British 'stag' parties flood eastern European capitals
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Britons nervously waiting to tie the knot are increasingly heading to the capitals of eastern Europe for alcohol-fuelled final flings with their best friends, otherwise known as stag or hen weekends.
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Thousands of activists from across Europe are arriving in London for a weekend of anti-globalisation events and protests.
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Orange scarves, suspenders, turtlenecks, sunglasses, even diapers. Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s supporters have flooded the streets of the Ukrainian capital sporting the opposition candidate&#39;s color.
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BUCHAREST, Aug 30 (IPS) - Recent violent episodes involving Roma in Bulgaria  emphasise the deep prejudice against this ethnic group, as well  as politicians' intention to turn anti-Roma feelings into  electoral gains.
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Bulgarians voted Sunday in municipal elections that attracted a record number of candidates given the scheduled influx of millions of euros in EU funding over the next few years.
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MOSCOW -- Police detained gay rights activists, among them European lawmakers, as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor yesterday in a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.
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Fireworks, cheers  and music greeted the expansion of the EU's border-free zone to  nine mostly Eastern European states on Friday, though some  worry about a rise in crime or illegal immigration.
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The BBC's Jan Repa examines how Eastern Europe is dealing with communist-era police informers.
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A British local authority has erected road signs in Polish to cater for growing numbers of drivers from the eastern European country.
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A London bar is launching a series of index-linked vodka cocktails in a bid to promote Russian business in Britain.
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Britons and other expats in Spain win council seats in local elections, putting new parties on the political map.
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Once the scene of the Solidarity strikes which broke the back of communism, a new investment seeks to turn Poland's Gdansk shipyards into Eastern Europe's answer to the London docklands.
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Eastern Europeans who have no plans to settle in UK often change their minds within months of coming here, according to new research.
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Comment is free: Tristram Hunt: The absurd plan for a Soviet-style celebration of Britain's historic glories and empire is no way to forge a sense of heritage
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The total number of eastern Europeans emigrating to Britain since 2004 has exceeded half a million, government figures have shown.
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British rock arrived in the Soviet Union via the airwaves, or it was at least available on foreign records and tapes, but in terms of live music, there was a dearth of performances by UK bands.
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Europe is home to an estimated 7 million to 9 million Gypsies, also known as Roma. In a major effort to help one of Europe's largest, poorest and fastest-growing ethnic minorities, leaders of many Central and Eastern European countries are vowing to address their problems.