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21.07.2008, 12:18
Russian billionaire Aleksandr Lebedev has bought a 76% stake in German tour operator, Oger tours.
15.01.2009, 10:11
Russian businessman Aleksandr Lebedev may acquire 75%+1 share in British newspaper the London Evening Standard.
21.10.2010, 22:14
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The European Parliament has voted for a budget increase that would cost UK taxpayers an additional 900 million pounds next year.
27.08.2010, 03:55
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The EU is a colonial and highly bureaucratic regime, and is not a structure the UK should be part of. That is according to Gerard Batten of the UK Independence Party, who is also a European Parliament Member.
25.03.2010, 12:53
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Europe as a continent would be happier if the European Union broke up, says British politician Nigel Farage.
13.10.2010, 11:27
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Nearly one in eight British households has no breadwinner. The new figures, from the Centre for Policy Studies, rank the UK top of the household jobless table, compared to other major EU countries.
14.10.2010, 17:38
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The UK is witnessing a shift in relations between the state and citizens, manifested by intrusive surveillance, the necessity of which most Britons do not understand, believes Conservative Party MP Dominic Raab.
27.10.2010, 11:13
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The cost of EU membership is unreasonably high and not worth it for the UK, argues Dr Lee Rotherham, a veteran from behind the scenes of UK-EU relations.
23.04.2010, 07:00
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Britain is to choose its next Prime Minister on the 6th of May, so candidates from the three main parties thrashed out foreign policy issues Thursday during a live TV debate to show off their willingness to change it.
06.10.2010, 11:10
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The European Union should not be expected to last forever, believes British politician and member of the EU Parliament Roger Helmer.
Published: 19 January, 2009, 14:03
Edited: 18 December, 2009, 22:57
The iconic English newspaper The Evening Standard has been making the headlines rather than just writing them, after #39 on Forbes richest Russians list Aleksandr Lebedev made an offer to buy it.
Great Britain with its long and at times exploitive history of colonialism in the name of 'free enterprise' can hardly afford a double standard in this regard.