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Behind closed doors, over diplomatic dinners, in the corridors of departments, embassies, ministries and chanceries, Europe’s rulers are playing a “once in a lifetime” game for the future of the European Union. As I have already noted, here and here, this is a power play to which the public is...
AN Iraqi refugee ordered by Denmark to divorce one of his two wives if he wants to stay in the Scandinavian country is willing to move to Britain or even back to Iraq to avoid splitting his family, according to media reports. ... The man, who with his two wives and three...
Source: Reuters By Erik Matzen COPENHAGEN, May 9 (Reuters) - Denmark will hold a referendum on two of its opt-outs from European Union cooperation in September, but will not vote on joining the euro common currency ... ... By Erik Matzen COPENHAGEN, May 9 (Reuters) -...
Copenhagen - Two dozen leading Danish personalities including a former prime minister, former foreign minister and former central bank governor Thursday signed a protest against a recent ad campaign sponsored by the populist Danish People's Party. Th...
Copenhagen - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Wednesday repeated remarks that he was not seeking an international post including that as future full-time president of the European Council. Rasmussen told reporters that while it would be...
A quote from the BBC, 6 May 2008 Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first president of the European Union, senior sources have told the BBC. The French president is understood to have changed his mind after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It is thought...
British newspaper The Times has added fuel to the fire over the issue of whether Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a candidate for a top European post, reporting that the prime minister is the leading candidate to become the European Union's first president.T
Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland - Greenland was slated to get more autonomy within Denmark under a plan presented Tuesday by a commission set up by the parliaments of Denmark and Greenland. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Greenland Prime M...
BRUSSELS, May 6 (UPI) -- Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has emerged as the consensus candidate to sit as the new president of the European Council, officials say. ... Rasmussen is getting support as a compromise between former British Prime Minister Tony...
By MARC S. ELLENBOGENUPI International ColumnistCOPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 5 (UPI) -- Danes are the ultimate pragmatists. But behind their manner is a Nordic people as proud and passionate as their history is long. ... By MARC S. ELLENBOGEN UPI International Columnist...
