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EurActiv contributes to transparency and efficiency in EU Affairs. It extends the political debate to include private sector policy positions as well as official policy proposals.

Avoiding a new European divide
10 01 2009 "The emergence of a new economic and political divide within Europe has become a distinct possibility," argue Jean Pisani-Ferry, director of the Bruegel think tank, and Zsolt Darvas, research fellow at the Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in a December 2008 paper for Bruegel.

Commission HQ neglects to clear snow
10 01 2009 Passers-by have complained that the pavements of the EU executive's iconic Berlaymont building, which hosts the commissioners, have not been cleared of snow for a whole week.

European Year of Creativity and Innovation launched
10 01 2009 As the economic crisis continues to get worse, creativity and innovation are key to strengthening Europe's competitiveness and must remain on the EU agenda beyond the current European Year, leading EU politicians stressed at the its launch event in Prague this week. With additional reporting from EurActiv Czech Republic.

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Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Targeting The Salafis
09 01 2009 The Tajik government has banned Salafism, saying the Sunni Islamic movement represents a potential threat to national security. The movement says it follows a strict and pure form of Islam, but Tajik clerics say the Salafis' radical stance is similar to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Uzbekistan To Send Migrant Workers To Oman
09 01 2009 Uzbekistan and Oman have signed a trade deal that reportedly includes sending migrant workers to the Middle East.

Gazprom: Gas Flow Could Resume Today
09 01 2009 The head of Russia's Gazprom says it could resume gas shipments through Ukraine to Europe on January 9 if an agreement on the deployment of international monitors is signed.

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Picture This: The Politics of Fashion
09 01 2009

Middle East Diplomacy: German Foreign Minister to Push for Gaza Cease-Fire
09 01 2009 As peace negotiations stall in Egypt and war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is traveling to the region to meet with its leaders and help move talks forward.

The World from Berlin: Commerzbank Bailout Deal to Be 'A Painful Birth'
09 01 2009 For the first time in modern history, the German government is bailing out a private consumer bank -- Germany's second largest. Although most commentators see the move to rescue Commerzbank as both prudent and inevitable, many of them don't like the principle or the precedent.

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IPS / Europe / News


Inter Press Service is a global news agency producing independent news and analysis of events affecting the economic, social and political development of peoples and nations especially in the south

EUROPE: Political Chill May Outlast the Big Freeze
10 01 2009 BUDAPEST, Jan 9 (IPS) - As Russia suffers from the financial crisis and Ukraine heads towards bankruptcy, nobody can tell who is to blame for a spat that threatens to freeze Central Europe and the Balkans.

MIDEAST: Mourn the Cat That Died
10 01 2009 AMSTERDAM, Jan 9 (IPS) - On the phone from Gaza, Zahrah Salem shares the news she has just seen, that so many at the White House were "deeply saddened" by the death of the cat India Willie. Why, she asks, is nobody at the White House deeply saddened by the death of so many children in Gaza.

EASTERN EUROPE: Good Old Ways Protecting the Economy
09 01 2009 BUCHAREST, Jan 9 (IPS) - Fears about the impact of the global financial crisis in Eastern Europe may be overblown. While economic growth is likely to slow down in 2009, it is improbable that countries like Romania and Bulgaria will be hit as hard as Britain or the U.S.

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