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Eurosphere roundup: Greece deprived of its public broadcasting service….G8 targets tax havens …
Greece deprived of its public broadcasting service: More than a bad soap opera Flawed it may have been, but ERT, Greece’s public broadcaster, was one of the few things holding... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup… IMF and EU bicker over Greek bailout…
The time is now for wealth taxes in Britain Taxing wealth is an underexplored option in the UK, given the scale of wealth inequality. A new project confronts this head... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: “The sanctions on excessively high budget deficits are to be suspended…
MAIN FOCUS: EU wants to give deficit sinners more time | 30/05/2013 The EU Commission wants to give six euro countries more time to reduce their debts, allowing them to... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: China warns EU of a trade war…
Worrying future for innovation in Europe The region’s share of global manufacturing and R&D is falling. And the number of patent applications registered in Europe has also gone down ... Read more
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Europe needs money. So no more arms embargo agains Syrian rebels. Eurosphere roundup…
EU ends arms embargo against Syrian rebels The European Union agreed Monday to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels. Britain, France block renewed weapons embargo against Syria (News) Britain... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: Apple under antitrust probe pressure
Europe quizzes operators over Apple sales practices, hinting at plans for antitrust probe European regulators are looking into the possibility that Apple is employing anti-competitive tactics to give it an... Read more
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Europshere roundup: Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash…
Murder sparks anti-Muslim backlash There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents since the murder of a British soldier in London, an inter-faith charity says. MAIN FOCUS: Soldier killing... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: “Stockholm riots spread around city…
Stockholm riots spread around city A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm sees unrest spread around the city, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt. Wait, there... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: “Candidates for President of the European Council…”EU poised to blacklist Hizbollah army
EU poised to blacklist Hizbollah army Hope that a formal request by UK, ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting in late June, will open way for sanctions of Hizbollah’s European... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: British Foreign Office under pressure with drunk Britons…
British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can’t translate that tattoo for you Here, in all its glory, is the full list: A man who required hospital treatment... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: Neo-Nazi trial, EU member states stand on bank bail-in plans, Cameron on EU exit…
Neo-Nazi probe is a peerless failure: German report An interim parliamentary inquiry report called the National Socialist Underground (NSU) Neo-Nazi trial: Woman ‘part of kill squad’ German prosecutors May 14... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: “Six years requested for Berlusconi
Six years requested for Berlusconi Italian prosecutors seek a six-year sentence for former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for paying for sex with an underage girl. Cameron struggles to contain Eurosceptics... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: “Ousted PM Borisov secures slim victory in Bulgaria election…Official list of English words misused in EU documents…
Ousted PM Borisov secures slim victory in Bulgaria election, fresh protests erupt Bulgarian ousted premier Boyko Borisov‘s party came first in tense elections but fell short of a majority, exit... Read more
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Eurosphere roundup: NSU trial… anti-Semitism in Hungary and more…
NSU trial a litmus test for German stance on Neo-nazi groups: Turkish EU Minister Turkey’s EU Minister Egemen Bağış has indicated that the National Socialist Underground trial could be... Read more
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“Jürgen Habermas lecture in Leuven about the European crisis… and a Eurosphere roundup…
Footnotes on Jürgen Habermas lecture in Leuven about the European crisis from Blogactiv by Protesilaos Stavrou Mopping up after Sarkozy from Blogactiv by Florian Pantazi François Hollande, the French... Read more
