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EUROPEAN UNION: Promising JTIs face teething problems
The European Court of Auditors on June 29 strongly criticised the management of the Galileo...
EU/SWEDEN: Competent Presidency faces tough six months
Sweden assumed the rotating Presidency of the European Union today.
EuUNITED KINGDOM: Government takes back franchise, again
The government is to temporarily nationalise the 1.4 billion pound (2.3 billion dollar) East...
United KingdomGERMANY/EU: Top court gives near-green light to Lisbon
The Constitutional Court today gave conditional approval to the Lisbon Treaty on EU reform.
GermanyUNITED KINGDOM: GDP shrinks sharply in first quarter
GDP declined 2.4% quarter-on-quarter (4.9% year-on-year) in the first three months of the year,...
United KingdomEUROPEAN UNION: Cross-border risks prompt response
Although the EU is not moving toward a single financial regulator, developing better coordination...
UNITED KINGDOM: Loyalists latest to down weapons
Several remaining loyalist paramilitary groups on Saturday announced that they have...
United KingdomGERMANY: Merkel takes new tack on tax, nuclear power
Chancellor Angela Merkel ruled out raising value-added tax (VAT) in her next government, in a...
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