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Stressful times at the end of the week in Europe, with arguments over deportation of Roma people, a harrowing case of infanticide in France, and more disturbances in Greece over the austerity drive and economic restructuring. … Read More »
Parliament in the large Spanish region of Catalonia has banned bull-fighting. … Read More »
COMMENTARY: The British Prime Minister, David Cameron (picture) has revived debate over Turkey’s chances of entering the European Union, saying it should be “allowed to sit inside the tentâ€. … Read More »
What is it with young teenage girls these days? Another one, Laura Dekker (picture), aged 14, has just been cleared by a court in the Netherlands, to go it alone on the high seas. … Read More »
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad on the Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiya in which four employees and two members of the public were killed. … Read More »
At least 18Â people died with as many as 100 hurt, in a panic at a tunnel, at old railway yards, during the Love Parade techno festival in Duisburg on Saturday (24.7.10). … Read More »
“The results confirm the overall resilience of the EU banking system to negative macroeconomic and financial shocks, and are an important step forward in restoring market confidence†– the dry statement of approval (23.7.10) from European banking authorities, after running their open financial tests on 91 banks. … Read More »