04.06.2004 - 09:55 CET
US president George W. Bush has arrived in the Italian capital Rome at the start of a European tour as the US and her allies try to secure a deal on a new UN resolution on Iraq.
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04.06.2004 - 09:05 CET
A meeting between Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern and his Belgian counterpart Guy Verhofstadt in Brussels on Thursday served only to fuel speculation about who will be the next Commission President.
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04.06.2004 - 09:48 CET
In a joint appeal to the European citizens, ministers for European Affairs of all 25 EU member states urged Europeans yesterday (3 June) to "make your vote count" in the European elections.
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03.06.2004 - 17:52 CET
Gerrit Zalm the Dutch finance minister and the man set to take control of the EU's finance policy for the next six months, is to throw his weight behind proposals to set a minimum corporate tax base in the EU, it has emerged.
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03.06.2004 - 22:24 CET
The European Commission today (Thursday) reacted angrily to a Russian decision to ban EU meat exports worth around 1.3 billion euro a year, and has not ruled out retaliatory action.
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03.06.2004 - 09:41 CET
A new name has joined those being considered by EU leaders as candidates to take over as President of the European Commission in autumn: Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief.
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03.06.2004 - 09:53 CET
An ice hockey star, a super model, a nobel prize winner, some top EU politicians, some astronauts, and smatterings of people running in countries could be some of the new members of the European Parliament after June.
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03.06.2004 - 09:53 CET
The Russian authorities have stopped meat imports from the EU due to a dispute over veterinary certificates.
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03.06.2004 - 10:05 CET
Less than a month before the start of the Dutch EU presidency, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot has signalled in a keynote speech that the Dutch government is less "integrationist" than some might think.
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