EU executive warns of fallout from Belarus vote
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The European Commission warned Tuesday that a vote in Belarus paving the way for autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko to retain power will damage the ex-Soviet republic&#39;s relations with the EU.
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The EU's incoming executive commissioners face confirmation hearings at the European Parliament this week -- with some of the more controversial figures braced for a hostile grilling.
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The European Commission warned Poland on Tuesday it could lose money and support if it blocks a deal to reform European Union institutions at a summit this week, but Warsaw vowed to fight on.
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The European Union has warned Ukraine that irregularities already evident in the run-up to the presidential elections on 31 October may harm ties with the bloc.
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Police clash with opposition activists, who protest against the nationwide referendum preliminary results in a square near the presidential administration, in Minsk, Belarus, Oct 18, 2004.
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Incoming European Commission President JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso faces an uproar in the European Parliament that could cost him his job before it&#39;s even slated to begin on Nov. 1. Barroso&#39;s problem starts
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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his rule, promised to serve his people better if they voted &quot;yes&quot; and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko lashed out at critics in the West yesterday after winning a referendum to allow him to seek a third term in office.
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The president of Belarus, confident of victory in a referendum Sunday to extend his mandate, promised to serve his people better if they voted "yes" and told the West to keep criticism of his rule to itself.
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Belarus awaited the outcome of a  referendum on Monday to determine whether President Alexander  Lukashenko, accused in the West of running roughshod over human  rights, can run for office for a third time.
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PARLIAMENTARY elections and a referendum authorising Belarussian president Alexander Lukashenko to run for a third term in office fell badly short of international standards, Western monitors said yesterday.
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The incoming European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, is in a race against time to revamp his team of Commissioners, amid warnings that his own job could be on the line if he fails to pull off a swift deal.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned Wednesday of "consequences" for the European Union's political and trade relations with neighboring Ukraine if the government there does not allow a full review of contested presidential election results.
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Belarus President Lukashenko's apparent victory in a poll on changing the constitution to let him to run for a third term leaves several European papers distinctly unimpressed.
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Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, warned on Wednesday that any loosening of the European Union's rules on budgetary discipline would be "dangerous".
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JosÃ© Manuel DurÃ£o Barroso, the incoming president of the European Commission, is expecting to have to make a clutch of changes to the line-up of his executive if he is to get it past a rebellious European Parliament.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (IPS) - Incoming European Commission president Jose  Manuel  DurÃ£o Barroso faced further embarrassment Wednesday after he was   forced to ask the European Parliament to delay a crucial vote  over his  new team of commissioners.