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25 Years After End of the USSR, Europe Sees Opportunities Missed LONDON Twenty-five years ago, the Soviet Union's formal dissolution marked communism's collapse in Europe and a new era of democracy, Western-style liberalism and economic growth across
Pre-Listening Vocabulary territory: the area owned by a certain nation European Union: an association of 28 nations in Europe that makes social and economic decisions together shoreline: the place where water meets land bordered by: to have something
Observers are saying Emmanuel Macrons election as president of France is a victory for Europe. The election was not close. Macron received 66 percent of the vote compared to Marine Le Pens 34 percent. The president of the European Commission congratu
By Jela De Franceschi Many Europeans see President Bush's re-election not only as validation of a unilateralist national security strategy by fellow Americans, but also as repudiation of certain ideal
NATO 北约 NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 北约的全称是北大西洋公约组织。 It is a kind of contract among Western European countries and North American countries. 它是西欧国家与北美国家之间的一种协议。
IN THE NEWS - European Union Welcomes Ten New Members By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Saturday, May 01, 2004 This is John Dryden with In the News, in VOA Special English. The European Union now has twenty-
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 September 2006 A man reads a newspaper behind a bus window painted with the EU sign and a map of Bulgaria, in Sofia, September 25, 2006 The European Union gives the green light today for Romania and Bulgaria to join the 25-me
By David Gollust State Department 03 March 2008 The United States and European Union have dispatched envoys to Armenia to try to help defuse the political crisis underway since disputed elections February 19. The Bush administration says both sides i
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 24 August 2007 The Sudanese government has expelled the top Canadian and European envoys on allegations that they were interfering in the country's affairs. As Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, the expulsions raise new fears
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says the European Union is considering sanctions against Russia following its recognition of independence for the Georgian territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. France has called an EU meeting Monday in
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 May 2008 The French government has called for the European Union to suspend certain gas taxes and for OPEC to increase production as part of a series of measures to ease the high cost of oil - which has topped $130 a barrel. L
The European Union begins 2010 profoundly transformed. A landmark agreement called the Lisbon Treaty is in force, aimed to increase EU clout on the world stage and streamline its decision-making. The first EU permanent president starts work in Januar
South Korea and the European Union have agreed to what they call a provisional agreement to open each others' markets up to freer trade. However, some sticking points remain to be finalized on the sidelines of a global summit next month. S. Korea's
Belarus's presidential candidate Grigory Kostusyev says he was held by secret police and pressured to renounce his colleagues before being released. He said candidate Dmitry Uss also had been released, after being among seven opposition candidates ja
A bus carrying 13 international military observersand Ukrainian officials has been seized in the easternUkrainian city of Sloviansk. Officials in Kiev said theobservers who are part of a German-led missionlinked to the organization for Security and C
By Gary Thomas Washington 20 September 2007 The French foreign minister sparked an uproar recently when he said the world should brace for a possible war with Iran. The statement about a possible military confrontation with Iran fueled expressions of
Sweden took over the rotating European Union presidency, Wednesday, following a troubled six-month tenure under the Czech Republic that saw Prague's government collapse. Stockholm faces big challenges ahead - from tackling the economy to climate cha
A few years ago, there was an advertisement on a billboard close to where I live. It advertised a company called Western Union. You probably know about Western Union. Western Union sends money from one country to another. If you want to send money to
When you look at the map you will see how by this time civilisation has described a semi-circle. It begins in Egypt, and by way of Mesopotamia and the Aegean Islands it moves westward until it reaches the European continent. The first four thousand y
Subject:Round everybody up. 迷你对话 A: Round everybody up. It is time for our business meeting. 大家集合,开会的时间到了。 B: OK. We will be ready. 好的,马上就好。 地道表达 round up 1. 解词释义 Round up是个固定短