EU media walk political tightrope in Belarus
02.03.2006, 17:24
EU media should promote European integration without attacking president Lukashenko, Belarusian journalists say, after a new EU-funded station beamed information into Belarus last weekend.
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The EU-sponsored, German-led consortium on Sunday broadcast its first one hour-long radio bulletin and a TV show called "Window on Europe" into the country, containing political and quirky news items and music.
Brussels fears crisis if nations vote No
13.04.2005, 20:19
Fears are mounting in Brussels of a full-scale European Union crisis in June as officials begin discussing contingency plans in the event of a No vote on the new EU constitution in France or the Netherlands.
Jacques Chirac, French president, will on Thursday night launch his personal campaign to reverse opinion polls, which suggest his country could effectively kill the constitutional treaty in a referendum on May 29.
Even if France votes Yes, senior EU officials are increasingly worried that the Netherlands another founding member of the club could also reject the treaty in its referendum on June 1.