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Politics

09.03.2010

by Sarah Hartley

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Plane crazy?

It seems EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is dreaming of a jet plane. The EU luminary, who came under fire for failing to attend key meetings recently, has suggested that this is exactly what she needs if she is to raise her profile and keep all her essential foreign engagements.

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Gender

09.03.2010

by Sarah Hartley & Dorian Jones

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A matter of honour...

Our gender equality series goes to Turkey, where the brutal murder of a teenage girl has highlighted the most extreme form of discrimination against women - honour killings. Activists say the number of such crimes in Turkey shows just how far the EU hopeful has to go to improve women's rights. [more]

Crime

09.03.2010

by Peter Gentle

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Former Cyprus president’s stolen corpse found

DNA tests have today proved that a corpse found in a Nicosia cemetery is that of Cyprus’s former leader Tassos Papadopoulos, whose body was snatched three months ago by tomb raiders in a bizarre crime that still has no apparent motive.

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EU and the world

03.03.2010

by Karl Dowling

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Does the EU have 2020 vision?

Whether your main concern as a European is the environment, energy, education or the economy, the new EU 2020 strategy has it covered. Or does it? The plan was unveiled today amid concerns that it is too political and is no different than its failed predecessor, which hit none of its targets.

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Dossier

14.09.2009

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The fall of Communism

The year 1989 turned out to be the most significant year in European history since World War II. Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and East Germany became free to determine their own futures after years of Communist rule.

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