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Georgia should have had the respect and sense not to destroy that Soviet war memorial in Kutaisi. War cemeteries are poignant places, better suited for reflection than...

EU leaders to discuss top EU jobs on the sidelines of celebrations to mark the end of communism in Germany. World leaders have gathered in Berlin to commemorate the fall of...

Is the Berlin Wall's collapse proof that in a globally interdependent world, walls are unnatural and artificial – and thus doomed? Walls designed to keep people in or out...

Might the ascent of the Free Democrats break the vicious circle in which Germany and its neighbours find themselves? Eastern Europe owes a huge debt to the Germans. West...

Liberals set to become kingmakers in Germany's general election, but EU issues not mentioned in election campaign. When Germany's 60 million voters go to the polls on 27...

The European Commission is eager to sign more cities up to its car-free day event. But the big cities are reluctant to close off their city centres and many others are...

A timely book examines the effects of Poland's shift from Communism to a market economy. It is difficult this year to escape significant anniversaries of events that...

Master in Advanced European and International Studies / European Online Academy - Nice, Berlin, Rome and/or Istanbul. Deadline for applications: 30 June 2009. The Centre...

Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg's ascent to become Germany's finance minister at the age of 37. Baron Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has all the hallmarks of a spoilt...

President Sarkozy may prove to be a key broker, both in central Europe and in transatlantic relations. The European Parliament elections suggest that a power shift is under...

Kerstin Born's varied career has taken her from Berlin to Johannesburg and now to Brussels. Some people plot out their careers decades in advance and then put their plans...

How Janet Napolitano, the US head of homeland security, can improve EU-US relations. Aside from the Pentagon, no branch of the US government is more associated with the...

It's Sunday, there must be a summit. When Europe's political leaders meet on a Sunday, it is a fair bet that they are not playing by the rules. Last Sunday (22 February),...

List of "unco-operative" tax havens could be drafted for 10 March meeting of EU finance ministers. The leaders of the European Union's biggest economies agreed on Sunday...

France's Europe minister rebuilds relations. If Bruno Le Maire did not exist, French President Nicolas Sarkozy would have had to invent him. But there was no need. As a...

ESA budget increased by 20%; satellite data gathering project secured till 2018. Ministers in charge of space affairs from the 18 member states of the European Space Agency...

The new head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has to shake off resentment over how he was appointed. Since the creation of the European Bank for...

The Treaty of Berlin... sorry, Lisbon. The reform treaty: that's better. Although Germany last week completed its national ratification procedures for the EU's new treaty,...

Germany's political and financial investments in Russia are making some of the EU's newer member states uneasy. Seen from a German point of view, eastern Europe's...

French president wants decision on top four EU jobs by year-end; growing support for Barroso to stay on. The decision on the four top jobs in the EU could be made by...