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Italy must not squander its recouped EU capital

If recent polls are anything to go by, Italy's general election on 13-14 April will produce a centre-right majority and hand Silvio Berlusconi a [...]
Thursday, 3 April 2008

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Sarkozy's UK tour will not transform the EU

As Nicolas Sarkozy began a state visit to the UK yesterday (26 March), European curiosity about its purpose – and likely effects – extended to more [...]
Thursday, 27 March 2008

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Barroso must block the exit door

Why Markos Kyprianou's departure is important.
Thursday, 6 March 2008

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Cutting out the Ukrainian middleman

To connoisseurs of financial euphemism, the RosUkrEnergo website is without peer. A company that appears to own no reserves or pipelines made a [...]
Thursday, 21 February 2008

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Why following the money leads to terrorists

The UN has just added three financiers to its terrorism list for providing financial support to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups. This would be [...]
Thursday, 14 February 2008

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Ukraine's odd couple – chapter two

The year began with Orange Revolution pasionaria Yulia Tymoshenko triumphantly restored as prime minister. She is still popularly referred to [...]
Thursday, 14 February 2008

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Mismanaged EU cash is to no one's credit

Another sticky budget, and clean hands all around yet again.
Thursday, 14 February 2008

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America's pump-priming policies are a blast from the past

US policymakers are now rushing to stimulate the economy in order to avoid a recession. The Federal Reserve has dramatically lowered its interest [...]
Thursday, 7 February 2008

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Like it or lump it – the truth behind EU aid

What follows is a true story.
Thursday, 7 February 2008

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Organise, co-operate and watch out for Russia

Russia longs to join the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a club of mainly old rich countries that is [...]
Thursday, 20 December 2007

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The perils of disparate interests in Russia

It would be nice to think that the harassment of the British Council by the Russian authorities would prompt a united, imaginative European response. [...]
Thursday, 31 January 2008

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Nagorno-Karabakh – a frozen conflict that could boil over

Two states wedged between Europe and Iran are locked in an arms race and preparing for war. The international community, particularly the EU, might [...]
Thursday, 31 January 2008

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China steals a march while EU dawdles in Africa

Rather than the usual winter decision to turn off the gas taps to Ukraine or Belarus, Gazprom kicked off 2008 with the announcement that it was [...]
Thursday, 31 January 2008

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Cultural change needed to smooth energy-supply kinks

The EU will next week (28 January) launch its second EU Sustainable Energy Week, with experts, politicians and inventors coming together in Brussels [...]
Thursday, 24 January 2008

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Carbon cuts: buy now or pay much more later

The European Commission yesterday (23 January) unveiled a package of draft laws which, if approved by member states, will lead to major energy and [...]
Thursday, 24 January 2008

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If it's crunchtime in the US, what time is it in Europe?

Rumours strongly suggest that the US economy is stalling. Adherents to the mimetism school are already predicting a recession in Europe while others [...]
Thursday, 17 January 2008

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Brown's subprime summit has some merit

Gordon Brown has found it difficult to emulate his predecessor Tony Blair in many respects since taking over as UK prime minister in June last year. [...]
Thursday, 17 January 2008

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Man of the year, or scandal of the decade?

Choosing a ‘Man of the Year' is a risky business and writing about him even more so.
Thursday, 10 January 2008

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Vindicated, but challenges remain for Georgia's embattled president

According to preliminary results of the Georgian presidential election, embattled President Mikheil Saakashvili last weekend (6 January)?won [...]
Thursday, 10 January 2008

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A heavy weight for small shoulders

The Slovenian government has taken on the presidency of the EU with a mixture of cautiousness and sensitivity, both of which are justified.
Thursday, 10 January 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 
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