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Evelyn Waugh. VAN VECHTEN

Books for Europe's wilder beaches

Stuck for reading matter? There's still a chance to grab some new and old central and eastern European classics.

By The Economist's correspondent for central and eastern Europe

Saturday, 16 August 2008

 

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OUI OR NON The French are still ambivalent towards the EU. REUTERS

France's European malaise runs deep You need an active subscription to read this article

It will take more than one presidency to reverse the hostility the French now feel towards the EU.

By Sébastien Falletti

Thursday, 17 July 2008

 

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The power of Parliament – a matter of chance You need an active subscription to read this article

The European Parliament has acquired new powers by accident as well as by design, according to its former secretary-general.
By Tim King
Thursday, 19 June 2008

The true holder of power in the EU You need an active subscription to read this article

Greater sensitivity to human and institutional dynamics might have improved this study of the influence of the European Council.
By Tim King
Thursday, 12 June 2008

Crime that pays

Misha Glenny explores the curious set of circumstances that have enabled modern criminals to amass wealth and influence unimaginable to their predecessors.
By Tihomir Loza
Monday, 2 June 2008

An angel and the devil in hell on earth You need an active subscription to read this article

An intrepid war reporter merges a true story of hope amid the horror of Chechnya with some ugly truths about Vladimir Putin's Russia.
By Jennifer Rankin
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Del Ponte's hunt

The memoirs of the UN's former chief war-crimes prosecutor are generating lurid headlines, but its true value lies in what it will tell historians and what it reveals about the tensions between politics and justice.
By Tomas Miglierina
Monday, 21 April 2008

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From this week's newspaper, 24 July

Editorial

The EU must get serious about eastern Europe You need an active subscription to read this article

Passivity – and complacency – are faults.

Thursday, 4 September 2008

From the archive

Dishing the Dirt

Freed from the constraints of (junior) office, Derk-Jan Eppink lifts the lid on the Commission in ‘Life of a European mandarin'.

 

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