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8 February 2012

Presseurop (English)

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Austria
Police closer to home

“The police will have authorisation to enter private homes,” headlines Die Presse. As part of a new hard line on immigration put forward by Austria’s […]

5 April 2011

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Die Presse
Czech Republic
Police call for more moonlighting

"Police by day, mason by night": Lidové noviny sums up the appeal made on March 1 by police unions to take on second jobs. Following […]

2 March 2011

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Lidové noviny
Military
Misunderstanding over Dutch mission

“We want to fight the Taliban say Kunduz police,” reports Volkskrant. According to the Dutch daily, Afghan police are “very puzzled by the Dutch mission.” […]

15 February 2011

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De Volkskrant
Romania
"Bulldog" Blaga gets boot over police strikes

"Băsescu puts together a new government,” reports Gândul the day after the cabinet reshuffle that cost the interior minister his head. Vasile “The Bulldog” Blaga […]

28 September 2010

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Gandul
Police
EIO – anything to be alarmed about?

“Long a refusenik in the realm of European cooperation on justice and home affairs,” Britain has opted in to negociations on the European Investigation Order […]

29 July 2010

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EUobserver.com
United Kingdom
Bobbies confiscate your holiday snaps

Like the sunset at London’s St Paul’s cathedral? Whatever you do, don’t take your camera out. The Independent’s front page leads with reports that amateur […]

3 December 2009

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The Independent
EU enlargement
Auditors find "black hole" of the Balkans

Commenting on a report presented to the European Commission on 13 October, Trouw notes that the European Court of Auditors claims that a large number of cooperation […]

14 October 2009

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Trouw
Netherlands
Beach-bash bashing for Rotterdam mayor

The “first cracks” are appearing in Ahmed Aboutaleb’s Rotterdam mayoralty, read today’s headlines on De Volkskrant’s front page. Aboutaleb, who was elected mayor last October […]

4 September 2009

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De Volkskrant
United Kingdom
Big Brother isn’t really watching you

With an estimated one million close circuit cameras to follow the comings and goings of its population, ostensibly to deter and detect crime, London is […]

25 August 2009

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The Daily Telegraph
Romania
Bulgarian police 'protest trip' across Danube

According to a front-page report in România Libera, 40 Bulgarian police have arrived in Bucharest to show support for Romanian colleagues who are embroiled in a […]

20 August 2009

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România libera
Military
Poland's Dad’s army

“Fit and healthy army and police officers retire after 15 years of service. They return the very next day, but this time as civilian employees," […]

5 August 2009

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Gazeta Wyborcza
Police blunder
Libération up in arms against flash-balls

“Flash-ball: blunder weapon,” reads the Libération headline, one week after incidents in Montreuil, a Paris suburb. On 8 July filmmaker Joachim Gatti, protesting against the […]

15 July 2009

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Libération