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The quiet laborer
Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
Don’t expect many surprises from Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. He is soft-spoken and speaks in a monotone voice, revealing a dry but solid political character - the pedigree of a desk-wielding technocrat.
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 


Labor pains

Hungarian obstetrics under the microscope
The death of a mother in labor at a leading Budapest hospital. Doctors suspected of inducing births to fit their own timetables - at increased risk to the health of mothers and babies.

 
 
 
   
Going nuclear
Czech Republic plans to expand nuclear energy production causes stir
When the Czech Republic proposed an expansion of its nuclear reactor and the addition of nuclear waste storage facilities, the immediate result was domestic turmoil, and a diplomatic tirade from neighboring Austria.
 
 
 
   



Keeping the Brits interested
Cultural lures, financial incentives and EU accession predicted to spur British investment
Great Britain is one of the world’s key economic powers, accounting for 6 percent of the world’s goods and services.

A bridge between continents
UK sees itself as a link between US and Europe
The United Kingdom is walking a tightrope, balancing its strategic relationship with the United States and traditional ties with Europe – a kind of political bridge between the two continents.
 
 


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