Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Ben Bot" produced 16 items.
| 1. Bad cop turns good cop | June 5, 2008 |
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The Dutch foreign minister enjoys the rough-and-tumble of his trade. “He is a rat, just like me,” a former political foe once said of the Dutch foreign minister. Maxime... |
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| 2. Barroso and Rehn to court Balkans | February 9, 2006 |
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European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Olli Rehn, the enlargement commissioner, will make a tour of the Western Balkans next week in an attempt to... | |
| 3. Parliaments to debate constitution | January 19, 2006 |
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MEPs are to proceed with plans to bring together national parliaments to revive the debate on the EU constitution, even though three assemblies have rejected the idea. The... | |
| 4. US in the dock over terror torture | December 1, 2005 |
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Front pages across Europe continue to feature prominently allegations, so far unsubstantiated, that one or more EU member states or candidate countries has hosted US Central... | |
| 5. Duchy's cycling socialist | December 16, 2004 |
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He hails from the EU's richest state but Jean Asselborn is not used to being pampered. Luxembourg's current foreign minister grew up in a working-class family and took a job... | |
| 6. You can still hear the sound of death in Darfur | October 28, 2004 |
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DESPITE increased international attention and extensive media coverage, the humanitarian situation in Darfur keeps worsening. Atrocities against civilians continue while... | |
| 7. Different Voices | October 21, 2004 |
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"To modernize an Islamic country based on the shared values of Europe would be almost a D-Day for Europe in the war against terror." Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka... | |
| 8. Burma ruffles feathers in run up to EU-Asia summit | September 30, 2004 |
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BURMA'S human rights record is casting a shadow over the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) planned between the EU and its Asian partners next weekend (8-9 October). The EU has... | |
| 9. Time for EU to grasp the nettle over Russian relations | September 30, 2004 |
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CHRIS Patten, the European commissioner for external relations, has candidly admitted that the handling of Russia has been one of the biggest failures of the EU's common... | |
| 10. Different Voices | September 23, 2004 |
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“I am in favour of Turkish membership of the European Union – but not at any price.”German MEP Martin Schulz, Socialist group leader in the European Parliament,... | |
| 11. The Networker | September 23, 2004 |
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WHEN Neelie Kroes was nominated as the Netherlands' next European commissioner, she had to send a photograph of herself to her future employer, to be put on the Commission's... | |
| 12. Tough talk abounds, but EU ministers have their cake and eat it | September 9, 2004 |
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TOUGH times call for tough talk and blunt speaking is the order of the day. Whether it is in reference to the horrific events of last week in North Ossetia, or the EU's... | |
| 13. Football proves small is beautiful in European game-plan | July 8, 2004 |
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FEW may have noticed, in the aftermath of a little football tournament, that Portugal's prime minister, José Manuel Barroso, resigned this week in preparation for... | |
| 14. The Dutch EU presidency: key players | July 1, 2004 |
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The Netherlands is now at the helm of the European Union's rotating six-month presidency. Martin Banks profiles the country's main movers and shakers Jan Peter... | |
| 15. Slim chance of glory for Dutch EU presidency | July 1, 2004 |
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IRELAND'S presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers will be a hard act to follow. The Dutch have the misfortune to be taking over the presidency while all around are... | |
| 16. Nobody's prisoner | July 1, 2004 |
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IT isn't difficult to get Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot talking. Turkish membership of the EU...human rights in Burma...the Tour de France cycle race. You name it and he'll... | |
