Romanian opposition kicks off race for presidential candidate
he Romanian rightist opposition grouped around the democrat-liberals (PDL) has started the internal bid to find the candidate who will
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Organised crime car theft network dismantled in Baltic states
An organised crime network originating in and operating from Lithuania and specialised in the theft of luxury cars from Estonia,
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EU’s ‘sadness and anxiety’ at new illegal migrant boat capsizing in Mediterranean
European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmström reacted with “sadness and anxiety” as news broke on October 11 2013 of a
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After Lampedusa, UN refugee agency urges EU to revisit migration policies
In the aftermath of one of deadliest migrant-ship disasters in recent history, the United Nations refugee agency issued a call
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Quitters deserve credit in smoking fight, not me: Hungarian PM
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day
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Bail-in victims to challenge troika’s policies at the ECJ
Dozens of Cypriot depositors and others who have been affected by the so-called “bail-in” imposed on the island country by
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Polish PM to announce cabinet reshuffle in November
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that he will announce cabinet line-up changes in November, when he will
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European People’s Party leader Wilfried Martens dies
Wilfried Martens, president of the European People’s Party since 1990 and a former prime minister of Belgium, has died at
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Heated debate in European Parliament on Roma immigration
Members of the European Parliament traded barbs on October 9 on the Roma immigration issue without reaching any conclusion which
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