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  • Feb 23, 2006
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EU/CHINA/VIETNAM: Shoe duties will anger Beijing

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson today proposed the imposition of progressive duties on...

Eu
  • Feb 22, 2006
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EUROPEAN UNION: Firms seek to form European champions

The Spanish government and Spanish electricity supplier Endesa reacted coldly to the proposed...

  • Feb 22, 2006
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EURO-AREA: No strong signal of economic recovery

The German economy showed zero growth in the final quarter of 2005, according to data released...

  • Feb 21, 2006
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WESTERN EUROPE: Slow progress in Muslim integration

Italian Reform Minister Roberto Calderoli resigned this week following deaths in Libyan protests...

  • Feb 21, 2006
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FRANCE/INDIA: Chirac secures big contracts

India and France yesterday signed a joint declaration on civil nuclear cooperation, which French...

France
  • Feb 20, 2006
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EUROPEAN UNION: EU develops foreign missions capacity

It is less than three years since the EU launched Operation Concordia, its first military...

Eu
  • Feb 20, 2006
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ITALY/LIBYA: T-shirt stunt is headache for Berlusconi

Ten people were killed and others injured when police fired on demonstrators who set fire to the...

Italy
  • Feb 17, 2006
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EUROPEAN UNION: Services directive could be delayed

The European Parliament yesterday approved an amended version of the draft services directive....