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Britain's hostility could 'break up the EU' - says EP president
The United Kingdom's hostile approach to the European Union – including plans for a referendum on membership in 2017 - could eventually break up the EU, warns the European Parliament President Martin Schulz

What Cyprus can expect from life under 'capital controls'
The European Union is about to spawn a new breed of financial fixer in Cyprus, writes Justin Stares as he looks back at life under capital controls in Argentina

Europe moving backwards on defence cooperation
European defence cooperation has stalled and might have gone into reverse gear, reports Justin Stares from the European Defence Agency annual conference in Brussels

Cyprus clinches new EU bail-out deal
Cyprus, the EU and the IMF scraped together a deal overnight on a €10bn bail-out designed to save the crisis-hit country from bankruptcy and restructure its stricken banking system

Cyprus is 'a failure' of the European project - Hannes Swoboda
In his most in-depth interview ever, the president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats talks exclusively to PublicServiceEurope.com about the problems in Cyprus and Italy – and the health of the European project

The truth behind Tony Blair's decision to go to war with Iraq
Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones recounts how former British Prime Minister Tony Blair allegedly ignored the advice of his own intelligence experts when going to war with Iraq

America and Britain have left a 'legacy of abuse' in Iraq
Everywhere in Iraq today one sees the legacy of abuses caused or tolerated by the US and the UK, claims Erin Evers

The EU Twitterati: behind the curtain of the Brussels press room
Twitter is disrupting the European Commission's attempt to manage news in Brussels as the unfolding events in Cyprus this week proved, writes Justin Stares

Cyprus seeks fresh solution after deposit tax rejected
Cypriot politicians are working on new plans to raise enough money to keep the country afloat after members of parliament threw out a rescue package that included a levy on bank accounts

European public 'totally ignorant' of cyber threat
The new world of hyperconnectivity achieved through superfast internet and cloud computing is a "fantastic development" – but people are still "ignorant" of the risks associated with modern technologies, Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt says

We are witnessing the globalisation of organised crime
Europe plays host to some 3,600 criminal gangs with drug trafficking and offences linked to the internet being the most common crimes committed, according to Europol

'Extraordinary effort' needed to meet EU recycling target
A majority of European countries will have to make an 'extraordinary effort' to meet the target of recycling half of municipal waste by the end of this decade, a report says

Europe's defence complacency a 'grave mistake'
Europe is making a 'grave mistake' in thinking that war on the continent is no longer possible – and the EU should commit to closer cooperation on security issues, Latvia's defence minister says

Cyprus seeks to revise terms of savings tax
The levy imposed on savers in Cyprus as part of its bail-out could be modified, it has been reported. A debate and vote in the Cypriot parliament has been delayed until Tuesday and a bank holiday extended until Thursday

Western Balkans 'too long on the margins' of Europe
The EU can only overcome its difficulties if it is united – and that includes extending its borders to encompass the western Balkans, the prime minister of Montenegro says