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Eurozone PMI growth at two-year high

Purchasing managers’ indices for the 16-country region show private sector activity expanding this month at the fastest pace in two years, led by France and Germany

Van Rompuy leaves hole in Belgian politics

Belgians’ delight at seeing their prime minister elevated to the presidency of the EU is laced with concerns over what his departure from might mean for their own union

Judge sets precedent in tackling corruption

Enrico Monfrini, a Geneva lawyer who acts for Abuja, said the demand for seizure of funds outside Switzerland was a legal first for the country, and marks a further step in efforts to tackle theft by corrupt rulers by going after intermediaries as well as principals

Albanian opposition to boycott Parliament

Socialist deputies will not return until government agrees to partial recount of votes cast in June election

Run-off in Romanian presidential contest

The outcome of the first round of elections means Traian Basescu, the incumbent, and Mircea Geoana, his Social Democrat challenger, will face off in a second round in two weeks

Medvedev ire puts party consensus in focus

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev harshly criticised Russia’s hegemonic United Russia political party for allowing dirty election practices at the party’s annual congress in St Petersburg, saying it must ‘get rid of bad political habits’

Ashton plunges into daunting agenda

The European Union’s new foreign affairs supremo has barely one week to prepare for her new job before she takes over from Javier Solana, the incumbent, on December 1

Mandelson clears tensions on Brussels jobs

Lord Mandelson was said to be furious at the choice, believing Lady Ashton had neither the experience nor the clout to project Europe’s voice on the world stage, and offered himself at the last minute as an alternative candidate.

Insight: US underwhelmed by top EU appointments

At the heart of the Obama administration there was more than passing interest to hear who would get the big new jobs in the European Union, writes Quentin Peel

Business coalition calls for firm CO2 treaty

The private sector investment needed to tackle climate change will not be made without a binding international deal on carbon emissions, according to the head of a big business coalition

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