/* OVERALL CSS */
html {
height:100%;
}

body {
margin:0;
padding:0;
background-color: #fffcdb;
height:100%;
}

a:link {
	color: #ba692d;
	font-weight: ;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
a:visited { 
	color: #8d4e1f;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
a:hover { 
	color: #341802;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
a:active { 
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
a:active { 
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
	}
	
.top_menu_text {
	word-spacing: 15px; 
	font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 
	font-size: 9px;
	 }
	 
.top_menu_text:link { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; } 
.top_menu_text:active { text-decoration: none; } 
.top_menu_text:visited { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; } 
.top_menu_text:hover { color: #341802; text-decoration: none; }

.secondary_link_text {
	font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 
	font-size: 11px;
	 }
	 
.secondary_link_text:link { color: #ba692d; text-decoration: none;} 
.secondary_link_text:active { text-decoration: none;} 
.secondary_link_text:visited { color: #8d4e1f; text-decoration: none;} 
.secondary_link_text:hover { color: #341802; text-decoration: none;}

	
#header {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	height: 119px;
	width: 1100px;
	top: 0; 
	right: auto;
	left: auto;
	float: left;
	position:absolute;
	z-index: 0;
}

#top_menu {
	height: 23px;
	width: 300px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	float: left;
	line-height:2em;
	word-spacing: 1em;
	top: 0;
	left: 650px;
	position:absolute;
	z-index: 1000;
	background-image: url(../images/top_menu_middle.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center;
}


#news_ticker {
	height: 9px;
	width: 165px;
	margin-left: 815px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	float: left;
	line-height:;
	position:absolute;
	z-index: 1001;
	background-color: dddfdd;
	margin-top: -4px;
}

#rss_feed {
	height: 150px;
	width: 210px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;

	margin-top:-20px;
}

#know_the_EU {
	height: 150px;
	width: 210px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;

	margin-top: ;
}

#testimonials {
	height: 374px;
	width: 210px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	
	margin-top: ;
}

#ahk {
	height: 91px;
	width: 211px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #FFFFFF;

	margin-top:-20px ;
}


#cnn_europe {
	height: 10px;
	width: 180px;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #000000;
	margin-left:30px ;
	
}

#left_menu {
	height: 660px;
	width: 254px;
	float: left;
	background-color: #FFFCDB;
	background-image: url(../images/body_bkg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

#menu_bottom {
	height: 175px;
	width: 254px;
	float: left;
}

#middle {
	height: 100%;
	width: 1100px;
	float: left;
	background-image: url(../images/body_bkg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	left: auto;
	right:auto;
	top:119px;
	position:absolute;
}

#middle_content {
	height: 100%;
	width: 581px;
	float: left;
	margin-left: 14px;
	background-image: url(../images/middle_content_grey_bkg.jpg);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
}

#middle_body {
	height: 100%;
	width: 581px;
	float: left;
	background-color: e5e5e5;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	background-image: url(../images/middle_content_bkg.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

#middle_header {
	height: 211px;
	width: 581px;
	float: left;
	}
	
#middle_header_other {
	height: 80px;
	width: 581px;
	float: left;
	}

#middle_text {
	height: 100%;
	width: 530px;
	float: left;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	padding-left: 45px;
	padding-top: 35px;
	color: #3b3b3b;
	line-height:1.6;
}

#right_side {
	height: 100%;
	width: 211px;
	float: left;	
}

#footer {
	height: 19px;
	width: 1100px;
	float: left;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height:6em;
	}

/* RSS FEED */
.bbcclass{
width: 125px;
padding: 30px;
background-color: dcdcdc;
}
.rsstitle{ /*shared class for all title elements in an RSS feed*/
font-weight: bold;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;

}
.rssdate{ /*shared class for all date elements in an RSS feed*/
color: gray;
font-size: 9px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}
.rssdescription{ /*shared class for all description elements in an RSS feed*/
}

.page_intro_first_sentance {
	font-size: 15px;
	font-weight: bold;
	TEXT-TRANSFORM: UPPERCASE;
	color: #772424;
}


.page_intro {
	font-size: 13px;
	font-weight: ;
	color: #3b3b3b;
	line-height:1.75;
}


/* HOME */
#home_outer_frame {
	min-height: 100%;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}


/* KEY BENEFITS */
#keybenefits_outer_frame {
	height: 1300px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

.sub_category{
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #5D611A;
	TEXT-TRANSFORM: UPPERCASE;
}


.sub_category_B{
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #2A3177;
	TEXT-TRANSFORM: UPPERCASE;
}

/* NEWS */	
#news_outer_frame {
	height: 150%;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;

}

/* GROW TO EUROPE */	
#growtoeurope_outer_frame {
	height: 1350px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

/* GROW TO EUROPE */	
#imprint_outer_frame {
	height: 1100px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

/* AWT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS */
#awtbussol_outer_frame {
	height: 1350px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

/* EU AT A GLANCE */
#euataglance_outer_frame {
	height: 1450px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

/* GETTING STARTED */
#gettingstarted_outer_frame {
	height: 1200px;
	width: 1100px;
	left: auto;
	right: auto;
	position:absolute;
}

 .black_overlay{
            display: none;
            position: absolute;
            top: -25%;
            left: 0%;
            width: 150%;
            height: 175%;
            background-color: black;
            z-index:1001;
            -moz-opacity: 0.8;
            opacity:.80;
            filter: alpha(opacity=80);
        }
        .white_content {
            display: none;
            position: absolute;
            top: 50%;
            left: 10%;
            width: 75%;
            height: 75%;
            padding: 16px;
            border: 8px solid #000000;
            background-color: white;
            z-index:1002;
            
        }