EU freezes diplomatic ties with Thailand
All visits to and from Thailand and all partnership agreements are suspended until the country returns to a democratic regime. This is what the foreign ministers of the European Union decided yesterday in Luxembourg to put pressure on the junta.
News from Thailand – September 21, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Champion China dethroned; women's volleyball in final against Japan
• Comment: Thailand is heading for nightmare
• EU demands investment guarantees from Thailand in FTA talks
The conversations are difficult, can it be more meaningless?
The talks are difficult, but we've made some progress. With this meaningless statement from Joao Aguiar Machado, EU Head of Delegation to the second round of negotiations of the EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Chiang Mai, we have to do it today.
FTA threatens public health insurance and cheap medicines
More than five thousand people protested yesterday in Chiang Mai, where representatives of the EU and Thailand are negotiating a free trade agreement. They are afraid that the national health insurance and the availability of cheap, generic (unbranded) medicines will be jeopardized.
News from Thailand – March 7, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Police investigation into hit-and-run Red Bull heir completed
• Yingluck admires Belgian parliament
• Peace negotiations in the South begin on March 28
• Sunday Times: CP Food is destroying maritime ecosystem
News from Thailand – March 1, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• China: Execution of drug lord Naw Kham and accomplices
• Farmers warm up to mass protest
• Government and BRN will hold peace talks