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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8949
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) council of europe

Portugal takes reins for six months - Russia proposes another European Summit

Brussels, 18/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, after the 3rd Summit of the Council of Europe, Poland passed the baton over to Portugal, that is to hold the six-monthly rotating presidency of the organisation until November. Romania will then take over for six months, before the Federation of Russia has its turn to hold the reins from May to November 2006.

On Tuesday, in Warsaw, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested another European summit should be convened to resolve...

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