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Final speeches following Informal meetings at the EU Summit - Brussels

Following the end of informal meetings at the EU Summit, British PM David Cameron, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas...

by stanescu lucian in Belgium on 30/01/2012

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Informal meeting of all members of the European Council

European Union leaders are gathering for their first summit meeting of 2012 as a deteriorating economy and the struggle to complete a Greek debt...

by Sander de Wilde in Belgium on 30/01/2012

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'Ukraine and the EU on the threshold of change' - Teixeira

Head of Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira said during the Euro Atlantic Forum “Ukraine and the EU are on the...

by Kost Bezginsky in Ukraine on 26/01/2012

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Final speeches following Informal meetings at the EU Summit - Brussels
Following the end of informal meetings at the EU Summit, British PM David Cameron, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy held a press conferences detailin...
Informal meeting of all members of the European Council
European Union leaders are gathering for their first summit meeting of 2012 as a deteriorating economy and the struggle to complete a Greek debt writeoff risk sidetracking efforts to en...
European Leaders arrive for Informal European Council
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'Ukraine and the EU on the threshold of change' - Teixeira
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Iberia cancels 100 flights in fresh strikes
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Mr Viktor Orban visits J.M. Barroso at European Commission - Brussels
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Romanian austerity cuts protest at London embassy
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Anti- European Union protesters in Croatia try to take down EU flag
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