France’s double standards official discourse angers Romania
The vacillating position of the French ruling socialists on Romania’s and Bulgaria’s Schengen accession, ranging from utter support for a
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Czech Republic political parties jockey for position as election nears
In what has been a tumultuous year in Czech politics, the country’s political parties are ramping up their campaigns as
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Party leadership of Greece’s Golden Dawn to appear in court
The leadership of neo – Nazi Golden Dawn is to appear in court this week. Golden Dawn MP Christos Pappas
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Russian court orders all Greenpeace activists to stay in jail
A Russian court in Murmansk has ordered the last eight Greenpeace protesters who tried to scale an Arctic oil drilling
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Greek police arrest Golden Dawn party leader, MPs
Greek police have arrested Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the far-right Golden Dawn Party, on charges of forming a criminal
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Turkey frustrated over stalled EU membership bid
The Turkish government is voicing increasing frustration over its stalled bid to join the European Union. Ankara is now warning
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Activists protest against Serbia’s ban of Belgrade Pride 2013
A group of hundreds of protesters held a rapidly-organised demonstration against the ban by the Serbian government of the Belgrade
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Russia orders two-month detention of Greenpeace activists
A Russian court has ruled that most of the 30 people arrested on a Greenpeace ship during a protest in
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EC closes infringement procedure against Bulgaria on EU citizens’ voting rights
The European Commission said on September 26 that it has closed the infringement procedure against Bulgaria for applying additional requirements
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