British Press Cuttings 26

Documents from 15 December 2007 to 29 April 2008

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KS-26
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Carr, Mary

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Mostly Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, also The Week, Independent, Leicester Mercury, Financial World.
Subjects include: UK companies relocating to Ireland for tax purposes, UK budget deficit, supermarkets in France, Silvio Berlusconi and Italian elections, Josef Fritzl, closure of Berlin Tempelhof airport, Jewish communities in Poland, immigration in the UK, oil prices, 2007-2008 economic crisis, first full-time president of European Council, devolution and the West Lothian question, MEP expenses, Lisbon Treaty, Arc Manche Region, anti-French sentiment in China, UKIP, climate change, capital gains tax reforms, house prices, annual holidays in France, council tax, Fraudulent Mediums Act, Alitalia-Air France merger, ruling against the Ministry of Defence re protection for soldiers on patrol in Iraq and Afghanistan, fertility treatment safety, proposed Centrica-EDF merger, protected geographical status for Melton Mowbray pork pies, re-opening of Ledra Street crossing in Nicosia, contamination of French wines with pesticides, EU grant awarded to Channel 4 for digital switchover, new design of sterling coinage, Large Hadron Collider, geothermal drilling in Staufen im Breisgau, sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Group, UK contribution to the EU, Geert Wilders film ‘Fitna’, state visit of Nicolas Sarkozy to UK, Italian Supreme Court ruling against nepotism, right of residence for Gurkha ex-servicemen, opening of Montecristo to tourists, appointment of Yves Leterme as prime minister of Belgium, French nuclear arsenal, tax in Gibraltar, closure of ApTibet charity, Peter Madelson’s role as European Commissioner for Trade, Parmalat fraud trial, chemical pollution in the Rhône, alcohol duty, British national identity, French municipal elections, Spanish general election, public sector strikes in Germany, surge in Italian and Greek government bonds, French military aid to former African colonies, national DNA database, rising value of Euro, presidential elections in Cyprus, Kosovan declaration of independence, German use of spies to investigate tax fraud in Liechtenstein, troops in Afghanistan, nationalisation of Northern Rock, UK population, proposed fingerprints checks at borders, fuel duty, US presidential nominations, expansion of Russia’s military strength, city planning in Amsterdam, Serbian vote on alliance with Russia or EU, food labelling, pricing across the EU, opinion polls re Angela Merkel, healthcare for British expats, World Economic Forum in Davos, US-UK visa waiver programme and terrorism, competition in pharmaceutical sector, Microsoft anti-trust investigation, food from cloned animals, Naples rubbish crisis.
Also: Financial World interview with Sir David Tweedie re global accounting standards.

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