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Romanians have homes in the UK and still claim benefits
January 22, 2012Over the past 20 years, Romanians have become a familiar fixture on Britain’s high streets: bedraggled, wrapped up against the elements and far from freshly washed – but often with an engaging line in patter, writes the British Daily Mail...
Greek leaders fail to agree as IMF deadline looms
May 29, 2011Greek leaders meeting in Athens have failed to agree on Prime Minister George Papandreou's new austerity plan. Conservative leader Antonis Samaras rejected the measures, saying they would "flatten the Greek economy and destroy Greek society"...
Greece is new hub for illegal migrants
October 29, 2010Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrants leave their home countries for Europe dreaming of a better life. Many cross into the European Union illegally hoping to either evade detection or request political asylum. Often they pay traffickers...
Mobility Partnership helps speed up Moldova-EU visa talks
October 28, 2010The third meeting of the Moldova - EU Mobility Partnership was held in Chisinau this week. The event takes place one day after the EU foreign ministers had mandated the European Commission to speed up discussions with Moldova on the cancellation...
Hindus and Jews ask EU intervention to stop dismantling of French Roma camps
July 30, 2010Hindus and Jews have called for urgent European Union (EU) intervention to stop proposed dismantling of 300 Roma and travelers camps announced by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on July 28. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich,...
This night Europe will sleep less by one hour
March 27, 2010According to the proposal of the UN Economic Commission for Europe together with European Union member states, the last Sunday of March, a number of countries will switch to daylight saving time. Thus, at 02.00 a.m. people in Europe, including in...
International community pledges support for Chile following quake
February 27, 2010The international community is offering support to Chile in the wake of Saturday's devastating earthquake. The European Union pledged $4 million in immediate aid to the South American nation. EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso described the...
What to do with President Medvedev’s European Security Treaty?
December 18, 2009By Michael Emerson We reproduced in our last issue the text of the draft European Security Treaty published on the Kremlin’s website of 1 December. The text is dressed up in smart legal language. The legal department of the Russian Ministry of...
OSCE urges Moldova to continue media reforms, foster pluralism
November 27, 2009The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today following meetings in Chisinau that he hoped the new Moldovan government coalition would seek consensus on the further reforms needed to foster pluralism in the media, and that...
Acting Moldovan president: We will investigate the 7 April riots
September 23, 2009The acting Moldovan president and parliament speaker, Mihai Ghimpu, has said that "the new Moldovan leadership is set to bring the investigation into the reasons for the 7 April riots in Chisinau to an end". He was speaking in the Obiectiv...