***** EUobserver - 19.03.2015 **********************************************
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1. Leaders to hold Greece talks in margins of EU summit - 19/03/2015 07:55:10
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EU leaders will talk about energy, Ukraine, Libya and transatlantic trade.
But the most heated issue - Greece - will be addressed in the margins of
the summit.
https://euobserver.com/political/128049
2. EU proposes new tax transparency rules - 18/03/2015 17:53:10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peer pressure will underpin a new European Commission proposal to make big
companies pay their fair share of tax and prevent governments from cheating
others out of taxable revenue streams.
https://euobserver.com/economic/128046
3. Juncker puts pressure on MEPs over investment plan - 18/03/2015 09:50:40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Juncker's investment plan is facing a battle in the European Parliament,
while being flagged as a potential risk for EU taxpayers' money.
https://euobserver.com/political/128034
4. EU diplomats unsure how to handle Netanyahu - 18/03/2015 19:33:52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU diplomats are hoping Israel's PM didn't mean what he said on the
two-state solution. But if he did, they have few ideas how to change his
mind.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128053
5. Thousands protest outside ECB's new headquarters - 18/03/2015 17:46:32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thousands of protestors demonstrated in front of the ECB's new headquarters
in Frankfurt today, but the bank's chief said it isn't to blame for
eurozone austerity.
https://euobserver.com/political/128047
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
UK exit from EU would make Britons 'illegal' immigrants - 19/03/2015 09:00:04
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128058
Dutch coalition set to lose majority in Senate - 19/03/2015 08:58:44
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128054
Sweden cuts interest rate to minus 0.25 percent - 19/03/2015 08:57:44
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128057
Ex-commissioner Kroes takes up job at Bank of America - 19/03/2015 08:56:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128056
UK to impose stricter tax rules on big firms - 19/03/2015 08:55:32
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128059
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Dijsselbloem: Greece might need Cyprus-type capital controls - 18/03/2015 09:28:57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece could be forced to resort to Cypriot-style capital controls in a bid
to prevent depositors taking their money out of the country, the chairman
of the Eurogroup has warned.
https://euobserver.com/news/128038
2. Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit - 18/03/2015 09:28:57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic sanctions on Russia are likely to be extended shortly after
Thursday's summit or in June despite some member states' objections,
diplomats say.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128037
3. Prominent German politicians side with Greece on war reparations - 18/03/2015 09:22:04
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece's increasingly frequent calls that Germany needs to pay it
compensation for crimes committed by the Nazis in WWII have been supported
by prominent politicians in Berlin
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128031
4. EU police agency steps up crackdown on migrant smuggling - 18/03/2015 09:28:38
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Europol has launched a new intelligence gathering team to crack down on
gangs who smuggle thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea to
Europe.
https://euobserver.com/justice/128039
5. Poland: Russian military drill designed to spook EU leaders - 17/03/2015 19:22:25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poland has said Russia's mass-scale military drill is designed to cow EU
leaders into taking a softer line on sanctions at this week's summit.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128028
6. [Focus] France and Germany to join UK on Chinese-led investment bank - 18/03/2015 09:25:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Three more EU countries have confirmed their intention to join the
Chinese-led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank in a snub to the United
States.
https://euobserver.com/eu-china/128029
7. Court testimony implicates former EU health chief - 17/03/2015 19:06:58
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The head of the EU's anti-fraud office told a Maltese court on Tuesday that
a former EU health chief - John Dalli - "tried to push" for the lifting of
a ban on mouth tobacco.
https://euobserver.com/justice/128027
8. [Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel - 18/03/2015 09:28:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The collapse of oil prices has masked the fact that Europe's response to
the Ukraine crisis has been toothless and that Putin exploited the war in
Ukraine to divide the European house.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/128030
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Brussels tells Athens to halt new anti-poverty law - 18/03/2015 09:29:55
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128036
Moscovici: We won't keep Greece in eurozone at any price - 18/03/2015 09:29:35
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128032
Dijsselbloem to Greece: put less energy in Paris Match - 17/03/2015 19:23:48
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128026
If Greece opens borders, it should leave Schengen, says Dijsselbloem - 17/03/2015 16:45:41
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128025
EU policy to transport more by water has 'failed', says MEP - 17/03/2015 16:45:14
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128024
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Juncker: 'Time to deepen European integration' - 17/03/2015 09:26:34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is never going to be a United States of Europe, but the EU needs to
show its partners where it is heading, EU commission president Juncker has
said.
https://euobserver.com/political/128012
2. Tsipras to hold talks with Merkel in Berlin - 17/03/2015 09:26:47
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to Berlin next week for
clear-the-air talks with German counterpart Angela Merkel in a fresh
attempt to end the impasse on Greece's bailout.
https://euobserver.com/economic/128020
3. EU to implement association pact with Bosnia - 17/03/2015 09:29:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The agreement is a first step towards EU membership but deep reforms will
have to be made before further progress.
https://euobserver.com/enlargement/128018
4. Tsipras keen to put Greece on EU summit agenda - 16/03/2015 16:27:05
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras wants Greece to be discussed at this week's
EU summit, but others are reluctant to push the issue up to the highest
political level.
https://euobserver.com/political/128008
5. EU set for further discussions on establishing asylum centres abroad - 16/03/2015 19:13:49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU ministers of justice and foreign affairs are set to meet in July to
discuss an Italian-led proposal to offshore asylum claims to centres in
northern Africa.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128011
6. The EIB in Africa: How the Juncker plan might work - 16/03/2015 09:33:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EIB co-ordinates projects worth almost ?2.5 billion in east Africa,
with its work a potential model for the EU's ?315bn growth plan.
https://euobserver.com/economic/127827
7. Europe's arms exports see sharp decline - 16/03/2015 11:33:02
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The US and Russia are the world's leading arms exporters, while Europe's
market share has fallen sharply, according to new data.
https://euobserver.com/news/128002
8. [Agenda] EU leaders to debate 'Energy Union' this WEEK - 16/03/2015 12:43:33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU leaders will discuss energy security, Ukraine, and the EU economy at a
regular summit on Thursday and Friday.
https://euobserver.com/agenda/128004
9. Netanyahu comments put EU relations in doubt - 17/03/2015 09:26:21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Israeli PM Netanyahu has said that if he is re-elected there will be no
Palestinian state, putting in doubt the future of EU-Israel relations.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128021
10. [Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War - 17/03/2015 07:57:09
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Ukrainian crisis has no winners, only losers. The task of the statesmen
of today is to find a way out of this tragic confrontation, writes Hynek
Kmonicek, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Czech
Republic.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/128003
11. Russia says ready to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine conflict - 16/03/2015 09:31:48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Putin, in a pre-filmed interview, has said he was ready to use nuclar
weapons if the West had tried to stop him seizing Crimea
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128001
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts - 17/03/2015 09:29:04
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128013
Over 1,400 French nationals fighting in Syria - 17/03/2015 09:28:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128016
Two Romanian officials arrested in corruption cases - 17/03/2015 09:28:17
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128015
Cigarettes in England will have plain packages from 2016 - 17/03/2015 09:23:18
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128017
EU anti-fraud chief in court in Malta - 17/03/2015 09:21:53
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128014
***** EUobserver - 16.03.2015 **********************************************
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. UK demands for EU treaty change are 'mission impossible' - 16/03/2015 09:26:47
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Renegotiating the EU treaties to appease UK demands for a possible exit
from the EU is "mission impossible".
https://euobserver.com/political/127997
2. Scandal brews round Cyprus central bank chief - 16/03/2015 09:29:00
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Cyprus central bank governor accused of conflict of interest. Husband works
for former owner of bank whose collapse triggered EU bailout.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/127999
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Greece says IMF repayment on track - 16/03/2015 09:09:12
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127993
Orban to pursue national sovereignty - 16/03/2015 09:08:35
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127995
Eu foreign policy chief to visit Cuba - 16/03/2015 09:06:26
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127996
Dublin lobbies for relaxation of EU rules on spending - 16/03/2015 09:05:08
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127994
***** EUobserver - 15.03.2015 **********************************************
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Ministers insert 'review' clause into EU data bill - 14/03/2015 10:38:49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Justice ministers in Brussels on Friday backed the one-stop shop principle
in the EU data bill, but said they want to review it in the future.
https://euobserver.com/justice/127991
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Greece tries to save face in EU debt deal - 13/03/2015 18:00:48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece is to set up its own taskforce to balance out the much-maligned team
of EU experts monitoring the country's reform progress.
https://euobserver.com/political/127988
2. [Analysis] Four fallacies of EU foreign policy - 13/03/2015 17:47:24
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
There are four maxims in EU foreign policy statements on Russia and the
Middle East. All of them are false.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/127990
3. [EUobserved] On falling out of the eurozone by accident - 13/03/2015 10:12:52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insults and jokes: We are seeing the birth of a European public space, but
loose talk risks serious consequences for eurozone stability.
https://euobserver.com/political/127975
***** EUobserver - 20.03.2015 **********************************************
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Greece urged to submit 'full list' of reforms - 20/03/2015 04:21:07
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
In a late night meeting in the margins of the EU summit, Merkel and
Hollande told Tsipras to "quickly" fall in line with reform commitments.
https://euobserver.com/political/128086
2. EU to keep Russia sanctions until next year - 20/03/2015 00:53:27
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EU leaders have decided to extend economic sanctions on Russia until the
end of the year, but will take the legal steps later down the line
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128083
3. EU leaders agree 'Energy Union' blueprint - 19/03/2015 22:06:56
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU leaders have agreed several measures aimed at reducing dependence on
Russian gas and building a so-called Energy Union.
https://euobserver.com/news/128079
4. Retired Danes happiest people in Europe - 20/03/2015 09:12:49
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On the International Day of Happiness fresh statistics show that newly
retired Danes are the happiest in Europe and young Greeks are happier now
than one year ago.
https://euobserver.com/news/128069
5. 'Mini summit' on Greece raises eyebrows in Brussels - 19/03/2015 20:12:28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A select company is meeting in the margins of Thursday's EU summit to
discuss Greece, but the 'mini summit' has made some waves among eurozone
government leaders.
https://euobserver.com/news/128074
6. Tsipras' economic policy architect resigns - 19/03/2015 19:46:29
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marxist economist Giannis Milios had become very critical of the prime
minister concessions to his European partners.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128072
7. [Feature] EU to strike back at Russian propaganda - 19/03/2015 20:35:24
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Russia's "disinformation war" has become so aggressive that EU leaders on
Thursday agreed to launch a counter-initiative.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128071
8. [EUobserved] The theatre of the absurd - Varoufakis' (disputed) rude gesture - 20/03/2015 09:27:59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
An absurd side show has gripped the German public for the best part of a
week - did Yanis Varoufakis, the man in charge of Greece's finances, make a
rude gesture to Germany in a past video.
https://euobserver.com/political/128087
9. Czech 'Mr Clean' embroiled in scandal - 19/03/2015 10:55:03
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Czech transport minister Dan Tok, once dubbed "Mr Clean" for his role in a
transparency campaign, is now embroiled in a cross-border bribery scandal.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128064
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Belgian FM stirs contraversy with 'black face' - 20/03/2015 09:16:01
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128090
Ukip MEP suspended over expenses issue - 20/03/2015 09:15:30
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128091
Saudi Arabia to stop visas for Swedish nationals - 20/03/2015 09:14:34
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128089
Tenth of European wild bees face extinction threat - 20/03/2015 09:14:01
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128088
Greece meets Russian official on EU blacklist - 20/03/2015 02:03:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128085
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Leaders to hold Greece talks in margins of EU summit - 19/03/2015 07:55:10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU leaders will talk about energy, Ukraine, Libya and transatlantic trade.
But the most heated issue - Greece - will be addressed in the margins of
the summit.
https://euobserver.com/political/128049
2. EU proposes new tax transparency rules - 18/03/2015 17:53:10
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peer pressure will underpin a new European Commission proposal to make big
companies pay their fair share of tax and prevent governments from cheating
others out of taxable revenue streams.
https://euobserver.com/economic/128046
3. Juncker puts pressure on MEPs over investment plan - 18/03/2015 09:50:40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Juncker's investment plan is facing a battle in the European Parliament,
while being flagged as a potential risk for EU taxpayers' money.
https://euobserver.com/political/128034
4. EU diplomats unsure how to handle Netanyahu - 18/03/2015 19:33:52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU diplomats are hoping Israel's PM didn't mean what he said on the
two-state solution. But if he did, they have few ideas how to change his
mind.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128053
5. Thousands protest outside ECB's new headquarters - 18/03/2015 17:46:32
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thousands of protestors demonstrated in front of the ECB's new headquarters
in Frankfurt today, but the bank's chief said it isn't to blame for
eurozone austerity.
https://euobserver.com/political/128047
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
UK exit from EU would make Britons 'illegal' immigrants - 19/03/2015 09:00:04
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128058
Dutch coalition set to lose majority in Senate - 19/03/2015 08:58:44
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128054
Sweden cuts interest rate to minus 0.25 percent - 19/03/2015 08:57:44
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128057
Ex-commissioner Kroes takes up job at Bank of America - 19/03/2015 08:56:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128056
UK to impose stricter tax rules on big firms - 19/03/2015 08:55:32
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128059
***** EUobserver - 18.03.2015 **********************************************
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Dijsselbloem: Greece might need Cyprus-type capital controls - 18/03/2015 09:28:57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece could be forced to resort to Cypriot-style capital controls in a bid
to prevent depositors taking their money out of the country, the chairman
of the Eurogroup has warned.
https://euobserver.com/news/128038
2. Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit - 18/03/2015 09:28:57
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Economic sanctions on Russia are likely to be extended shortly after
Thursday's summit or in June despite some member states' objections,
diplomats say.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128037
3. Prominent German politicians side with Greece on war reparations - 18/03/2015 09:22:04
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greece's increasingly frequent calls that Germany needs to pay it
compensation for crimes committed by the Nazis in WWII have been supported
by prominent politicians in Berlin
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128031
4. EU police agency steps up crackdown on migrant smuggling - 18/03/2015 09:28:38
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Europol has launched a new intelligence gathering team to crack down on
gangs who smuggle thousands of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea to
Europe.
https://euobserver.com/justice/128039
5. Poland: Russian military drill designed to spook EU leaders - 17/03/2015 19:22:25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poland has said Russia's mass-scale military drill is designed to cow EU
leaders into taking a softer line on sanctions at this week's summit.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128028
6. [Focus] France and Germany to join UK on Chinese-led investment bank - 18/03/2015 09:25:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Three more EU countries have confirmed their intention to join the
Chinese-led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank in a snub to the United
States.
https://euobserver.com/eu-china/128029
7. Court testimony implicates former EU health chief - 17/03/2015 19:06:58
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The head of the EU's anti-fraud office told a Maltese court on Tuesday that
a former EU health chief - John Dalli - "tried to push" for the lifting of
a ban on mouth tobacco.
https://euobserver.com/justice/128027
8. [Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel - 18/03/2015 09:28:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The collapse of oil prices has masked the fact that Europe's response to
the Ukraine crisis has been toothless and that Putin exploited the war in
Ukraine to divide the European house.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/128030
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Brussels tells Athens to halt new anti-poverty law - 18/03/2015 09:29:55
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128036
Moscovici: We won't keep Greece in eurozone at any price - 18/03/2015 09:29:35
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128032
Dijsselbloem to Greece: put less energy in Paris Match - 17/03/2015 19:23:48
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128026
If Greece opens borders, it should leave Schengen, says Dijsselbloem - 17/03/2015 16:45:41
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128025
EU policy to transport more by water has 'failed', says MEP - 17/03/2015 16:45:14
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128024
***** EUobserver - 17.03.2015 **********************************************
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***** THE NEWS *************************************************************
1. Juncker: 'Time to deepen European integration' - 17/03/2015 09:26:34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
There is never going to be a United States of Europe, but the EU needs to
show its partners where it is heading, EU commission president Juncker has
said.
https://euobserver.com/political/128012
2. Tsipras to hold talks with Merkel in Berlin - 17/03/2015 09:26:47
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras will travel to Berlin next week for
clear-the-air talks with German counterpart Angela Merkel in a fresh
attempt to end the impasse on Greece's bailout.
https://euobserver.com/economic/128020
3. EU to implement association pact with Bosnia - 17/03/2015 09:29:18
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The agreement is a first step towards EU membership but deep reforms will
have to be made before further progress.
https://euobserver.com/enlargement/128018
4. Tsipras keen to put Greece on EU summit agenda - 16/03/2015 16:27:05
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras wants Greece to be discussed at this week's
EU summit, but others are reluctant to push the issue up to the highest
political level.
https://euobserver.com/political/128008
5. EU set for further discussions on establishing asylum centres abroad - 16/03/2015 19:13:49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU ministers of justice and foreign affairs are set to meet in July to
discuss an Italian-led proposal to offshore asylum claims to centres in
northern Africa.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128011
6. The EIB in Africa: How the Juncker plan might work - 16/03/2015 09:33:54
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The EIB co-ordinates projects worth almost ?2.5 billion in east Africa,
with its work a potential model for the EU's ?315bn growth plan.
https://euobserver.com/economic/127827
7. Europe's arms exports see sharp decline - 16/03/2015 11:33:02
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The US and Russia are the world's leading arms exporters, while Europe's
market share has fallen sharply, according to new data.
https://euobserver.com/news/128002
8. [Agenda] EU leaders to debate 'Energy Union' this WEEK - 16/03/2015 12:43:33
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EU leaders will discuss energy security, Ukraine, and the EU economy at a
regular summit on Thursday and Friday.
https://euobserver.com/agenda/128004
9. Netanyahu comments put EU relations in doubt - 17/03/2015 09:26:21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Israeli PM Netanyahu has said that if he is re-elected there will be no
Palestinian state, putting in doubt the future of EU-Israel relations.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128021
10. [Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War - 17/03/2015 07:57:09
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Ukrainian crisis has no winners, only losers. The task of the statesmen
of today is to find a way out of this tragic confrontation, writes Hynek
Kmonicek, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Czech
Republic.
https://euobserver.com/opinion/128003
11. Russia says ready to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine conflict - 16/03/2015 09:31:48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Putin, in a pre-filmed interview, has said he was ready to use nuclar
weapons if the West had tried to stop him seizing Crimea
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128001
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts - 17/03/2015 09:29:04
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128013
Over 1,400 French nationals fighting in Syria - 17/03/2015 09:28:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128016
Two Romanian officials arrested in corruption cases - 17/03/2015 09:28:17
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128015
Cigarettes in England will have plain packages from 2016 - 17/03/2015 09:23:18
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128017
EU anti-fraud chief in court in Malta - 17/03/2015 09:21:53
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128014
***** EUobserver - 16.03.2015 **********************************************
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1. UK demands for EU treaty change are 'mission impossible' - 16/03/2015 09:26:47
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Renegotiating the EU treaties to appease UK demands for a possible exit
from the EU is "mission impossible".
https://euobserver.com/political/127997
2. Scandal brews round Cyprus central bank chief - 16/03/2015 09:29:00
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Cyprus central bank governor accused of conflict of interest. Husband works
for former owner of bank whose collapse triggered EU bailout.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/127999
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Greece says IMF repayment on track - 16/03/2015 09:09:12
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127993
Orban to pursue national sovereignty - 16/03/2015 09:08:35
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127995
Eu foreign policy chief to visit Cuba - 16/03/2015 09:06:26
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127996
Dublin lobbies for relaxation of EU rules on spending - 16/03/2015 09:05:08
https://euobserver.com/tickers/127994
***** EUobserver - 15.03.2015 **********************************************
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1. Ministers insert 'review' clause into EU data bill - 14/03/2015 10:38:49
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Justice ministers in Brussels on Friday backed the one-stop shop principle
in the EU data bill, but said they want to review it in the future.
https://euobserver.com/justice/127991
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1. Greece tries to save face in EU debt deal - 13/03/2015 18:00:48
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Greece is to set up its own taskforce to balance out the much-maligned team
of EU experts monitoring the country's reform progress.
https://euobserver.com/political/127988
2. [Analysis] Four fallacies of EU foreign policy - 13/03/2015 17:47:24
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There are four maxims in EU foreign policy statements on Russia and the
Middle East. All of them are false.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/127990
3. [EUobserved] On falling out of the eurozone by accident - 13/03/2015 10:12:52
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Insults and jokes: We are seeing the birth of a European public space, but
loose talk risks serious consequences for eurozone stability.
https://euobserver.com/political/127975
***** EUobserver - 20.03.2015 **********************************************
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1. Greece urged to submit 'full list' of reforms - 20/03/2015 04:21:07
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In a late night meeting in the margins of the EU summit, Merkel and
Hollande told Tsipras to "quickly" fall in line with reform commitments.
https://euobserver.com/political/128086
2. EU to keep Russia sanctions until next year - 20/03/2015 00:53:27
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EU leaders have decided to extend economic sanctions on Russia until the
end of the year, but will take the legal steps later down the line
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128083
3. EU leaders agree 'Energy Union' blueprint - 19/03/2015 22:06:56
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EU leaders have agreed several measures aimed at reducing dependence on
Russian gas and building a so-called Energy Union.
https://euobserver.com/news/128079
4. Retired Danes happiest people in Europe - 20/03/2015 09:12:49
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On the International Day of Happiness fresh statistics show that newly
retired Danes are the happiest in Europe and young Greeks are happier now
than one year ago.
https://euobserver.com/news/128069
5. 'Mini summit' on Greece raises eyebrows in Brussels - 19/03/2015 20:12:28
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A select company is meeting in the margins of Thursday's EU summit to
discuss Greece, but the 'mini summit' has made some waves among eurozone
government leaders.
https://euobserver.com/news/128074
6. Tsipras' economic policy architect resigns - 19/03/2015 19:46:29
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Marxist economist Giannis Milios had become very critical of the prime
minister concessions to his European partners.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128072
7. [Feature] EU to strike back at Russian propaganda - 19/03/2015 20:35:24
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Russia's "disinformation war" has become so aggressive that EU leaders on
Thursday agreed to launch a counter-initiative.
https://euobserver.com/foreign/128071
8. [EUobserved] The theatre of the absurd - Varoufakis' (disputed) rude gesture - 20/03/2015 09:27:59
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An absurd side show has gripped the German public for the best part of a
week - did Yanis Varoufakis, the man in charge of Greece's finances, make a
rude gesture to Germany in a past video.
https://euobserver.com/political/128087
9. Czech 'Mr Clean' embroiled in scandal - 19/03/2015 10:55:03
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Czech transport minister Dan Tok, once dubbed "Mr Clean" for his role in a
transparency campaign, is now embroiled in a cross-border bribery scandal.
https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/128064
***** NEWS IN BRIEF ********************************************************
Belgian FM stirs contraversy with 'black face' - 20/03/2015 09:16:01
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128090
Ukip MEP suspended over expenses issue - 20/03/2015 09:15:30
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128091
Saudi Arabia to stop visas for Swedish nationals - 20/03/2015 09:14:34
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128089
Tenth of European wild bees face extinction threat - 20/03/2015 09:14:01
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128088
Greece meets Russian official on EU blacklist - 20/03/2015 02:03:39
https://euobserver.com/tickers/128085
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