The Mediterranean Blog

... pregnant women are locked up for months. EU officials have been discussing measures to safeguard ... according to the Statistical Office of the European Union. Only Britain, Germany, Spain and Sweden ... has long relied on guest workers from Mediterranean countries to sweep their streets and perform ...

... proposal, unveiled on May 26 at an EU foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels, suggests the ... that is not the case for the Mediterranean Arab states." Obvious it may be, but ... partnership." This would evoke uneasy echoes of Turkey's travails, which is being offered just such ...

Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 31, 2008; Page A10 Previewing the world for the next U.S. president, a top U.S. intelligence official this week predicted that the Bush administration would make ...

... Latin rivalry as liberal Spain clashes with Berlusconi Since Italian prime minister ... re-election as Spanish premier, rivalry between the Mediterranean neighbours has been growing. After decades of ... a sin. At the end of a European Union summit in 2005, Berlusconi quipped to reporters: ...

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Lobbying is quite a useful tool, if performed effectively of course. Those who want to influence international political or economic decision making, especially when certain new policy is still at its ...

President Demetris Christofias has called on all parties to contribute towards strengthening the island's tourist industry, noting that the government's contribution went as far as increased promotion and ...

My first encounter with the self-service rental bikes in Paris was like my first day in college French class: I was in over my head.