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Radar station for US anti-missile defence on Czech soil?

In front | FEATURE
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But it hadn’t banked on such a large opposition from two thirds of the population and such an angry reaction from its future neighbours. A return to the cold war?

by Agnès Baritou // 30/04/08

FEATURE
Ibrahim Sarr

Hungry Senegalese fishermen

Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe

by josé Lavazzi // 18/04/08

REPORT
Russian workers smoke as they wait for the moving truck (Photos: Tatiana Schramchenko)

UK, Russia: a new Iron curtain?

Two out of three British Council offices were deemed 'illegal' and closed down in Russia in January. A reflection on ties between the Kremlin and London

by Tatiana Schramchenko // 14/03/08

OPINION
Republican return? (Photo: Daniella Zalcman/ Flickr)

Republican return to the White House in 2009?

After seven years of waiting for an end to the Bush presidency, Europeans should not wait indefinitely in hope of redefining US interests

by Roberto Foa & Domenec Ruiz Devesa // 30/01/08

FOCUS
Former Miss Nepal blows the whistle in Ralph Bunche Park, NYC (Charles Eckert/ ActionAid)

Miss Nepal: no world hunger cliche

The 62nd UN general assembly opens on 24 September with a focus on climate change. Famous protestors remind HQ about their 2015 world hunger promises

by Alexandre Polack // 24/09/07

INTERVIEW
Turkey's Prime minister Erdogan criticised the firearm attacks against the vans of his electoral campaign (Photo: Serdar/ Flickr)

Turkey - a democracy under supervision

Turkey's legislative elections of 22 July reconfirm prime minister Erdogan's moderate islamist government by absolute majority

by Hélène Bienvenu // 20/07/07

VOX POP

Mario Lozano trial goes on...and on

The US soldier killed Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari in Iraq in March 2005. The Rome trial in absentia has been postponed to 10 July

by Simone Donzelli // 14/05/07

ANALYSIS
It's not a cold war anymore (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Missiles in East Europe – for or against the EU?

Plans to build US missile sites force Europeans to reconsider their position

by Kai Ehlers // 07/03/07

FEATURE
Young Kosovans in Priština (Photo: Surrelmar/ Flickr)

UNMIKistan

Independent or not, today the people of Kosovo want only one thing: the end of the United Nations’ ‘occupation’ of their territory

by Marc-André Boisvert // 02/03/07

FOCUS
Martti Ahtisaari, Finland’s former president and UN Special Envoy for Kosovo (Photo: European Commission)

Impending independence?

Independent from or autonomous within Serbia? Negotiations on Kosovo’s future status wound up in March

by Fernando Navarro Sordo // 02/03/07

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GEN Jean Cot, Thursday in Lyon

Gen. Jean Cot was the U.N. ground force commander in Bosnia in 1993 - 1994. This conference is organised by the Maison de l'Europe.

by pom23pom // 31/03/08

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This week's conferences in Lyon

A conference is organised by the Maison de l'Europe.

by pom23pom // 18/03/08




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