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A Dutch court intervened Friday to stop a 13-year-old girl from attempting to sail around the world by herself, stripping her parents of sole custody.
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Europe’s elite celebrated the imminent arrival of its first president last night as the last lingering resistance to the Lisbon treaty fell away with the stroke of a...
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The Spanish daily newspaper El Pais carried a harsh critique of Tony Blair’s candidature written by Emilio Menéndez del Valle, a former diplomat and socialist...
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With Turkey’s prospects for joining the European Union growing more elusive and the country reaching out to predominantly Muslim countries with a vigor not seen in...
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Tony Blair’s prospects of leading a new-look European Union took a double hit on Tuesday as a serious rival became the first to declare his intentions and Italy...
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When France held the Rotating presidency of the EU last year a three day summit was held in the Grand Palace of Paris for Mediterranean Union.
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As Lisbon Treaty seems to come into force also the enlargement process in the Western Balkans got new boost. On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual...
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The Reform Act of 1832 swept away dozens of Britain’s “rotten boroughs”, where comfortable sinecures were left in the hands of a tiny number of voters. The 2009...
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Tony Blair’s chances of becoming the first EU “president” nose-dived yesterday when President Nicolas Sarkozy distanced himself from the former prime...
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The Irish question — the 21st century version of it, not the one that so vexed Victorian statesmen — has been settled. Ireland’s Oct. 2 referendum vote in...
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina, scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war and an alternately wild, entrancing and deeply divided place, the need for a sharper, more focused...
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In Bosnia and Herzegovina - scene of Europe’s bloodiest recent war, and an alternately wild, entrancing, and deeply divided place - the need for sharper, more...
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France and Germany are planning a new treaty of friendship and an array of other joint schemes that could push Britain to the sidelines in Europe, according to sources...
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France has been singled out for criticism for derailing the process of Turkey’s accession to the EU and damaging its internal reforms in a report for the European...
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The Irish government faces a tough battle to get the EU’s Lisbon Treaty ratified in a referendum next month, the country’s foreign minister says.
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Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi has given new meaning to the Teflon politician. The term originated with American President Ronald Reagan whom remained popular despite...
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The boats used to arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands almost daily, rickety vessels crammed with Africans hoping for a better life in Europe, and willing to risk a...
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The French government used to be Israel’s more generous weapon patron, and it was French assistance that helped Israel become a nuclear power.
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Organised crime has moved into the recycling industry - a development that has become clear over the past few months after a series of raids to enforce the EU’s...
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Dutch international midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has completed a reported euro 13 million ($20.3 million) move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
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The Netherlands is to relax its ban on the Segway motorized scooter, a two-wheeled, gyroscopically-balanced machine of which U.S. President George W. Bush is a fan.
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The Netherland’s Crown Prince Willem Alexander, right, and his wife Princess Maxima, left, pose along with their daughters, from left, Princess Alexia, Princess Ariane and Princess Catharina-Amalia, during a photo session in the skiing resort of Lech,...
