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EU constitution meeting under fire

Administrator @ December 26, 2006 # No Comment Yet

A meeting organized by Luxembourg and Spain is under fire. The meeting will try to tackle the European Union constitutional issue, but only pro-EU constitution member states have been invited. The Liberals in the European Parliament have critized the meeting saying it might..

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EU, Russia agree on meat imports

Administrator @ December 20, 2006 # No Comment Yet

A Russian ban on EU meat imports has been averted after talks between Russian Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev and EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou. Russia threatened an embargo on all European Union meat imports due to concerns over sanitary standards in future EU..

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EU driving license

Administrator @ December 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet

The hundreds of millions of drivers in the European Union will all have the same driving license from 2013. However, EU states are not obliged to provide their citizens with one until 2033. Currently there are around 110 different driving licenses being given out to Europeans. The risk of…

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EU veto reforms pause

Administrator @ December 5, 2006 # No Comment Yet

The European Union is once again divided. This time a proposal to give up member states’ veto right in counter terrorism and cross-border crimes is seeing much resistance. The United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany are the main..

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