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Iceland rejects Icesave compensation bill

Surprise result expected to make EU bid more difficult.  
Sunday, 10 April 2011

Banks face tougher stress tests

European banking regulator says this year's tests will have higher standards.

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Portugal's bail-out 'will not lead to contagion'

Officials say Spain will not be forced to seek financial aid.

Friday, 8 April 2011

 

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Portugal aid package 'to be finalised by May'

Austerity measures will have to be introduced as condition of bail-out.
Portugal to seek bail-out

Friday, 8 April 2011

ECB raises key interest rate

Trichet refuses to commit to further rate rises.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Reding wants to limit use of European arrest warrant

Commission wants to prevent that legal systems get clogged up with minor crimes.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

EU carbon tax back on Commission's agenda

Šemeta to outline plans for carbon and fuel taxes, while businesses are concerned about impact on trade.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

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Pressure builds at the periphery

EU migration patterns challenge the EU, but most member states are against burden-sharing.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Commission told: you are not welcome here

Debate highlights tensions between the EU and local governments, with local mayor voicing opposition to Commission plans to develop Delta site.
? ‘EU's capital' struggles to live up to its billing
? What role for residents in Brussels's development?

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Hope of recovery and fear of more failures

The result of Ireland's stress tests show that the financial crisis is far from over.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

  

 

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Split over sharing of airline passenger data

Germany will next week (11 April) come under pressure to support the sharing of data on airline passengers travelling between member states.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Speculation mounts over Portuguese bail-out request

Meeting of finance ministers set to be overshadowed by possible bail-out of Portugal.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Confusion over EU presence in Libya

EU diveded over whether to arm insurgents.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

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Confucius on campus

China is channelling its cultural outreach through Europe's universities.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

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Painful healthcare choices

EU member states face the difficult task of achieving a balance between providing quality services and keeping spending under control.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Finger on the pulse

The Commission's director-general for health on why health is so important to economic recovery.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Choosing the right remedy

Health ministers want to provide better value for money, but that could mean restricting the availability of some drugs.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Personnel problems

Commission says healthcare sector could face a massive shortage of workers.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Have illness, will travel?

The cross-border healthcare directive comes into effect in 2013, but will it lead to greater choice for all patients?

Thursday, 24 March 2011

 

  
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Anniversary rally

REMEMBERING Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks to a crowd outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw during a rally to commemorate the first anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster, which led to the deaths of scores of leading figures in Polish public life, including President Lech Kaczynski.

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Forum for the Future of Agriculture 2011


 

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Potential for success

Ten EU ministers outline their hopes for the Single Market Act.
Saturday, 9 April 2011

Ban Ki-moon's lessons for Catherine Ashton

The UN's secretary-general and the EU's foreign policy chief have similar predecessors, styles and priorities – and a common need to find a voice.
By Richard Gowan
Friday, 8 April 2011

Nuclear dangers require EU answers

We should use the nuclear crisis in Japan to build a new European energy policy.
By Lena Kolarska-Bobinska
Thursday, 7 April 2011

Europe must look east

If the European Union is to be more than a bystander in international affairs, it must encourage Turkey's membership bid.
By Chris Patten
Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

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Reform of MEPs' interests is in interest of all

The harm done by the cash-for-influence scandal is not limited to the European Parliament
Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

 

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Interest levels rising at the ECB

The European Central Bank is finally stepping out of the shadow of the US Federal Reserve, which will make life easier for Jean-Claude Trichet's successor.
By Stewart Fleming
Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

Grand plans, poor timing

An ambitious proposal on financing the EU will struggle to win support in the face of harsh economic realities.
By Peter O'Donnell
Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

A meeting of Don Quixotes leads to nostalgic reflection

Circassians are picking up the lance relinquished by those successful Don Quixotes, the Balts.
Thursday, 7 April 2011

 

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A fresh approach is needed to put Bosnia's house in order

The international community's passivity is not serving Bosnia well.
By R. Bruce Hitchner
Thursday, 7 April 2011

A bill of rights for the EU's institutions

The European Charter of Fundamental Rights is a compass, not a stick.
By Viviane Reding
Thursday, 31 March 2011

Bring Germany in from the cold on Libya

It is too early to write obituaries for European foreign policy.
By Mark Leonard and Justin Vaïsse
Thursday, 31 March 2011

The road to fiscal crisis

The financial sector is still in the “doom loop” – and so, therefore, are we.
By Simon Johnson
Wednesday, 30 March 2011

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Young pretender

Europe's youngest prime minister insists he is not in the shadow of the predecessor.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Fallow ground for Poland

CAP reform plans will be too late for the Poles.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Belgians on the move

Musical chairs for the Belgian foreign ministry.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Sense and stability

The man behind the EFSF gets a top job at the Commission.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Presidential ambitions

Pat Cox wants to be a president again.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Big-time Charlie

Even more jobs for Charlie McCreevy.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Foundations for success

Everything you ever wanted to know about the building industry.

Thursday, 7 April 2011

 
 

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