Brussels-bound Mandelson taking French lessons
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Britain's soon-to-be EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said he has already started taking French lessons to prepare for his new Brussels job.
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Q. Our son, who is a good skier and will be 18 in November, wants to do an intensive residential ski-instructor course either in Europe, Canada or the US this winter during his gap year.
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The City of Helsinki has trained large numbers of immigrants for its municipal bus service.
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Incoming European Union trade chief  Peter Mandelson said on Monday he was confident the EU would  have a strong counter-case if the United States brought a claim  to the World Trade Organization over aircraft subsidies.
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Peter Mandelson faces a three-hour grilling from MEPs before he is able to take up the job as Europe's trade commissioner.
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It's not easy to learn a foreign language at 41, but the prospect of a better life can produce miracles, he says.
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Incoming European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson said on Monday he was confident the EU would have a strong counter-case if the United States brought a claim to the World Trade Organization over aircraft subsidies.
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European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will press US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to explain whether the United States still intends to pursue a trade case
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Business: 28 October 2004, Thursday. The first of a series of seminars, designed to bring Bulgarian entrepreneurs closer to European standards, took place in Sofia on Thursday.
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The mayor of a Flemish town in Belgium defends a ban on speaking French in schools.
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Peter Mandelson, the incoming EU trade commissioner, yesterday found himself at the centre of a transatlantic trade war over multi-billion dollar subsidies to Airbus and Boeing, the civil aircraft manufacturers.
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The company is opening a technology center in France to showcase how mainframes can be used for back-office tasks such as account reconciliation and funds tracking.
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Julia Mancuso has had textbook technique since her World Cup debut at age 15, and she has also concentrated on raising her skills in each discipline.
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France is preparing to expand its training efforts with the Afghan army, planning to deploy an additional 150 instructors to the country, the defence ministry said.
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President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Jean Lemierre is to meet top Finnish government representatives and business chiefs during his two-day Finland visit, which began on Monday.
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By Encarnacion Pyle, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 11--Anthony Basil always appreciated his wife's love of languages, but it wasn't until they planned a trip to Tuscany for their 40 th anniversary that he wanted to brush up on his Italian.
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Brussles - EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.