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07/02/2012 - France

France follows Spain, Italy, Britain and Belgium in recalling Syrian ambassador

France has followed Spain, Britain, Belgium and Italy in withdrawing its ambassador from Syria, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, amid the regime's ongoing bloody crackdown on a revolt ...

28/01/2012 - France - Eurozone

Italy and Spain see rating downgrade by Fitch as France keeps triple A

Rating’s agency Fitch has downgraded five eurozone countries including Italy and Spain.

08/01/2012

European press review

Accusations of Viktatorship in Hungary. The euro has a gloomy birthday party. Greece faces a tough choice. Denmark has plans for the European parliament.

21/12/2011 - EU

EU court bars sending asylum seekers back to 'inhuman' Greece

The European Union’s top court on Wednesday barred EU states from transferring asylum seekers to other EU countries where they could face “inhuman treatment”.

18/12/2011

European press review

We start this week in Britain, with the reaction to Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to veto European Union efforts to modify its main treaty.

16/12/2011 - France

Power cuts, oil spills and cancelled trains as Storm Joachim lashes France

Rain and winds of up to 140 km per hour lashed France on Thursday night and nearly half the country was on alert on Friday morning as Storm Joachim passed over, heading for Switzerland and ...

02/12/2011 - Belgium

Thousands flood streets of Brussels in first test for new government

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Belgian capital, Brussels on Friday to protest the harsh austerity measures promised by the new government of Elio De Rupo.

 

01/12/2011 - France

Strauss-Kahn admits swinging sex life but claims plot against him

Dominique Strauss-Kahn admits having a swinging sex life in a book by a French journalist, who claims the former IMF chief was kept in jail in New York thanks to a mysterious intervention from ...

Tintin memorabilia are highly sought-after comic book items
27/11/2011 - France

Extraordinary prices at Paris auction of Tintin memorabilia

A Paris auction of items related to the popular comic book character Tintin, created by Belgian writer and illustrator, Hergé, has fetched also twice the one million euros expected.

26/11/2011 - Belgium

New government possible for Belgium after 2012 budget deal

Belgian politicians have reached a deal on the 2012 budget ending a 19-month deadlock that had blocked the formation of a new government.

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