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Van Rompuy, Ashton selected to revive european project
Le Roi des Belges; or perhaps not so royal but democratic, although his new Foreign Minister is a Baroness sending a message to the world that the new European Council President and his High Representative
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The European President - A Modest Proposal
It has been a long time since the Brussels scene was so abuzz, for nothing livens up the city more that a good session of gossip, intrigue, plotting and scheming, for this is what the
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Government gets thumbs up from EU Presidency
The European Union welcomes the appointment of a government in Moldova, said the office of the Swedish Presidency of the European Council on 25 September, following the repeat parliamentary elections on 29 July. The Council
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Iceland, in from the cold
 Iceland: In from the cold Speculation on Iceland’s application to become the 28th Member State of the European Union had been rife the last month as the question was debated in the country’s 1000 year old
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The Philosopher King
In Ancient Greece, more specifically in the bustling trading capital Athens, of the all powerful state of Athens, around the fourth century BC there lived a man who changed the course of history. He founded the
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The EU says it’s taking the first steps toward helping Belarus
Istvan Sertö-Radics from Hungary, who is the Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions, and rapporteur for the EU’s proposed Eastern Partnership to six eastern European countries, including Belarus, outlined during the panel what he
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Subsidiarity is de-central to your well-being, but good for you
The Assembly of European Regions, which represents 260 regions, onethird of them outside the European Union, has just released the results of a four-year study into the economic effects of devolving decision making to the
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No winds of change for the EU-China Stalemate Summit
The European Union and China hoped to mend fences at their summit in Prague, but deadlocked on virtually every major point of disagreement and wound up issuing a vague statement that they would continue to
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Council of Europe will speed up its human rights court
Council of Europe ministers have agreed to accelerate the functioning of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced. He spoke at a press conference following a meeting
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Switzerland will not impose quotas on Europeans
The Swiss government, always reluctant to open its borders in a country which has tough immigration rules, has decided not to invoke a safeguard clause in the Schengen agreement, which would have let the Alpine
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EU says Malawi elections weren’t really fair, but were free
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika won re-election in polling his rival said was rigged, but which European Union observers said were generally fair, but fell far short of international standards, including a biased media, and
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Czech president wants premier to chair EU summit
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has proposed that Prime Minister Jan Fischer, whose cabinet has a task of completing the Czech Republic’s presidency of the European Union, chairs the bloc’s June summit, the president’s office said.
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No Devils in Prague
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, called The Last Dictator in Europe, at the last moment skipped coming to Prague last week for the launch of the European Union’s much-vaunted Eastern Partnership to woo former Soviet Republics
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Reluctant Czechs approve EU treaty
You could almost hear the groans in Dublin, where the Irish are now the lone hold-outs in approving the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, after the Czech Republic – whose president disdains the EU even though
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Solving the EU’s recession isn’t easy
Greece’s Minister of Economy and Finance Yiannis Papathanasiou was in Brussels last week to attend meetings and seminars of his peers and financial analysts and economists to explain how their countries are handling the recession
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Czechs flip-flop, give Lukashenko a seat in Prague
To the dismay of human rights supporters, Czech officials defended their decision to invite Belarusian President Aleksander Luka - shenko, whose undemocratic rule earned him the label of Europe’s last dictator, to this week’s summit
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Turkey’s EU bid gets the backing of EU Presidency
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, whose country chairs the European Union until June 30, said he supports Turkey’s aspirations to join the 27-member bloc, although the process is dragging on a could take years more –
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“Worried” EU to send fact-finding mission to Ukraine
The European Union has “every reason to be worried” about Ukraine’s political deadlock and economic crisis, EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg said, and they’re going to do something about it. The EU is to
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Who to call when you need a diplomat fast
Brussels is a key centre for diplomacy and a recent arrival to the scene is Independent Diplomat, set up in 2004 by Carne Ross, a British diplomat who resigned from government service after giving evidence
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Czech Presidency rules out East Accessions
The European Union would not be willing any time soon to accept into its ranks the six former Soviet countries that the 27- member bloc hopes to bring closer through its Eastern Partnership initiative, an
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Focus: Equal Rights for the Sexual Minorities
Does Europe welcome gay politicians?
Lesbian Bisexual Gay and Transexual (LBGT) organisations across Europe cooperate under the umbrella of the International Lesbian and Gay Association
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Representing the sexual minority

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Thursday’s Last Supper
This coming Thursday evening, November 19 during the “Last Supper,” the 27 heads of the EU Member States will decide
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The Cold Case Of (Premeditated?) Intelligence Failures
The end of World War II found the United Kingdom winners, but literally bankrupt. The
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Wining And Deciding
After months of networking, secret briefings, it seems that the  candidates for the Council President
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USA
Obama says US, EU must avoid protectionism temptation
In a meeting in Washington with the current Swedish Presidency of the European Union, US President Barack Obama said that
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Britain beefs up Afghan force but Russia smells defeat
As the United States and NATO have urged European countries to take a bigger role
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NATO chief sides with US, says Europe must help in Afghanistan
Europe must step up its efforts in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid straining relations
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World’s leaders hatch another ‘Save the World’ plan
Six months after they met in London and established a $1.1 trillion-dollar support package for
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Russia
Moscow, London try to thaw frosty ties
As the first top British diplomat to visit Moscow in recent five years, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband wrapped up
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Russia hopes Renault will up stake in AvtoVAZ
Despite French carmaker Renault’s earlier statement that it will not invest any more money in
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US, Russia continue arms reduction talks
The United States and Russia on 9 November began another round of talks over nuclear
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Putin vows to improve investment environment
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government will continue to adopt measures to better
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CHINA
EU firms bullish on China, intellectual property debated
The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, and the EU’s Chamber of
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China miffed over German snubs at Frankfurt book fair
Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas
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As China cranks up PR machine, media groups want openness
Just as the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China passed
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