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Romanian president arrives, greeted by Serbian president; joint presser
1. Wide of Romanian President, Traian Basescu, arriving and greeted by Serbian President, Boris Tadic
2. Mid of Romanian President Traian Basescu and Serbian President Boris Tadic on roped platform
3. Mid of military orchestra
4. Wide...
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Greek PM Papademos and Eurogroup president meet, sots
1. Wide shot Luxembourg Prime Minister's office
2. Close-up Greek, EU and Luxembourg flags
3. Wide shot Luxembourg Prime Minister and Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker waiting
4. Wide shot Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos...
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Troika in Portugal to assess progress in implementing bailout agreement
1. Troika delegation led by Abebe Selassie walking into room to meet with Assuncao Esteves, President of Portuguese Parliament
2. Wide of Esteves, talking to Selassie, from International Monetary Fund (IMF), chief of mission and European...
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JAPAN: TOKYO: EU ACCUSE JAPAN OF UNFAIR TAXES ON WESTERN SPIRITS
Jap/Eng/Nat
The European Union - or E-U - has accused Japan of protectionism in its liquor industry and has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation.
The E-U alleges Japan has an unfair policy of levying high taxes on...
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Demo supporting Turkish admission, comment from report author
1. Exterior of the European Commission building
2. European Union flags outside building
3. Demonstration outside building organised by Turkish nationals who want Turkey to join the EU
4. Protesters holding banner reading: "We say...
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EU executive and ECB say Slovakia can join the euro next year
1. Various wide of landmarks in Bratislava
2. SOUNDBITE: (Slovak) Slavo Kalina, local resident:
"All trades will be carried out in one currency which is very flexible and works almost all across Europe. Moreover, Euro is the strongest...
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Putin meets EU President Barosso
1. Wide shot Kremlin
2. Wide shot Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission President Jose Manuel
Barroso handshake
3. Cutaway press
4. Wide shot Vladimir Putin and Jose Manuel Barroso sit down at table
5. SOUNDBITE...
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Belgium - Chinese dissident addresses presser
European Commission Vice President Sir Leon Brittan met Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng on Monday to explain the EU's decision not to back a UN resolution condemning China's human rights record this year.
00.00 Pan presser;
00.05 CU Wei...
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USA: WASHINGTON: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH EU LEADERS
English/Nat
In her first official meeting, U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met , Tuesday, with European Union leaders.
Representing the European Union were Dutch Foreign Minister Hans van Mierlo and European Commission Vice...
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Arrivals of Eurogroup Finance minister
1. Exterior of venue for Eurogroup Ministers meeting, Palais d'Egmont
2. Mid of European Union and Belgian flags
3. Various of Olli Rehn, European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner, arriving, walking over to reporters
4. SOUNDBITE...
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BELGIUM: BAN ON BRITISH BEEF HITS CONSUMER
Eng/Flemish/Nat
The ban on British beef, - now affecting thirteen of the 15 EU countries,- is hitting consumers in Belgium particularly hard. They had turned away from their OWN beef stocks because of fears about the wide spread use of...
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UK PM Cameron comments on dispute with Spain over Gibraltar
British Prime Minister David Cameron put a more positive spin on a European Commission report on Gibraltar which found that checks at the border by Spanish authorities did not break EU law.
Speaking at the Commonwealth heads of...
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Representatives of Russia and the European Union arrive for gas talks
Russia and Ukraine are holding talks to solve their long-running gas dispute as pressure mounts for a solution to head off a winter supply crisis in Ukraine and beyond.
Friday's meeting in Berlin between the Russian and Ukrainian energy...
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CHINA: EC PRESIDENT SANTER MEETS JIANG ZEMIN
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A European Union delegation said on Friday that after 12 years of negotiations, Beijing was still not willing to make the market-opening concessions that would enable it to join the World Trade Organisation,
European...
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Greek PM Tsipras meets Hollande
Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday, as EU leaders cautioned that talks with Greece over its demands to ease its bailout loans will be tough.
Tsipras is on a whirlwind European...
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YUGOSLAVIA: ROMANO PRODI VISITS SERBIA
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The president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi along with Serbia's pro-democracy deputy prime minister Nebojsa Covic, visited a coal mine and power plant near Belgrade.
Prodi is on a two-day visit to Serbia.
He...
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Pakistani leader Asif Ali Zardari arrives at NATO headquarters
1. Exterior of NATO Headquarters, motorcade carrying Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arriving
2. NATO Flag
3. NATO sculpture with flags flying
4. Close up of NATO official's security badge
5. Zardari entering building with NATO...
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Bush meets Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of Croatia
1. U.S President George W. Bush and Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader shake hands
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush:
"I also believe it's in the world's interest that Croatia join NATO as well as the European Union. To that end...
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UKRAINE: PRODI PROMISES AID TO SHUT CHERNOBYL
English/Nat
European Commission President Romano Prodi, on an official trip to Ukraine on Thursday, has promised financial support to help close down the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
The nuclear power plant is set to be closed on...
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EU and Chinese officials attend 10th Sino-EU leaders meeting
1. President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso walking in to room and shaking hands with Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member, Li Keqiang
2. Close of handshake, zoom out
3. Wide of European Union delegation, pan to...
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EU Comm President Barroso meets Bulgarian PM
1. Wide exterior of Government building in Sofia, Bulgaria
2. Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, and Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, shaking hands for photo op, and entering news conference
3. Cutaway of crest...
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Security at EU headquarters amid Bush visit, break-in demo at Lockheed Martin
1. Exterior of European Council building
2. US and EU flags in front of building
3. Sign outside building reading "Consilium"
4. Wide of European Council building and security forces
5. Security man closing police car''s door
6....
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Conservative heads of state meet prior to EU meeting
1. Tilt down of exterior of the Kamp Hotel in Helsinki, venue for the European People's Parties (EPP) summit
2. Close of EPP sign
3. JosÄÅ¼Ë Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, arriving
4. Cutaway of cameraman
5. Jan...
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EU Commissioner Patten on rebuilding mission
1. Wide Kabul airport
2. EU External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten's plane taxiing on runway
3. Patten disembarking
4. Various of EU External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten being met by Afghan officials at airport
5. Wide of...