( Hotan ) only, found that Uyghurs have 60 % European ancestry and 40 % East Asian ancestry.

UAE has joined the United Nations and the Arab League and has established diplomatic relations with more than 60 countries, including the United States, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, India, the People's Republic of China, and most Western European countries.

The most common 60 ° V6s were built by General Motors ( the heavy duty commercial models, as well as a design used in many GM front-wheel-drive cars ) and Ford European subsidiaries ( Essex V6, Cologne V6 and the more recent Duratec V6 ).

* 60 milliseconds — cycle time for European 16. 7 Hz AC electrified railroad power grid

" It then spread well beyond the then limits of European settlement, including much of southeastern Australia, reappearing in 1829 – 30, killing 40 – 60 percent of the Aboriginal population.

St Kilda has 60, 000 Northern Gannets, amounting to 24 % of the world population, 49, 000 breeding pairs of Leach's Petrel, up to 90 % of the European population and 136, 000 pairs of Puffin and 67, 000 Northern Fulmar pairs, about 30 % and 13 % of the respective UK totals.

Today, about 60 % of Bermudians are described as being of African descent, although many may have greater European ancestry, and almost all Bermudians would be able to easily find ancestors and relatives of either African or European descent.

At the time more than 90 percent of applications were deemed inadmissible, and 60 percent of decision by the Court related to what is termed repetitive cases, where the Court has already delivered judgement finding a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights or where well established case law exists.

Although European designers were moving towards heavier 30 mm weapons for better hitting power, the U. S. initially concentrated on a powerful. 60 caliber ( 15 mm ) cartridge designed for a pre-war anti-tank rifle, expecting that the cartridge's high muzzle velocity would be beneficial for improving hit ratios on high speed targets.

Most of the other cities ranged from 10 to 15 % in the number of Europeans, while Portuguese Angola cities had European majorities ranging from 50 % to 60 %.

was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966. by 2012 had 1 of 4 Welsh seats in the European Parliament, 3 of 40 Welsh seats in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 11 of 60 seats in the National Assembly for Wales, and 206 of 1, 264 principal local authority councillors.

The racial makeup of the city was 81. 84 % White or European American, 14. 70 % Black or African American, 0. 13 % Native American, 0. 94 % Asian, 0. 03 % Pacific Islander, 0. 77 % from other races, and 1. 60 % from two or more races.

Brest claims to be the largest European centre for sciences and techniques linked to the sea: 60 % of the French research in the maritime field is based in Brest.

The British established No. 1 Parachute Training School at RAF Ringway near Manchester, which trained all 60, 000 European paratroopers recruited by the Allies during World War II.

Prey can be spotted from a distance ; European Bee-eaters are able to spot a bee 60 m away, and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters have been observed flying out 100 m to catch large wasps.