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2008, war and independence: our ‘best’ of some of the worst events
January. Franco-German MEP and former student activist Daniel Cohn-Bendit tells the collective conscience to get over the 1968 riots. August. Russian bombs pepper Georgia. February. Kosovo becomes the world’s newest country with amidst divisions within the EU, a fact which was consolidated by the Irish people’s ‘no’ vote to the Lisbon treaty – September. It hasn’t been the most sparkling year for the EU
- Read the special edition 2008, war and independence: our ‘best’ of some of the worst events
- Roberto Saviano on the Italian Camorra
- The 2008 economic crisis explained
- Dublin: why 862, 415 Irish voted no to the Lisbon treaty
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit: 'Stop the comparisons with 1968'
- Giulietto Chiesa on Russia-Georgia war: ‘Europe is responsible too’
- Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona
- Kosovo independence: your reactions
Videos: bye Bush, bye to an eight-year tragicomedy
In the end, the outgoing US chief wasn’t only at war with Iraq, but over climate change, the financial crisis and the English language. A look back at his biggest bloopers. The next president is announced on 4 November
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