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EuroMaidan nominated for EP’s Sakharov prize

Nominations were made on Tuesday for the European Parliament’s 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Among them is the Ukrainian EuroMaidan movement, which led to the overthrow of the regime of Viktor Yanukovych, Euractiv reports. […]

François Hollande with Angela Merkel
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France’s Hollande torn between EU commitments and voters’ demands

The French government has won a confidence vote. But as Ciara Lee reports, with the economy struggling President François Hollande may need more than that to improve a dire popularity rating. […]

Viktor Uspaskich
European Union

EP to consider lifting Lithuanian MEP’s immunity

President of the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz informed before Monday’s plenary session in Strasbourg that the EP has received a request from the Lithuanian authorities to lift the immunity of Member of the European Parliament Viktor Uspaskich, who is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. […]

Vytenis Andriukaitis
European Union

Lithuanian EC candidate: Food safety will be crucial in context of political events in Eastern Europe

Lithuania’s former health minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, who was on Wednesday officially confirmed as candidate for the health and food safety portfolio in the European Commission, says that the field is very important amid the Russian attempts to politicize food safety issues and the EU negotiations with the United States on a trade agreement. […]