Borders fall away for EU's East European members
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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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BELGRADE, Feb 10 (IPS) - The enlargement of the European Union (EU) from 15   to 25 members last May saw only the countries of the Western  Balkans left  out of the family.
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European Union countries have struck Turkey off the map of Europe as represented on new euro coins, prompting protests from some lawmakers about a bias against the potential future EU member.
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BRATISLAVA, Nov 1 (IPS) - Lack of government action has left former communist  states in Eastern Europe struggling to shake off a culture of  corruption, experts say.
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Paul Binder, TARGET International Executive Search director for central Europe (PB): Most of the fears of a mass migration from the new EU member states were not justified and I think they will not be fulfilled ...
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Want to become a European? Tough The Brussels government is working on plans for a range of aggressive new border-control measures designed to prevent mass migration into Europe - particularly from points south and east.â¦
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Belarusians' decision whether to scrap presidential term limits in a referendum this weekend could determine if this East European nation will remain an isolated Soviet-style throwback or slowly turn toward the ...
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 18 Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment
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It was all supposed to be so much simpler. After the nation entered the EU in May, Europeans hoped they would no longer face a jungle of bureaucratic obstacles to living and working in this country.
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PRAGUE, Nov 14 (IPS) - Nearly six months without a stable government could  cause a serious institutional crisis in many European countries,  but for most Czechs life goes on as usual as they turn their  backs to political squabbling.
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Friday's papers see the violent demonstrations in Hungary as a symptom of a wider disquiet spreading through the newest members of the European Union.
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FRANKFURT Lack of fiscal discipline among some of the largest countries that use the euro is weakening the political will of new European Union member countries striving to join the euro club to keep their deficits in check, the European Central Bank said
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Some EU members are hesitant to support the province's bid for independence after a UN resolution was dropped Friday. An informal group meets Wednesday.
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The expansion of the Schengen passport-free zone brings hopes and fears to a former frontier post where three EU states meet.
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PRAGUE, Jan 24 (IPS) - The enlargement of the Schengen free-travel zone  has been celebrated as an opportunity to reunite Western and  Eastern Europe, but those further east feel it was done at their  expense, and some in the West have not welcomed the change.
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BELGRADE, Dec 26 (IPS) - As the European Union (EU) drops boundaries between  its countries and its people, Serbia plans to introduce new ones  against its disputed southern province, Kosovo.