"Elysée to get tough on rioting youths
Elysée to get tough on rioting youths
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, just back from a visit to China, will chair an emergency security meeting at the Elysée palace to try to end days of rioting in a northern suburb of ParisSecond French city hit by unrest
Cars are burned and a library goes up in flames in Toulouse, France, after two nights of riots in Paris.
Paris rioters 'criminals' says PM
The French prime minister calls rioters criminals, after two nights of clashes in the Paris suburbs.In French Suburbs, Same Rage, but New Tactics A chilling new factor makes the recent violence in France more menacing: the rioters have taken up hunting shotguns and turned them on the police...
Paris suburb riots called 'a lot worse' than in 2005Two years after an orgy of violence in more than 300 communities, several suburbs of Paris have erupted in violence and destruction, and in ways that some call more menacing and organized than in 2005
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German TV adverts: stEurotypes
In adverts, stereotypes of countries and nations are often exploited to commercialise certain products – a trip through German television
Europe – a bad brand?
Unfocussed, unattractive, lacking a strategy? French marketing expert Georges Lewi lays all bare in his new book
IHT The 'China honeymoon' is over.By DAVID SHAMBAUGH
After 15 years of dramatically developing ties, new tensions are emerging between Europe and China.
EU and China to rein in currency swings
Chinese and European policymakers agreed to co-operate in preventing big exchange rate fluctuations during talks between Beijing and the 13-nation eurozone
Italian cities to clear gypsy sites
Authorities across the country are uprooting the Roma and Sinti communities, blaming rising crime on a mass influx of migrants caused by EU enlargement
Brussels reaches deal with east Africa bloc
The agreement with the East African Community – comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda – will cut 80% of their tariffs against EU goods within 15 years
Inflation fears hit eurozone
Soaring eurozone inflation is threatening fresh difficulties for the European Central Bank as it fights to calm tensions in financial markets that are casting a shadow over economic growth in the 13-country region
EU research networks threatened by lack of funding
The future of research co-operation projects launched under the EU-funded Networks of Excellence (NoE) is being called into question due to lack of political will and insufficient support from member states, a scientific forum warned last week.
Final Kosovo talks end in failure
A final round of talks on the future of Kosovo ends without a deal between Serbs and ethnic Albanians.
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Slovenia unveils EU presidency priorities
The incoming presidency will focus on the implementation of the new Lisbon cycle for growth and jobs, energy, climate change and relations with the Western Balkans when it takes over the EU helm from 1 January 2008, the Slovenian Ambassador to the EU revealed on 28 November.
DOSSIER: China and the EU conversing in Beijing | 28/11/2007
Dissension is surfacing within the EU concerning which position to adopt facing China. Bones of contention are also piling up between Beijing and the European block, notably on human rights and the weak Yuan. This context will be weighing upon the China-EU summit held this Wednesday, November 28th.
Unclear EU treaty provisions causing 'nervousness'
Contemporary Chinese Views of Europe Chatham House
Changing Climates: Interdependencies on Energy and Climate Security for China and Europe Chatham House
Outside View: Steps toward an EU-NATO link
By DANIEL KORSKI NATO and the European Union have a new opportunity to collaborate in ways that would help both organizations deal with fragile and failing states. But it will require practical steps to overcome ideological opposition to greater cooperation.
Life of a European MandarinA Dutch journalist turned civil servant has managed to pen an account of his time at the European Commission that is both amusing and horrifying, writes Gideon Rachman
The Times An overpriced piece of pie in the sky The EU is paying too much for Galileo, an overcomplicated satellite navigation system that doesn’t work
