Slovakia: Adoptions furore continues
Multiple cases of Slovak children taken into foster care by social services in the UK initially provoked negative reactions among
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EU team probes fears for democracy in Hungary
An eight-member delegation from the European Union’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee met Hungarian ministry officials, parliamentary parties,
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Thousands of French protest against austerity plans
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the Paris streets Sunday in the latest bout of European anger over tough
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Bulgaria’s Stanishev, elected European socialist leader, sees ‘leftist wave’ heading for continent
Bulgarian Socialist Party leader Sergei Stanishev, elected on September 29 2012 as president of the Party of European Socialists, said
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Athens, Skopje trade messages on Macedonia name dispute at UN
Greece’s foreign minister, Dimitris Avramapoulos, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 27 2012, said that his country would
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Syrian crisis makes UN reform ever more urgent, European ministers say
The year and a half of deadly violence inSyriais clear testimony of the need to reform the United Nations to
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Appeal hearing set for jailed Russian rockers Pussy Riot
A Moscow court will hear an appeal in the case of three female punk rockers sentenced to two years in
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Polish hardware on Mars on Nasa’s Curiosity Rover
Nasa’s Curiosity rover, which successfully landed on Mars on August 6 2012, is fitted with infrared detectors developed and manufactured
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Georgian parties hold final rallies ahead of October 1 parliamentary elections
Supporters of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili have held their final political rallies in preparation for
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