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POLITICS: Arms Slipping Through EU Loopholes
Loopholes in EU arms controls are allowing weapons exports to countries that abuse human rights, a coalition of independent groups says.LABOUR-PORTUGAL: Business Prefers Immigrant Workers Undocumented
Six months after a decree aimed at regulating the inflow of immigrant workers into Portugal went into effect, the measure has turned out to be a complete flop.DEVELOPMENT-EU: Migration Not a Separate Matter
The EU should establish a system for "orderly intake and integration of migrants," experts recommended at a conference on European development policy.RIGHTS-EUROPE: It Now Suits the EU to Help Roma
Tired of asking her husband to read soap opera subtitles on TV, Tasia Stanescu decided to learn to read them herself.DEVELOPMENT: ‘Security An Essential Prerequisite’
There is a growing recognition of the ''interrelationship between development and security'', according to two top European development officials.SPAIN: Economy Could Threaten Socialist Government’s Plans
Negative trends in some of the main sectors of the Spanish economy are threatening the government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis González and its plans for increased social spending and foreign cooperation.DEVELOPMENT-PORTUGAL: Lagging Further and Further Behind the Rest of the EU
Economic and social indicators periodically released by the European Union (EU) reveal levels of poverty and social injustice in Portugal that are inadmissible in a country that has belonged to the continent's "rich nations' club" since 1986.DEVELOPMENT: EU Promises Action Over MDGs
EU development commissioner designate Louis Michel has promised to make the MDGs "central to all of the European Commission's policies."DEVELOPMENT: EU Claims the Trade Way Works
The EU has published 15 case studies to show that trade for development is "not an empty slogan used in Brussels", but is "showing some excellent results on the ground."DEVELOPMENT-BALKANS: Energy Stuck in the Past
Energy use in Serbia is unsustainable and is retarding growth and human development, says a new UNDP report.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Control Can Be Good Business
Climate control is a good idea, but it can also be good business. Companies can make profit and do the world a favour, or so British companies are being told.RIGHTS-EUROPE: New Probe Into Forced Sterilisation
Czech officials are investigating claims that Roma women are still being forced to undergo sterilisation.LABOUR-EU: Only A Few East Europeans Go West
When Marek and his wife Ania, both unemployed Polish nationals in their thirties, left their home country for Denmark on May 1 - the day of EU enlargement - they hoped to get dream jobs and start on a new life.DEVELOPMENT-EU: New Aid Chief Makes His Case
Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel says his country's commitment to international cooperation and a wide network of contacts would ensure success in his new job as the EU commissioner for development and humanitarian aid.EDUCATION-BALKANS: Darwin Survives, After All
Within a few days of declaring that Darwin's theory of evolution was being banned from Serbian schools, the government has reversed the controversial decision.RIGHTS: ‘Abortion Ship’ Heads Back Home after Stand-Off with Portugal
The so-called "abortion ship" belonging to the Dutch pro-choice foundation "Women on Waves" (WoW) is on its way home after spending two weeks in international waters off the Portuguese coast.DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament Raises Some Questions
Louis Michel, commissioner designate for development and humanitarian aid in the new European Commission will set out his position in the face of some hard questions at the European Parliament's development committee meeting next month.RELIGION: The Turbans Will Not Go Away
Jasvir Singh touches his turban like it was his most precious property. "I will never take it off," he says sitting in the yard of the Sikh temple in Bobigny, 10 km from Paris./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-PALESTINE: Occupation Comes Home
The open-air cinema at Piazza Vittorio is full, but people are still walking in as Saverio Costanzo explains his film 'Private' to the audience.RUSSIA: A Whole People Are Held Hostage
The killings at the Beslan school in Russia are only the gravest in a long campaign of attacks and hostage taking by Chechen separatists.SPAIN: Provinces, Environmentalists Fight Over Diversion of Rivers
While in other parts of the world, like the Middle East, the struggle over water sources fuels armed conflicts, a political war is being waged in Spain over the same question.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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