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| EU drops plan for nuclear subsidy rules |
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| In a blow to the UK, France and countries in central and eastern Europe, the commission will carry on investigating programmes on a case-by-case basis |
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| Brussels seeks funds to boost sea patrols |
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| EU commissioner says interior ministers back her call to boost border patrol agency, following the death of 250 migrants whose boat sank off Lampedusa |
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| Ireland wins plaudits for budget plan |
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| Brussels paves the way for Dublin to ease back on its austerity measures provided that the ruling coalition meets its deficit targets |
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| Russia hits Lithuania with dairy ban |
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| Russia's announces more stringent testing of Georgian wine imports, the day after banning Lithuanian dairy products and soon after blocking Moldovan spirits |
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| Five takeaways from IMF paper |
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| It is cautionary, there are no soundbites, there is some loss of faith in emerging markets, fiscal policy is a dying issue and political risks abound |
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| Serbia proposes tough austerity measures |
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| The Balkan country says it will increase taxes on high-earning public workers, raise the retirement age for women and increase sales tax on food |
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| Lawyers warn on banking union plans |
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| Legal adviser to EU finance ministers concludes that the planned method of centralising some powers to shut banks would be a breach of EU law |
