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Self-made Guerrillera Tanja Nijmeijer; the face of FARC?

Name: Tanja Nijmeijer Pseudonym: Eillen Nickname: Alexandra Date of Birth: 3 February 1978 Place of Birth: Denekamp, The Netherlands Nationality: Dutch Occupation: Guerillera     Tanja Nijmeijer joins the peace talks ...
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Undercover Eurocrat: Olive None of That!

This olive oil furore feeds old eurosceptic fires of mistrust in Britain, and does Brussels no favours in presenting its case for the necessity of the EU. Pitchforks down everyone. Last month, thankfully, the Commission, after ...
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How The Dutch Are Reinventing The Poisoned Food Industry.

Although it has been a year since I moved from my hometown Amsterdam to London, I’m far from integrated in terms of the British food culture. Keeping a ‘normal’ healthy diet, I find it hard to find decent, afforda...
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End of Year Euro Round-up

Bonne fetês et bonne chance Brussels! So where do we stand at the end of the year? The Banking Union hangs in the balance. Mr. Cameron’s new and (for some) worrying alliance with Angela Merkel has meant the Commission still ...
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Nepali Women Fighting for Change

Human Rights Film Week, organized by Human Rights Film Focus Nepal (HRFFN), was held in Kathmandu and Patan from November 17-24, 2012 in order to spread awareness about human rights through films [documentaries]. The main focus...
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Does Legalising Prostitution Help Fight Human Trafficking?

Lucy is a 22-year old girl with a two-year old son. She worked as a webcam-girl in her home country Romania, despite having obtained a diploma in architecture. Two years ago she moved to The Netherlands, where she became one of...
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Undercover Eurocrat: Bash a Banker

Forgive my long absence. Welcome back to Undercover Eurocrat! This week in Strasbourg, the big story of the week was MEPs voting overwhelming to restrict the annual bonuses bankers receive to 100% of their salary, (or 200% with...
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Greece-ing the wheels

This is the week Greece finds out whether it will receive a new tranche of EU funds to help it pay its creditors. Or what that last week? Or maybe the week before. In fact, as a colleague pointed out to me earlier today; the of...
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Violence Against Women

“Written declaration on the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence   The European Parliament, – having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure, A....
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