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September 2008 (2nd Sitting)
“Strasbourg….” in Brussels - again!   The second of the week-long plenary sessions scheduled for September once again took place in Brussels as repair work to the debating chamber roof in ...

September 2008
“Strasbourg….” in Brussels!   After the summer recess, MEPs were raring to go this month, not least because, for many of them, it was as if Christmas had come early this year.  Part...
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Local Euro MP Says Mobile Rip-Off Companies Will Face Law
29th September 2008 Companies ripping off customers who text from their mobile when they are abroad will face the law, under new plans backed by a local Euro MP.   “People are being charged up...

Local Euro MP Backs Major Campaign to Support Vulnerable Childrenfor 'As Long as it Takes'
24th September 2008   A local Euro MP has this week pledged his backing for a major new campaign to help vulnerable children and young people.   Gary Titley signed his name in support of the...
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The BNP Threat- from Tribune Magazine
European Parliament plenary sessions were once very sedate.  Dominated by a desire for consensus and restricted by the need for simultaneous interpretation, debates rarely reached the raucou...
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Nanotechnology
  INTRODUCTION   Less than a decade from now, 15% of all products will contain something called nanotechnology, say researchers.  But what exactly is it and how do we deal with the ...

Russia
INTRODUCTION   On May 7, Dmitri Medvedev will take over from Vladimir Putin as President of Russia. In this issue of Brussels Briefing we take a closer look at the new President and examine the...
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