Slovenia taking over EU helm
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Tiny Slovenia becomes the first of 12 newcomers to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union Tuesday, a big psychological boost to a nation that gained independence from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia 16 years ago.
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IN LATVIA NATO today begins one of the most important summits in its 57-year history as the alliance attempts to adjust to a new role, with one country, Afghanistan, dominating the agenda.Comment
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SLOVENIA'S parliament elected centrist leader Janez Jansa as new prime minister today, giving him a clear mandate to form a ruling coalition after elections last month.
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President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Prime Minister Indulis Emsis (Union of Greens and Farmers, ZZS) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Artis Pabriks (People's Party, TP) will join the leaders of other European Union ...
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The European Parliament has approved the new European Commission, the European Union&#39;s executive body, after an unprecedented dispute during which the assembly managed to increase its institutional clout.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (05/11/04) - The EU heads of state agreed on Thursday night to a new line-up of commissioners in a attempt to bring the EU out of its institutional crisis that set in after incoming Commission President, former Portuguese prime minister
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Slovenia's centre-right opposition wins a surprise victory in the first national poll since EU membership.
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Investor's Business Daily - Austria's chancellor and Slovakia's prime minister sawed through a red and white border barrier in a symbolic extension of the EU's passport-free zone to former Eastern Bloc nations: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Support for the move is mixed, with the head of the EU's border watchdog agency warning that it will fuel illegal immigration.
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THE European Union&#39;s heads of government last night signed Europe&#39;s first constitution, marking the start of a continent-wide, uphill battle to secure it popular acceptance among the 25 member states.
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Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop told Reuters in Ljubljana on 23 September that his country might "not allow any further procedures regarding Croatia's accession to the EU." He added that Croatia must "accept ...
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New European Union president Slovenia said on Tuesday it wanted Serbia to take a key step towards future membership this month, but acknowledged some EU states needed to be convinced.
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With ten new members added into the fold and a new draft constitution working its way through capitals for ratification, the European Union (EU) is in the midst of unprecedented political and geographic ...
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The EU is due to begin is largest peacekeeping operation, taking over from the Nato mission in Bosnia.
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The European Commission president unveils his new team after being forced to withdrawal his original line-up.
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Luxembourg took over the presidency of the European Union on Saturday, giving one of the bloc's smallest nations the mammoth task of coordinating EU aid efforts for victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is to present to the European Parliament his new team of commissioners on Thursday.
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Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel said Friday he will hold talks next week on behalf of the EU with the new UN war crimes prosecutor to see how well Serbia is cooperating with the court.