Rosario Crocetta has lived under close police protection in Italy ever since 2003, when the mafia tried to murder him. He was mayor of the southern Sicilian city of Gela, population 100,000. He is now a member of the European Parliament (an MEP). He had set up an associatio...
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Javier Solana has been the EU’s “Mr Diplomacy” for more than ten years. But now he is handing the job over to Catherine Ashton, the recently- appointed High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy. Javier Solana took office in June 1999 just a few days after the end of the Kosovo war...
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British bank, Lloyds, are planning to sell hugely discounted shares at almost 60 per cent less than their closing price on Monday night. The bank is hoping people will snap up the deal, raising much-needed funds. Lloyds is the UK’s largest retail bank and this sale of shar...
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For an outside look at Europe moving forward, euronews sought out an American expert in international relations who specialises in the EU: Dr. Kathleen McNamara, an associate professor at Georgetown University. euronews: “Symbolism has always been an important part of socia...
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Both have been affected by signals that the US economy is not recovering, with their figures showing poor consumer spending. The fall in UK stocks comes after yesterday’s stellar performance, when they gained more than they had in a month. The reduced metal prices weighing...
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When American astronaut Chuck Baker lands on Planet 51, he thinks he is the first person to step foot on it. But to Chuck’s surprise, he finds a planet inhabited by little green people happily living in a white picket fence world, whose only fear is that it will be overrun by alien invaders… lik...
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It looks as though the French are splashing the cash in the run up to Christmas, as consumer spending has risen more sharply than expected. National statistics office, INSEE, are reporting that spending on manufactured good – such as household equipment – was up by 1.1 per ...
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Cotton is one of the most polluting industries in the world. India is the second largest producer after Turkey. Although cotton only occupies five percent of cultivated land in India, it accounts for more than half of the total pesticides used in farming there. ...
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Up to 9,500 European jobs could be cut at car-maker Opel, if General Motors implement their reorganisation plan. That adds up to nearly 20 per cent of the workforce. General Motors has said in the past that up to 10,000 jobs would go at Opel and its British ar...
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Broad new telecommunications rules for the European Union have finally been fully approved, carrying various customer benefits. When a customer chooses to change service providers, the company will be required to transfer the same mobile phone number to the company that has landed the customer, ...
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Anti-mafia MEP Crocetta still unguarded
