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Slovenian journalist: death threats after arms trade trilogy

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:18:09 -0000

In Slovenia, a trilogy published between summer 2011 and spring 2012 has exposed the secrets of the arms trade during the Balkans war and the role of the country's politicians in it. It's been an ache in the sides of those in power and with money and interests whom the book denounces. Co-writer Blaz Zgaga, 38, may be in hiding but he won't stay down

Europe reacts: what Gaddafi’s expiration means

('Nicola Accardo',) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:58:29 -0000

On 20 October the world saw a mediatised repeat of bloody images and videos of Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein on their deathbeds: Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, 69, was killed in his hometown of Sirte. French, US and British forces were part of the Nato airstrikes in the Libyan civil war which began in February 2011. Read presidential and prime ministerial postcards from Poland, Malta, Italy, France and Germany after the news broke

Gaddafi and Europe: it was nice while it lasted, wasn't it?

('hkeet',) — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:45:00 -0000

The EU member states have benefited from the subsoil and the strategic position of the oldest dictatorship in Africa and the Middle East so much so that they find it difficult to say a bad word against their former ally. The Europeans are served joyfully around Colonel Gaddafi's table of the kingdom

CAP? The queen farms on EU money

('Annie Rutherford',) — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:44 -0000

Normally the EU doesn't shrink from using showing citizens with golden plaques and stardust whereabouts European money goes. With regards to cereal, meat and milk this is somewhat different. The agricultural subsidies, which were originally meant to support the agricultural community, now flow in quite different directions. Latest news titbit from Brussels

Czech Republic: EU equals protectionism equals communism?

('Lydia Bigos',) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:39:02 -0000

With different visions of the market, politics and the EU, this is a country which is torn between its new role as the centre of Europe and the rejection of any type of communism

Fair trade with Germany's 'Sukuma initiative'

('Aatish Pattni',) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0000

What do mobile phones have to do with the war in Congo? Why do we, when thinking about coffee, think Starbucks before Colombia? The Germany-based Sukuma initiative is campaigning at an EU level to enforce targets for developing countries, as set out by theUN

Austria’s ban on cultivating genetically modified sweetcorn

('Gemma Turner',) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0000

But is Europe's 'sweetcorn of discord' a great triumph with barely any consequences for Austria?

HandiCAP: freedom-hunting French farmers, as European as Parisians

('Annie Rutherford',) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:57:25 -0000

Young farmers in the region of Auvergne worry about their future, which is being over-organised by a too liberal Europe. They want to give vent to their anger at the upcoming European elections in June 2009

Hormone beef versus roquefort cheese

('Matthew Pagett',) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:30:00 -0000

Duties are to be doubled or tripled on French sheep's milk cheese and other "symbolic" European food products at the American border. Revenge... Latest titbits news from Brussels

EU: more than 40% of international commercial exchanges

('Araceli Turmo',) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:01:51 -0000

A clay-footed giant and political dwarf on an international level, the EU is however the world's first economical power, ahead of Asia and the US

Modern pirates use GPS in Somalia

('Erin Woycik',) — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Recent attacks on Spanish and French ships highlight the insecurity of maritime activities. The EU is confronted by a challenge which puts its capacity to create a policy protecting common security into question

1000 and more: Europe's young designers

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000

Magazines in auction rooms, high consumption in the art market - trend review

Trust me, I'm Microsoft

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:00:00 -0000

On 17 September the European Union's second highest court slaps Microsoft with a 500 million euro fine for violating antitrust regulations and abusing its monopoly of the market - they have two months to appeal

'Were the US to go under, the world would turn to the Euro'

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0000

The five-year-old Euro may be trading above the dollar, but a stronger currency can damage Europe

David Calleo: 'free trade is the last great religion of the West'

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0000

On the eve of the global Davos Economic Forum, North American intellectual David Calleo describes his vision of the role Europe plays in globalisation

Europe in 2007

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:00:00 -0000

What is in store for new year's Europe? We look at the upcoming leaders, movers and shakers who will transform the face of the EU in 2007

EU-Russia: oiling the wheels of diplomacy

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0000

During the EU-Russia summit on November 24, the mutual energetic dependence between both regions will concentrate on negotiations

Neither vision, nor courage...nor leadership

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0000

In the Dutch parliamentary elections the EU clearly plays a secondary role

'Living off our reputation is no longer enough'

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:14:00 -0000

Some French wine producers see globalisation as a fact, not a fatality. They are fighting back with two weapons: quality and marketing

Fishing ban increases drug-trafficking

('Jo Ashworth',) — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:46:00 -0000

Despite the new EU’s new fishing agreement with Morocco, fishermen in Andalusia fear for their future

Europe meets Asia: reviving the Silk Road

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:00:00 -0000

As trade flourishes between the EU and Asia and regional integration accelerates, the Asian highway opens new routes to the East

The leopard prowls the Silk Road

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 05:07:00 -0000

Kazakhstan holds a key position on the Asian highway network which criss-crosses 32 Asian states. At the used car market “Barys”, traders discuss the merging of Europe and Asia

ASEAN and the EU: singing from different hymnals

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:00:00 -0000

As regional integration accelerates in Asia, ASEAN might one day resemble the former EEC. I talked to Ludo Cuyvers, professor of economics at the University of Antwerp, who says such comparisons are premature.

Montenegro goes on sale

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:00:00 -0000

For years the unspoiled beauty of Montenegro used to be the best kept secret in Europe. Now the sights of old Venetian squares, spectacular mountains, bays, sandy beaches are once more a favourite destination for globe-trotters around the world

Food for Life

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:33:00 -0000

The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.

Europe to Great Britain: 'do you want us?'

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:00:00 -0000

Great Britain is currently playing it safe, saying neither yes, nor no to Europe. But this is nothing new. Indeed it has been doing so since Churchill’s speech at Zurich in 1946