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The new EU President, Herman van Rompuy, smiles as he leaves his office after a meeting in Brussels yesterday

The world greets new EU President

John Lichfield: Waves of polite puzzlement circled the globe yesterday as leaders adjusted to the news that the EU President would be a mild-mannered, competent manager rather than a charismatic new "face" for Europe.

Inside Europe

Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will come face to face today

A warm welcome from the Pope sows Anglican unease

Saturday, 21 November 2009

When Benedict XVI greets the Archbishop of Canterbury today new rules on converts could strain talks.

Blair 'happy to be out of race for Europe job'

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Tony Blair will not seek another big international job after being rejected for the new post of "President of Europe", his allies said yesterday.

The guru with a gift for brainwashing

Saturday, 21 November 2009

How did a self-styled master-spy persuade a French aristocrat family to give up their freedom and fortune and join his 'crusade against evil'?

Man who escaped in parcel is caught

Saturday, 21 November 2009

A French murder suspect who caused a media sensation after escaping from prison in a cardboard box and evading a huge manhunt during weeks on the run, has been recaptured, the interior ministry said on yesterday.

Prostitute in Rome scandal dies

Saturday, 21 November 2009

A body believed to be that of a Brazilian prostitute involved in a scandal that brought down the governor of the Rome area was found in an apartment fire yesterday.

Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy and EU Commissioner for trade Catherine Ashton

European leaders choose the path of least resistance

Friday, 20 November 2009

Brown sacrifices support for Blair to win foreign minister role for UK

Maite Roel, the youngest victim of the First World War, has no interest in the conflict that left her in hospital for two years - 74 years after the conflict ended

WW1's 26-year-old victim

Friday, 20 November 2009

Robert Fisk : An encounter with an unexploded RAF bomb changed Maité Roël's life for ever.

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The Etruscan Roots of The Twilight Saga

Friday, 20 November 2009

Were there vampires in Volterra? Probably not, but the Etruscans had their own brigade of gods and demons representing night, death and resurrection.

<b>Candidate for foreign ministry: Catherine Ashton<br>  <p>Odds: 6/1</p>  <p>Selling point: As a woman, she would go some way to reassure those who fear the Brussels hierarchy will not be representative of the continent.</p>  <p>Handicap: Despite her current position as EU Trade Commissioner, she has a relatively low profile.</p>

Baroness Ashton's EU role 'gives Britain a powerful voice'

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Gordon Brown insisted tonight that Britain would remain a powerful voice in Brussels after Labour peer Baroness Ashton was appointed as the European Union's first foreign minister.

<b>Candidate for the presidency: Herman van Rompuy<br>  <p>Odds: 4/7</p>  <p>Selling point: Belgian PM has held fractious country together – good preparation for acting as glue for the 27 disparate EU states. Comes from a core, founding member and "small state". The favourite.</p>  <p>Handicap: Lacks a wow factor in Washington and Beijing.</p>

The EU job contest dawns (don't wait up)

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Will the new President be a Belgian, a Latvian, or even a Brit? Only one thing is certain: it won't be a snap decision

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Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for PM nonetheless

Mr Blair would have loved to become a powerful figurehead for Europe.

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