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CLIMATE CHANGE: Cut More Emissions, Build a Stronger EU – Activists
As the European Union launched a new programme to investigate ways to curb its greenhouse emissions, environment groups stressed that the bloc could do more to address the challenges of climate change and reap economic and social benefits at the same time.RIGHTS-SLOVAKIA: A Negative for Pro-Roma Legislation
A court ruling that declares unconstitutional any positive discrimination for ethnic minorities in Slovakia is being described as a "tragedy" by Roma leaders.PORTUGAL: EU Membership Has Not Spelled Wealth for All
Nearly two decades after Portugal joined the wealthy European Union, poverty and social exclusion continue to plague a full 20 percent of the population.CORRUPTION-FRANCE: Oil for Food for Money on the Side
The French judiciary is investigating several corruption cases involving former high-ranking public officials.BALKANS: ‘Let’s Go to Europe’
Previously warring countries in the Balkans are uniting now in the common aim of joining the European Union.RIGHTS: Sex Workers Ask to Be Seen as Workers
A group of sex workers from across the European Union is demanding the same social rights as other employees, and calling for an end to "repressive policies" against prostitution.ROMANIA: EU on Alert After Bird Flu Flies In
The European Commission says a strain of bird flu has been detected in Romania, confirming that the virus is now at EU gates.ENIVRONMENT: EU Chemicals Law Displeases All Sides
New proposals to check dangers from chemicals are welcome, but do not go far enough, environment groups say.POLITICS-EUROPE: Where Women Don’t Run
Ségolene Royal did not seem surprised that her decision to run for president early 2007 drew some sniggers.BALKANS: From Teargas to Software
"Where exactly were you on October 5?" That is a question much doing the rounds in Serbia these days.DEVELOPMENT: Doubts Rise Over New Money for Russians
On the face of it the Russian government's promise to spend new oil riches on social needs sounds good. But many are asking how long this money will last, and how effective it can be.EUROPE: Parliament Raises Refugee Rights
The debate over the European Union's new asylum policy escalated this week as disparities emerged between European Commission and the European Parliament.BALKANS: More War Criminals Hauled Up
Serb war criminals are figuring that they might run, but they cannot hide forever.ENVIRONMENT: Air Travel Could Pay the Cost of Polluting
Leading environment groups are backing new European Commission proposals for taxing air travel to limit emissions.RIGHTS: EU Plans to Keep Asylum Seekers at Bay
New European Union proposals foresee the creation of 'regional protection centres' in sub-Saharan Africa and in three former Soviet states for people seeking asylum in EU member states.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Grow Up and Get Out
Eighteen-year-old student Guy Effeye from Cameroon got a year's study permit in Paris last week. It marked a symbolic victory for a long campaign.POLITICS-POLAND: Uneasy Partners Come to Rule
The results of the Polish election may have brought as many questions as answers for a domestic electorate disillusioned by political scandals and soaring unemployment.POLITICS: European Right Divided Over Islam, Enlargement
Three days did not suffice for a consensus to be reached among the right and centre-right forces in the European Union (EU), which are divided over the future composition of the bloc, and even more so over relations with the Muslim world.EU: Turkey on the Doorstep, Again
Next Monday will give the start to one of Europe's longest political hurdle runs with the opening of the EU-Turkey accession talks expected to last 10 to 15 years - if all goes well.ENVIRONMENT-GERMANY: An Island That Wants to Survive
On this island in northern Germany, nearly 70 percent of the electricity consumed comes from the wind and the sun, through processes that are free of so-called greenhouse gases.DEVELOPMENT: ‘World Failed to Follow European Example’
European Union development and humanitarian affairs chief Louis Michel says he had hoped for a "more ambitious" outcome to the United Nations world summit in New York last week.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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