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Prince Harry, the Queen’s grandson, admitted that he killed Taliban fighters in Afghanistan during his 20-week tour of duty, which ended on January 22, saying his role was to “take a life to save a life”. The 28-year-old Apache helicopter co-pilo…
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Elysée Treaty that sealed the post-war reconciliation between France and Germany, two major dailies from both countries, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Le Monde (see front page opposite) have publishe…
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On January 21, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, 46, was appointed President of Eurogroup. He takes over from Luxembourg’s prime minister, Jean-Claude Juncker, who has occupied the post since 2005.
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The EU has eventually reached a budget compromise, say sources in Brussels quoted by the economic daily. The deal rules out further cuts in cohesive funds and the Common Agricultural Policy, which is “a success from Poland’s point of view.”
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France-Germany: ‘Paris and Berlin celebrate 50 years of turbulent friendship’
by bifadminCelebrations marking the 50 years of the Elysée Treaty are going ahead at a time when relations between the two neighbours have been marked by economic decline in France, where unemployment has reached 10.5 per cent: twice the rate in Germany.
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In the wake of the attack by an Islamist group on the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria, in which several Norwegians were among the hostages, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has told the newspaper that his country “could make a military con…
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Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt – The people of Sedan, in northern France, have offered futile resistance to the Germans in three wars, from Bismarck to Hitler. Now, a journalist searching for the French-German reconciliation celebrated in the 5…
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NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam – Less than six weeks after its launch — and a multitude of technical problems later — the high-speed Fyra train between Amsterdam and Brussels has been taken off the tracks. A flop that brings into question the way…
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