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CEDRIC SIMON

EU unveils ‘bold’ refugee plan

EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has unveiled a plan for sharing refugees among the bloc to ease the burden on border states.

  • Cedric Simon
7 min read
BELGIUM

Microsoft appeals against record EU antitrust fine

Microsoft on Friday lodged an appeal at a European court against the record €899-million fine imposed on it by the EU Commission for defying a landmark anti-trust ruling.…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
DIDYMUS MUTASA

Zanu-PF backs Mugabe for run-off

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party on Friday decided President Robert Mugabe should contest a run-off vote against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai if neither wins a majority in…

  • Cris Chinaka
4 min read
ANGELA MERKEL

Doubts cast over Medvedev’s landslide triumph

The West cast doubt on Russia’s presidential election on Monday after Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory and vowed to follow the course set by outgoing leader Vladimir…

  • Sebastian Smith
3 min read
EU COMMISSION

Brown opts out of EU-Africa summit over Mugabe

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Tuesday that he will boycott a European Union-Africa summit to be held in Lisbon next month in protest at the participation of…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
AFRICAN UNION

SA confident about attendance at EU-AU summit

South Africa is confident that a ”critical number” of European and African leaders would be in attendance at the planned European Union (EU)-African Union (AU) summit in Portugal…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read