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'Iron Lady of the North' in late bid for EU's top job
Former Latvian leader enters the fray to change 'undemocratic' gender gap
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Gaddafi's night in with '500 attractive girls' - and the Koran
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Mini-skirts and plunging necklines forbidden as Libyan leader tries to convert Roman 'hostesses' to Islam
Czechoslovakia: the unfinished revolution
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
1989 Europe's Revolution: As Czechs prepare to celebrate 20 years of freedom, they are also reflecting on what has been achieved since the fall of Communism. John Lichfield reports from Prague
Vanessa Mock: Shadowy race, but with the right result
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
It is nothing new for the EU to be blasted for being an opaque and shadowy bureaucratic behemoth, but the search for an EU President has triggered some of the most strident criticism yet of the way Brussels operates.
Czechs mark 20th anniversary of Velvet Revolution
Monday, 16 November 2009
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
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
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
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
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