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Politics

09.03.2010

by Sarah Hartley

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Plane crazy?

It seems EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is dreaming of a jet plane. The EU luminary, who came under fire for failing to attend key meetings recently, has suggested that this is exactly what she needs if she is to raise her profile and keep all her essential foreign engagements.

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Gender

09.03.2010

by Sarah Hartley & Dorian Jones

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A matter of honour...

Our gender equality series goes to Turkey, where the brutal murder of a teenage girl has highlighted the most extreme form of discrimination against women - honour killings. Activists say the number of such crimes in Turkey shows just how far the EU hopeful has to go to improve women's rights. [more]

Crime

09.03.2010

by Peter Gentle

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Former Cyprus president’s stolen corpse found

DNA tests have today proved that a corpse found in a Nicosia cemetery is that of Cyprus’s former leader Tassos Papadopoulos, whose body was snatched three months ago by tomb raiders in a bizarre crime that still has no apparent motive.

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Economy

04.03.2010

by Sarah Hartley

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Greece groans as spending cuts bite

Greece's latest round of draconian financial measures - unveiled yesterday - has won praise from the EU, but incensed workers at home. Strikes and protests continue to shake the country as the Greek unions complain the government's economic medicine is far too bitter a pill for them to swallow. [more]

Dossier

20.10.2009

by Euranet

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European Development Days

As the fourth series of the European Development Days take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 22-24 October 2009, the spotlight is turned on the EU's commitment to helping developing countries and the form this aid takes.

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