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Germany looks to September: Merkel's mood music
Angela Merkel should stay chancellor, but the coalition could changeTHE launch pad is not as good as we had imagined, said Peer Steinbrück, the finance minister. That is an understatement. Mr Ste
Berlusconi loses ground: But still it moves
The right wins, but less than expected as the Northern League does well TO MOST Europeans, the result in Italy must have seemed bewildering. For a month Silvio Berlusconi has been enmeshed in a sex sc
The Eurosceptic Dutch: Wilders rides in
Success for the far-right enfant terrible of the Netherlands
IT WAS no surprise that the far-right Freedom Party did well. But even its leader, Geert Wilders, did not expect to come second. Yet a co
France's victorious centre-right: Sarkozy on top
A good result for the centre-right, a bad one for the main opposition parties
ReutersAubry gets it in the neck
EUROPEAN elections carry a haunting memory for Nicolas Sarkozy. Ten years ago, as head
Украинские власти отдали российский военный городок под гостиницу
Новый рейдерский захват российского имущества на Украине. На этот раз в Севастополе украинские власти
Евровидению не нужна неправильная песня
Европейский вещательный союз (EBU), организатор конкурса «Евровидение», официально уведомил грузинский т
10 лет нового режима
«В результате напряженных и длительных переговоров» в газовом конфликте, «надеюсь», поставлена точ
For Europe, Obama revives positive image of America's unique identity
PARIS - "What then is this American? This new man?"
The question came in 1782 from J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, a French writer/farmer in New York. A lot of smart French folk, like Mr. Crevecoeu
印度洋岛国居民撼大树 控告英国侵占家园
来自印度洋迪耶戈加西亚岛和其附近群岛的居民(查戈斯人,Chagos),日前不惜以蚍蜉撼大树的精神,与英国外交部打官司,以期达到返回家园的梦想。但有分析指出,英国政府会坚持既定的政策,不会协助他们回家。 据《中国时报》报道