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The board of Germany's Bundesbank has unanimously voted to try and get one of its members, Thilo Sarrazin, dismissed by German President Christian Wulff. The move comes amid growing controversy over controversial comments Sarrazin made about Muslim immigrants and Jews.
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With a burgeoning Muslim population in Europe, individuals across the continent are becoming more accustomed to Islamic practices. For most, the holy month of Ramadan is usually associated with fasting. But for those who practice the religious festival it means much more.
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During Communism, the Romanian music scene never had a chance to flourish. During the regime very few records were permitted in the country, but with the 1989 fall of the iron curtain came a growing and innovative music culture.
Take one cat, one wheelie bin and one CCTV camera, add the power of the internet and what do you get? The amazing transformation of one ordinary middle-aged lady from Coventry into "the most hated woman in Britain" - a story that has dominated the UK media for the last week.
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British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey are renowned for their extraordinary work which is quite literally alive. Their latest pieces, on show at Slovenia's Mladi Levi festival, use grass to create photographic canvases that capture real life in shades of yellow and green.
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This week: Balancing power in Ukraine; Italy’s pseudo freedom of movement; And introducing trash art … a summer exhibition that's totally rubbish!
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Socialist members of the European Parliament today savaged France's continuing repatriation of hundreds of Roma people to Bulgaria and Romania, but despite the mounting criticism Paris today flew nearly three hundred more men, women and children back to Bucharest.
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President Victor Yanukovych yesterday called for Ukraine's constitution to be overhauled - handing more power to himself. Critics warn he is taking the country down an increasingly authoritarian path and say this sits uncomfortably with his stated desire for closer integration with the EU.
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Every summer, the beaches of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula are taken over by KaZantip - billed as the “biggest, longest, craziest and most unusual music event in the world”. Already notorious among Russian-speaking clubbers, the dance party is now drawing an increasingly international crowd.
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