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Lisbon Treaty heralds trickier EU relations

What kind of wind will be blowing for Switzerland in Brussels? Swiss lawyer Jean Russotto, one of the leading experts in Brussels, says Swiss officials will face new EU players and working methods after the treaty comes into...

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Sri Lanka 'to free all war-displaced civilians' (AFP)

AFP – Sri Lankan war-displaced civilians look on at a state-run internment camp in Vavuniya. Sri Lanka has … by Ishara Kodikara Ishara Kodikara – 17 mins ago VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Sri Lanka said Saturday it would grant...

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Utinski Vesnik: Pressure from Brussels increases

Skopje. Frame for talks between Macedonia and Greece which was announced in Brussels yesterday is still full of questions and no one wants to stand fort it, neither the European Commission nor the Swedish EU Presidency,...

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Macedonian print editions: Messages from Brussels

Skopje. Possibility for solving Macedonian name issue by December 2 in order Macedonia to receive a date for EU talks is the main topic in Macedonian print editions today. Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov didn't rule out the...

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Gordon Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories'

Gordon Brown rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the big economic posts in the European Commission for Britain once it was clear that Tony Blair could not succeed in becoming Europe’s first president, The Times...

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The EU's nice stitch-up

Lady Ashton is apparently a perfectly personable woman, but she was only chosen because she ticked the right boxes If someone held the patent for the word "nice" they would make a fortune today: the only thing anyone can find...

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Police station firebombed in Brussels

RIOTS broke out in Belgium on Friday night, November 20, over the brutal and racist treatment of prisoners by police. A report on RTL info said the youngsters had firebombed and damaged the main police station in the Anderlecht...

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New EU chief good for ties with China

Belgium's Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy attends a press conference after an EU summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, capital of Belgium, Nov. 19, 2009. Van Rompuy was elected the first full-time EU President...

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Marxist ‘think tanks’ find no capitalist exit from world crisis

By John Catalinotto Brussels, Belgium Three Marxist “think tanks” met in Brussels from Oct. 28 to Nov. 1 for an international conference called “The Crisis and Beyond.” The three groups were the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, which...

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The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

The EU's new foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton smiles as she addresses the media at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The EU leaders agreed on trade commissioner Catherine Ashton of Britain...

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