Efforts continue for deal on EU’s 2013 and 2014-2020 budgets
Efforts to achieve agreement on the European Union’s seven-year budget known as the Multiannual Financial Framework were continuing ahead of
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Poland’s bomb plotter linked to Norway’s Breivik
Polish investigators found parallels between the case of the Polish right-wing extremist, who has recently planned to carry out a
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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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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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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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