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EU proposes new measures to fight extremism at home

January 16, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

The European Union’s executive arm is proposing new measures fight extremism in Europe, from racism and xenophobia to the threat

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Business 

US Treasury Secretary urges Europe to boost growth

January 7, 2014 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is urging Europe to boost growth and shore up financial backstops he says are key

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Europe 

Report: EU failing to defend European values

December 12, 2013May 10, 2024 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

A new report says the European Union is failing to forcefully champion its values, like free expression, and crack down on threats,

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OECD foresees high joblessness through to 2014

July 16, 2013July 31, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says joblessness will remain high in European and other developed nations next year, stalling

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Europe News 

UN war crimes court acquits two Milosevic allies

May 31, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Serbia

A United Nations war crimes court has acquitted two key allies of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The men were

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Europe News 

Human Rights Watch urges EU to sanction Hungary

May 16, 2013May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Hungary

A leading rights group is calling on the European Union to take steps toward suspending Hungary’s voting rights following much-criticized

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Safety nets shielded Europe’s poorest from crisis

May 15, 2013May 22, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews

New figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development show that social welfare programs shielded some of the poorest

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Europe News 

European rights court rules Tymoshenko unlawfully detained

April 30, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Ukraine

Europe’s top rights court has ruled that Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawfully held in detention before being sentenced

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Despite setbacks, EU leaders upbeat on economic turnaround

March 16, 2013May 27, 2013 Lisa Bryant of VOANews euro zone

Despite rising protests against austerity, European leaders agreed in Brussels that tough measures to turn around the region’s economy are

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