MEPs call for common fees for card payments
Future EU rules for card payments should be modelled on those for cross-border bank transfers, so as to make paying
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Year: 2012
France downplays Moody’s downgrade
A day after credit ratings agency Moody’s downgraded French government bonds by one notch below the triple-A top ranking, French
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Easier resolution of cross-border legal disputes in EU a step closer
The European Commission’s proposals to help businesses and consumers resolve cross-border legal disputes more easily got overwhelming support in a
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US and EU sign joint declaration on making the internet safer for children
European Commission Vice President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and US homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano signed a joint declaration
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New rules make it easier for EU expatriates to stand in European Parliament elections in another country
It will now be easier for European Union citizens living in another EU member state to stand as candidates in
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Former Bulgarian president Stoyanov nominated for Constitutional Court
Bulgaria’s centre-right Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) nominated on November 20 former president Petar Stoyanov to fill the Constitutional Court
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Croatian former PM Sanader jailed for 10 years for bribery, ordered to pay millions to state
A court in Zagreb has sentenced Ivo Sanader, who was the country’s prime minister from 2003 to 2009, to 10
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Russia Watch: Judge a regime by its heroes: Moscow — 1962, Moscow 2012
For Moscow of 1962 – it was Yuri Gagarin. With his wide, easy grin, Gagarin was an internationally renowned poster
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Three Bulgarian – Turkish border points to be closed overnight on November 20
Three checkpoints at the Bulgarian – Turkish border will be closed from 11pm on November 20 2012 to 6am on
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