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If you’re not out celebrating, BBC News are covering the accession celebrations live. A streaming feed of their broadcast should be available from the website.
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Russel Arben Fox is already going on Summer holiday, blogwise, in order to catch up on other (more?!) important things. Looks like a good opportunity to check his archives and do some catching up ourselves…
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Chris Patten warns that a British ‘no’ vote in the referendum on the constitution could force Britain out of the EU
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Voting takes place today in the Cypriot referendums on the UN peace plan. The final polls indicated that Turkish Cypriots would vote in favour while Greek Cypriots would vote against.
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The Guardian looks behind the scenes at the work of the EU’s translators and interpreters
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More on Britain’s referendum – Anthony Wells has a series of interesting posts on the issue, while British Spin and our very own Matt T make some good points as well.
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Folowing Prime Minster Zapatero’s surprising announcement to withdraw the Spanish troops from Iraq as quickly as possible, Miguel Moratinos, the new Spanish foreign minister, now declared that the withdrawal would take place within a fortnight (Reuters). The US administration is hoping for an orderly process yet expects other coalition members will also reconsider their engagement in light of the Spanish decision and recent devolpments in Iraq. According to Reuters, Condoleeza Rice stated on ABC television’s “This Week” that “[w]e know that there are others who are going to have to assess how they see the risk. … We have 34 countries with forces on the ground. I think there are going to be some changes.” (Reuters)
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The Observer reports that SNCF may be about to make a move to take control of Eurotunnel. John B covers some of the background to Eurotunnel’s current problems at Living in Europe
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Ivan Gasparovic has defeated Vladimir Meciar to become Slovakia’s next President