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Timeline of events leading to communism's collapse

AP News 12 days ago

A chronology of the events in the collapse of communism in Europe Key dates in the collapse of communism across Eastern Europe in 1989: _ June 4: Poland holds first partially free elections in four decades; Solidarity-led opposition wins all but one ...

Nord Stream pipeline gets nod from Sweden, Finland

Reuters Environmental Online Report 14 days ago

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A plan by Russian-German consortium Nord Stream to build a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea cleared two major hurdles on Thursday as Sweden and Finland signed off on construction in their waters. Nord Stream has raised fears both ...

Russia criticizes Poland's call for US troops

AP News 15 days ago

Reports: Russian FM `astonished' by Poland's call to have more US troops on Polish soil Russia's foreign minister said Thursday he was surprised by Poland's call for more U.S. troops on Polish soil in response to Moscow's assertiveness, a news agency reported. ...

Poll: generation gap in Eastern Europe on politics

AP News 18 days ago

Poll reveals generation gap on democracy, capitalism in ex-communist European countries Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a sharp generational schism has formed in how people in Europe's former communist countries view the shift to democracy and capitalism, a ...

Sony Ericsson Championships - Doha 2009 - Day Five

Getty Images 19 days ago

DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 31: L-R Rennae Stubbs and Samantha Stosur of Australia,Urszula Radwanska of Poland,Vera Zvonareva of Russia,V of Belarus,Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland,Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia pose for a photo at the players party at the Ritz Carlton ...

EU agrees final stance for Copenhagen climate talks

Reuters Environmental Online Report 21 days ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed an offer Friday to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after healing a rift over how to split the bill. Developing countries will need 100 billion euros ($148 billion) ...

Looking into loos ahead of Euro 2012 soccer

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough 22 days ago

WARSAW (Reuters) - Patrols of two, wearing white overalls, are boldly entering toilets across Poland to check whether the country is loo-ready for the 2012 EURO soccer championships. Lots of loos pass the test, they say, but others -- particularly those that ...

Scary public loos in Poland need make-over for Euro 2012: survey

AFP Global Edition 24 days ago

Public toilets in Polish railway and bus stations, on trains and in camp grounds need a major make-over for the UEFA Euro 2012 championships Poland will co-host with Ukraine, experts said Tuesday. "Not every football fan or tourist will get to the ...

EU looks to divert budget spending towards climate

Reuters Environmental Online Report 25 days ago

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union should shift more of its spending to climate and energy security as part of a radical overhaul of the bloc's budget, according to a draft paper by the EU's executive arm The proposal, which the European ...

Biden reassures Central European fears with trip

AP News 28 days ago

Biden goes far in calming nerves in Central Europe with short visit to the region Vice President Joe Biden made significant strides during a trip to Central Europe this week in relieving anxieties the Obama administration stirred up last month when it ...

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