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| Compiled on February 07, 2013, 07:06 PM CET |
| DAVID MILIBAND INTERVIEW 'We Will Remain at the Center of the EU' EU leaders are in Brussels debating the bloc's budget -- and future. In an interview, British Labour Party strategist and former foreign secretary David Miliband explains why the UK belongs in the EU, why Brussels needs reform and why Britain will ultimately remain in the union. |
| AUSTERITY SUMMIT EU Budget Compromise Faces Major Hurdles EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to hammer out a budget for the next seven years. Massive differences over how much to spend on agriculture, development and administration will make a compromise extremely difficult. |
| CROSSOVER CROONER The Strange Comeback of Germany's Johnny Cash Famous German crooner Heino, 74, makes an unlikely rock star, but his new album of cover versions of hard rock, punk and hip-hop hits is breaking sales records. The comeback is a PR stunt, however, and Heino remains faithful to Schlager -- a perplexingly enduring genre of folk music in Germany. |
| BULGARIA ATTACK EU Leaders Mull Firmer Stance against Hezbollah The US is urging EU countries to follow its lead in labelling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Bulgaria's claim that the militant Lebanese group was behind a deadly attack on Israeli tourists in July already has EU leaders calling for action. |
| INTELLECTUAL EMPTINESS Paris Summit Proves Europe Needs New Thinkers It was billed as a major summit of Europe's top intellectual icons, whose brilliance would light the path toward solving the Continent's crises. But, if anything, the recent powwow in Paris on the future of Europe only proved that it badly needs new thinkers. |
| STEINBRÜCK IN ATHENS SPD Chancellor Candidate Tests Waters in Europe Peer Steinbrück ended his European tour in Athens this week with a remarkably clear statement of solidarity with Greece, seemingly undermining Chancellor Merkel, his opponent in this year's election. Despite a few hitches, the trip was mostly successful. |
| 'SEX & RELAX' Job Center Apologizes for Offer in Bordello It's happened again: A German job center has tried to line up a position for a young woman in a brothel. The job was just serving drinks, but the issue has rekindled the debate about how far the government should go to get people back in the workforce. |
| PICTURE THIS Hellenic Haze |
