Cuba opens door anew to some European nations
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Chicago Tribune - The Cuban government announced Monday that it is restoring diplomatic contacts with eight European countries almost two years after European nations scaled back their ties following the communist government's crackdown on dissent.
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Havana ends its "cocktail wars" with Brussels, resuming ties with the EU and four of its member states.
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Cubans opened an election cycle Sunday that will lead to a decision next year on whether ailing leader Fidel Castro will remain atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body
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In a bid to thaw icy relations with Europe after last year's crackdown on dissent, Cuban authorities released well-known writer Raul Rivero and four other dissidents as the EU reviews diplomatic sanctions against the island nation.
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MADRID, Feb 7 (IPS) - The process of legalising the status of  undocumented  immigrants, which began Monday in Spain, will open  doors to foreign workers  who are already living in the country  in order to close them more tightly  against those who try to  enter in the future.
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FRANCE, Germany and Spain signalled a new alliance yesterday to strengthen the European Unionâs political project as a counterbalance to the United States after the re-election of President Bush.
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MADRID, Oct 24  (IPS) - The European Union is set to open its doors wide to  qualified immigrants with its blue card system, and at the same  time slam them even more tightly shut to undocumented workers, of  whom there are 10 million in the bloc, including 700,000 in Spain.
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Cuba said on Saturday it barred entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support dissidents, setting back Spain&#39;s campaign to mend frosty
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Two years ago in December, fewer than 30 U.S. business representatives came to Havana to sign agreements with Cuban officials to export food to the Caribbean island. This week, Cuba expects more than 340 people &#151; primarily producers of American farm goods &#151; to attend the latest round of talks, in which communist officials hope to sign deals worth about &#36;100 million.
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Spain, the main gateway for illegal immigrants into the European Union, is proposing an amnesty for illicit workers at a time when other European capitals are calling for a crackdown to stem the flood.
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Ushering in a new era of economic muscle and political opening.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Monday to invite a Cuban delegation to Brussels to  explore the scope for a gradual thaw in ties but chose not to  end a four-year-old freeze in contacts.
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Now that Fidel Castro has retired, many Cubans are looking to his brother to let more people open businesses, own homes and even travel abroad. But it will probably fall to a new generation of leaders to ultimately fulfill or frustrate their dreams of prosperity.
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Pope John Paul II on Saturday reiterated concern about the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, while encouraging openness on the communist-run island.
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The Cuban government announced it was renewing diplomatic contacts with eight European Union countries that have stopped inviting dissidents to official embassy functions.
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The European Union is considering a  shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking  terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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At midnight Thursday, most of the European Union's former communist new members joined the bloc's passport-free travel zone