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Czechs mark 20th anniversary of Velvet Revolution

At the personal invitation of Vaclav Havel, the BBC's Nick Fraser returns to Prague where he reflects on the events that led to the end of over forty years of Communism

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Britons die after chase

Monday, 16 November 2009

Three died and a fourth was fighting for his life after a high-speed crash in Holland.

Dutch first in Europe to adopt green tax for cars

Monday, 16 November 2009

The Dutch government is to become the first country in Europe to introduce a green tax to replace annual road tax on cars.

Someone wants to kill me, claims Berlusconi

Monday, 16 November 2009

Silvio Berlusconi's personal, political and legal problems are mounting, leading the Italian Prime Minister's media and political allies to speak of a plot against him and a risk of an early election.

John Lichfield: What a relief to be driving in disguise

Monday, 16 November 2009

Parisians, it seems, are choosing to identify with the département of their grand-parents; or their holiday homes

Veronica Lario knows where Berlusconi has buried the political bodies

Berlusconi's only fear... Divorce!

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Judges can't scare him, but his estranged wife certainly can. And she doesn't want money – she wants justice

Visitor numbers are soaring, despite frequent floods in the city centre

Funeral held for Venetians' 'dying city'

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Two-thirds of city's natives driven out by flood of tourists who force up prices

Herman Van Rompuy was virtually unknown outside of Belgium until a few weeks ago

Meet Haiku Herman, Will Europe make him, A very famous Belgian?

Saturday, 14 November 2009

The demise of Tony Blair's bid to become the EU's first president has opened the way for a politician with more interest in Japanese poetry than publicity

Mikhail Evseev said the Russian police force was beset by corruption

Police whistleblowers a YouTube hit

Saturday, 14 November 2009

The Russian police force is under fire after a series of online videos from current and former officers appeared, denouncing it as permeated with corruption and malpractice.

Claims that Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, runs the store with an iron fist, are made in a former executive's book

Merciless Ikea memoir flat-packs a punch

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Former executive's explosive book rips the cosy façade off the Swedish furniture giant

The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, delivers yesterday's State of the Nation speech at the Kremlin

Medvedev promises new era for Russian democracy

Friday, 13 November 2009

President uses State of the Nation address to deliver damning verdict on country and unveil blueprint for reform

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