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Eurosceptics admit EU membership 'is in UK interest' (News)
London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago
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Open Europe, a Eurosceptic think tank close to the Conservative party, has dismissed calls from Tory backbenchers that the UK should leave the EU, saying it is in Britain's national interest to stay. The Norwegian model' would free the UK from the
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Spoilt West invites its own decline
Tōkyō :: Japan | 11 months ago
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Story continues below This indulgence has worked through three channels...In country after country, political leaders have indulged their electorates and powerful special interests...Everyone wants more handouts and bigger subsidies but no one wants
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EC to Allow Bulgaria to Finance Tobacco Growers
Brussels :: Belgium | 11 months ago
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The spokesman of EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos recalled that the EU is carrying out a campaign against smoking, but has in the past expressly subsidized tobacco growers. He said that the future way the EC will take with respect to them is
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The meaning of "solidarity" in the eurozone
London :: CA :: USA | 12 months ago
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Supporters of European integration have always been keen on the idea of "solidarity" between nations...European Union technocrats use the word "solidarity" a lot these days. With the EU facing the greatest crisis of its existence over the eurozone
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EU 'can save i¿½33bn a year by cutting waste perks and quangos
Brussels :: Belgium | 12 months ago
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4 June 2012 The vast European Union budget could be slashed overnight by almost a third amid evidence of spiraling expenditure on quangos, empty parliament buildings and staff pay and perks, a damning report has found. Despite austerity throughout
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Price of farm land rises over 10,000% during Queen
London :: United Kingdom | 12 months ago
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English farm land has risen in value by 10,745% during the lat 60 years, according to research carried out to mark The Queen's diamond jubilee. Values rose most quickly, up by 390%, during the third decade of her reign and hit a record high of £6,156
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The new Viking invasion
Inverness :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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Not only does Swedish tycoon Stefan Persson (boss of the H&M fashion chain) own 10,000 acres of land in Wiltshire and Hampshire, but Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen has been putting together a collection of Highland estates like a set of Lego
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Analysis - Over-complex Europe keeps making same mistakes
Brussels :: Belgium | 1 year ago
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Americans call it a Rube Goldberg machine, Britons a Heath Robinson contraption and the Danes a Storm P machine...What is striking when you compare Europe's policies on agriculture, monetary union and climate change is the similarity of the way the
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Scotland wants balanced green policies
Edinburgh :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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The Scottish government aims to find the right balance between environmental protection and a healthy agriculture sector, a minister said. Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said there needs to be a green agenda that helps the
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South Africa: Land Distribution Should Be Based On Agronomic Success
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 year ago
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However, much of the debate should in reality be about the agronomic success and future of the land rather than the divisive political issues that relate to the redistribution thereof. Frank Winder, CEO of Advanced Nutrients believes that any
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