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| 1. The Iron Curtain's shadow over agricultural reform | November 4, 2011 |
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The European Commission's CAP proposals would distort competition and perpetuate an historical injustice. The EU's institutions have made many good statements and resolutions... |
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| 2. Single market proposals and enlargement on MEPs' agenda | March 31, 2011 |
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MEPs to discuss plans aimed at job creation and reviews of progress by Iceland and Macedonia. MEPs are expected during their next plenary session in Strasbourg to back calls... |
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| 3. Lisbon delays reduce threat to Barroso's team | January 7, 2010 |
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It has the potential to be a trial of strength for the European Parliament, but MEPs seem to lack the appetite for a confrontation with commissioners. Over the course of... |
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| 4. Books for Europe's wilder beaches | August 16, 2008 |
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Stuck for reading matter? There's still a chance to grab some new and old central and eastern European classics. If readers of this column are anything like its author, they... |
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| 5. Latvia: an unappetising recipe in need of new cooks | June 12, 2008 |
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Strong institutions and weak politics make a rum mixture with potentially huge consequences. Look just at the politics and it is easy to be worried about Latvia. Under... | |
| 6. News in Brief | June 16, 2005 |
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EU foreign ministers decided to adopt Irish as an official language of the EU, which will have 21 official languages from 2007. Regional languages like Spain's Galician,... | |
| 7. New commissioners take their seats for first meeting of enlarged College | May 4, 2005 |
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THE first meeting of the European Commission with ten commissioners from the new member states promised to be a historic occasion, rich in symbolism as the representatives of... | |
| 8. Brussels old hands make triumphant return | April 21, 2005 |
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Sometimes it's hard to say goodbye. The European Commission has approved the designation of two familiar names as official advisors, albeit unpaid. Sandra Kalniete was... | |
| 9. Mr Compromise | February 17, 2005 |
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He might be Latvia's member of the European Commission but Andris Piebalgs has an increasingly tenuous relationship with his native land. He owns no property there, seldom... | |
| 10. Telicka has his career plans approved | November 18, 2004 |
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Of the ten new member states, only three changed their choice of commissioner made in May: Latvia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In the case of Latvia, the switch from... | |
| 11. Riga-mortis for Udre as Latvia hopes it's third-time lucky | November 4, 2004 |
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So, Ingrida Udre is no longer Latvia's nominee as European commissioner, a casualty of the Rocco Buttiglione-induced re-shuffle forced upon José Manuel Barroso. But... | |
| 12. Caretaker commissioners put new jobs on ice until Barroso gets ‘ok' | October 28, 2004 |
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EUROPEAN commissioners have had to abandon their career plans for the immediate future after President Romano Prodi announced they would have to stay in Brussels as part of a... | |
| 13. Cut above the conventional | October 21, 2004 |
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INGRIDA Udre takes her hairdresser everywhere with her. This, at least, is what the average Latvian knows about the European tax and customs commissioner-designate. In fact,... | |
| 14. Taxing times | September 9, 2004 |
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Manoeuvring for the top advisor posts in the private offices of the new European commissioners is still in full swing. But the incoming tax commissioner, the Latvian... | |
| 15. Udre under fire over party funds | September 2, 2004 |
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LATVIA'S European Commission nominee Ingrida Udre is mired in controversy over allegations of illegal donations to her party. Court proceedings continue in Riga in a case... | |
| 16. Baltic revellers keep Midsummer alive | July 1, 2004 |
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The three shadow European commissioners from the Baltic states had to celebrate their countries' biggest national holiday, the Midsummer 23-24 June, in Brussels. While at... | |
| 17. Relay wears out Kalniete | May 6, 2004 |
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News reaches EN of some translation difficulties that Latvian Commissioner Sandra Kalniete suffered during her recent confirmation hearing, held at the European... | |
| 18. Prodi names ‘shadowing' jobs for ten incoming commissioners | February 19, 2004 |
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THE EU moved closer to becoming a club of 25 yesterday (18 February) when commissioners from the ten new member states set to join the Union were told who they will be... | |
| 19. The emotional revolutionary | February 19, 2004 |
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WHEN Latvia joins the EU on 1 May, it will not be the first time Sandra Kalniete – the country's foreign minister and candidate for European commissioner – has made a... | |
| 20. Ten Commission nominees receive backing from Prodi | February 12, 2004 |
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EUROPEAN Commission President Romano Prodi has given his blessing to ten nominee commissioners from the incoming member states who are set to join the College from May to the... | |
