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The European School: a microcosm of EU integration

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:32:41 GMT

Two 13-year-old boys, German Till Lembke (left) and Greek Byron Maniatis (center) listen to then-European Commission President Romano Prodi (right) after a debate at the European School in Brussels Mar. 7, 2001.
Source: Global Post

On the European presidency, climate change, sand exports, Latvia, Thailand, managing banks, Easter Island, military advice

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:53:57 GMT

SIR – As someone who sought to defend Romano Prodi in his unhappy five years as the European Commission’s president, I thought his dig in your letters page (October 24th) at Britain’s policy towards the European Union was petty.
Source: Economist

President Blair

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:32:13 GMT

One of the most unedifying spectacles of EU protocol is watching the Union select its nominal boss. The head of the European Commission - for now, the EU's top job - is selected by majority voting.
Source: GQ Magazine

On Europe, tax credits, America's “Jewish lobby”, micronutrients, mobile money, Singapore, bank bosses, Canada, language, Admiral West

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:43:09 GMT

SIR – In saying that “the European project has spent too many of its first 50 years looking inwards”, your leader on the European Union after the Irish referendum forgets the launching of the euro and the free circulation of European citizens through...
Source: Economist

Ex-minister, wife probed

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:04:26 GMT

Rome - Prosecutors have placed a former justice minister and his wife under investigation for alleged abuse of office, reports said, a year after a related probe forced the minister to resign and helped bring down Romano Prodi's government.
Source: News24

Silvio Berlusconi: the last battle , Geoff Andrews

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:57:18 GMT

The latest legal verdict on Silvio Berlusconi is - it would seem - a cause for cheer among democrats in Europe, and indeed all those who believe in press freedom, the rule of law, transparency and accountability.
Source: openDemocracy

Italy denies paying Taliban to keep peace in Afghan area

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:23:22 GMT

ROME - Italy and NATO yesterday denied a newspaper report that Italian intelligence secretly paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep the peace in an Afghan area under Italian control.
Source: Boston Globe

Italy denies reports of paying off Taliban

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:50:40 GMT

ROME — Italy and NATO on Thursday denied a newspaper report that Italian intelligence secretly paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep the peace in an Afghan area under Italian control.
Source: Military Times

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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:29 GMT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) meets with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi (C) in Beijing July 2, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:29:35 GMT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, meets with former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, and former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, center, in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 2, 2009.

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:36:13 GMT