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Roma families experience the dark side of the Velvet Revolution
Pardubice :: Czech Republic | about 9 hours ago
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There has been no revolution here, velvet or otherwise, in the 20 years since the Czech Republic gained its freedom...All visitors must present identification and may only visit a specified family. The families here pay 6,000 crowns (£200) a month for...
Tags: Roma Rights Centre, Romany, Romas, Non-Roma, Czech Republic, velvet revolution, European Commission, roma children, European Union, Pardubice, European Roma Rights Centre, Roma minority of Hungary, Hungarian discrimination against Roma people, Ethnic groups in Romania, Ethnic groups in Russia, Roma, Social Issues
'Europe has shown it wants to be a supersize Switzerland'
Brussels :: Belgium | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Based on her track record, it is quite possible that she is." But Carl Bildt, the ambitious Swedish foreign minister who was keen to secure the job for himself, ridiculed the appointment as "an historic missed opportunity". On the other side of the political...
Tags: European, Cathy Ashton, european political, Van Rompuy, Brussels, Belgium, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, European Commission, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, European Parliament, Foreign relations of the European Union, European Commissioner for Trade, European Union, Politics
Low-key leaders: The EU chooses competency over flash
Brussels :: Belgium | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy will become president, while the foreign affairs and security head will be Catherine Ashton, a British baroness who is currently EU trade commissioner...Ashton has a worldwide reputation or can be considered to...
Tags: European Union, European Commission, European Council, Baroness Ashton, Gordon Brown, Catherine Ashton, Tony Blair, France, Nicolas Sarkozy, prime minister, Belgium, Brussels, President of the European Council, Politics, Treaty of Lisbon, Herman Van Rompuy, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Foreign relations of the European Union, European Commissioner for Trade, Referendum, Euro, Henry Kissinger, Operation Condor, The Deal, Geoff Hoon, Political scandals in the United Kingdom, Peter Mandelson, House of Lords, Ken Livingstone, Labour Party, David Miliband
Ukraine crisis first test for Ashton
Kiev :: Ukraine | about 11 hours ago
Credibility Ukraine crisis will be first test for Lady Ashton Lady Ashton will make her debut as foreign policy high representative on 1 December. Photograph: Rex Features Europe and Russia are embroiled in an escalating contest over Ukraine ‑ its direction, its...
Tags: europe, allnews, Ukraine, Catherine Ashton, foreign policy, Javier Solana, Kiev, European Union, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Foreign relations of the European Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy
Ban Welcomes Appointment Of New European Leaders
Brussels :: Belgium | about 12 hours ago
Credibility Ashton in strengthening cooperation between the European Union and the United Nations.” ends
Tags: Catherine Ashton, China, Herman Van Rompuy, European Union, prime minister, Belgium, Brussels, Ban Ki-moon, Foreign relations of the European Union, Poetic form, Haiku, Jean-Claude Juncker, European Commission, Politics, Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Serbia, Liberal democracies, 21st century, Third country relationships with the European Union, National People's Congress, Wen Jiabao, Josￃﾩ Manuel Barroso, Government of Sweden, Stockholm, Prime Ministers of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Carl Bildt, Environment
Vanessa Mock: A reputation forged by putting off difficult decisions
Ankara :: Turkey | about 12 hours ago
Credibility He is known for being a poet and a skilled political operator, but despite having just clinched the prized post of becoming the EU's first President, Herman van Rompuy has remained silent on his ambitions for Europe. Having devoted his entire political...
Tags: Herman Van Rompuy, Muslim Turkey, Herman van Rompuy, Turkey, Ankara, Accession of Turkey to the European Union, Belgium, Politics, Justice and Development Party, European Union, Eric Van Rompuy, Egemen Baￄﾟￄﾱￅﾟ
EC suing Bulgaria for Sofia waste disposal failure
Brussels :: Belgium | about 15 hours ago
Credibility The case concerns inadequate waste disposal facilities in Sofia. Bulgaria should have had an adequate network of waste disposal installations in place by the time it joined the EU on January 1 2007 but no solution is in place. Sofia continues to rely...
Tags: Sofia Municipality, waste disposal, Belgium, Brussels, Sofia, Waste management, Waste, Environment, European Union, European Court of Justice, Bulgaria, Law of the European Union, European Commission, Electronic waste
Ashton defends EU appointment
LONDON — Newly-appointed EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton rejected claims on Friday she lacks the experience to be the face of Europe abroad. Ashton was the surprise choice as Europe's 27 leaders shunned better-known names and plumped...
Tags: Herman Van Rompuy, allnews, Hillary Rodham Clinton, United Kingdom, London, Europe, BBC News, Guy Verhofstadt, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Union, Foreign relations of the European Union, European Commissioner, Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Peter Mandelson
Can you taste names?
Generally we say what is there in a name? But it does matter to James Wannerton in Blackpoolsynaesthesia who lives with a condition called synaesthesia due to which his sense of taste is connected to his sense of hearing. As a result all sorts...
Tags: European Union, Health, Hearing, James Wannerton, Prime minister, Society and Culture, Tony Blair, humanitarian, Can, Taste, Synesthesia, Aesthetics, Gustation, Gustatory system, Hospitality Recreation, Sensory system, sense
Ambassador designate Warlick addresses senate confirmation hearing
Sofia :: Bulgaria | about 17 hours ago
Credibility Warlick, a senior member of the foreign service, has been the principal deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) since April 2006, with responsibility for US foreign policy at the United Nations and...
Tags: Support Bulgaria, Rose Warlick, James Warlick, U.S, European Union, United Nations Political Affairs, Iraq, confirmed hearing, senate confirmed, Bulgaria, Sofia, Foreign policy of the United States, Outline of Bulgaria, Bulgaria ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Republics, NATO, Politics, War Conflict
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