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Why bring in new pesticides rules when the old have yet to be assessed?
Thursday, 4 September 2008
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Could Russia be about to embark on a series of interventions in former Soviet states while NATO and the EU dither?
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Member states might differ on the way forward, but the Georgia conflict has cemented energy as the defining EU policy for decades to come.
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Is Lithuania really persecuting Holocaust survivors as if they were war criminals? Not quite, but the story is still troubling. It starts with the Nazi occupation of Lithuania when the Germans, with local help, were murdering Jews (more than 200,000 Jews perished, around 95% of the pre-war population). The Nazis' main opponent was the Soviet Union, so Jews' only chance of survival was to fight alongside Soviet-backed partisan groups, who were fighting both against Hitler and to restore communist rule in Lithuania.
Thursday, 28 August 2008
What does the US want from the EU? The answer to this question should be obvious, given the state of the world. A strong and reliable strategic partner speaking authoritatively with one voice and meeting all its commitments to stability and peace in its neighbouring regions and around the world. But the US consistently undermines this valid strategic aim by its unilateral actions.
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Why is anti-Polish prejudice socially acceptable?
Saturday, 9 August 2008
A ‘faux-Finn' finds Finns are changing – but, thankfully, not their summer habits.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Another summer and the EU will again underline its irrelevance by being unavailable.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Post-Soviet Russia is unlikely to fall apart, provided ethnic Russians can curb their chauvinism and heavy-handedness.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The European Union loses credibility as it flounders with states that flout its rules.
Thursday, 31 July 2008
The land of gods has become one of the most polluted places on earth.
Thursday, 24 July 2008
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