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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9813

8 January 2009
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Events compel Czech Council Presidency to action

Events are still moving faster than the forecasts and commentaries. The six-month Czech Presidency of the Council announced few surprises and yet here it is confronting different dramatic situations from the very beginning: the conflict in the Gaza Strip and the radical reduction in Russian gas supplies through Ukraine. The Presidency began badly on the first subject with a declaration it urgently had to withdraw (see EUROPE the day before yesterday), even if the foreign affairs minister...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS