Ryan Chilcote : The Russian-Ukrainian gas war ended in a handshake, but was really nothing more than capitulation. While gracefully allowing Ukraine to save face, Russia got the higher price it wanted

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Russia and the European Union have concluded a summit that focused on economic and trade issues, but failed to reach agreement on visa-free travel for Russian citizens in Europe. Both sides are also calling for an impartial investigation into Monday'

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Next week Joe Biden, US vice-president, visits Turkey, a Nato country whose relations with the west are in deep crisis following Julys botched coup. A vast majority of Turkish people believe, rightly or wrongly but nonetheless firmly, that Washington

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AS IT IS 2016-04-22 EU Proposed Visa-Free Travel for Ukrainians 欧盟考虑向乌克兰人提供免签证旅行 The European Union is considering a proposal to offer visa-free travel to Ukrainians. If approved, the plan would permit Ukrainians to tr

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AS IT IS 2016-09-16 New Group Tells British Government to Speed Up Break with Europe 新组织要求英国政府尽快与欧盟分手 Three months ago, voters in the United Kingdom decided to withdraw from the European Union. Now, some supporters of

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French politics 法国政治 A policy reorientation 政策转向 Frances parliament votes on the European fiscal pact 法国议会将就欧盟财政契约进行表决 Francois Holland campaigned on a promise to renegotiate the European fiscal pact si

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷,但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The US has been ordered to withdraw illegal state tax breaks for Boeing within three months, giving rival Airbus the latest victory in a 12-year battle over government support for the worlds two biggest aircraft makers. 美国已被要求在三个月内

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

As a worker in the City of London for 20 years first in a lowly role at the Bank of England, then in a mid-ranking position at the now defunct Association for Payment Services Theresa May would not have imagined her current quandary. 特里萨?梅(Th

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

DUBLIN, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Latest figures have showed Irish mobile phone users pay on average five times more for their calls than users in the cheapest EU country do. The figures, released Tuesday by the European Commission, showed Lithuania becomes

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Bussiness 商业 Europe v Google: Not so Froogle 欧盟VS谷歌:并不如意 The European Commission levies a huge fine on Google for abusing its dominance on online search. 欧盟委员会对谷歌滥用搜索引擎巨头地位征收巨额罚款。

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If Google were to degrade its search results by demoting links to better services, users would just switch to a rival service, such as Bing or DuckDuckGo. 如果谷歌能够通过降低到更好服务的链接来压榨自己的搜索质量,用户将会

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Serbia's foreign policy 塞尔维亚的外交政策 Divided loyalties 分裂的忠诚 Serbia is torn between its old ally, Russia, and the European Union 塞尔维亚在欧盟和俄罗斯两位老盟友间举棋不定,不知何去何从 A NICE summ

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You thought the eurozone crisis was bad. Today, Europe faces no greater challenge than the mass exodus of refugees seeking a haven from the carnage in Syria and the turmoil in north Africa and the Sahel. It is equally clear that both the EUs response

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

German Chancellor Angela Merkel toldreporters on Tuesday that the Brexit is irreversible, pouring cold wateron efforts tokeep the United Kingdom inside the European Union. 德国总理默克尔周二对记者说英国脱欧不可逆,这给继续让英

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(295) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

克里:伊朗核协议对以无威胁 STATE DEPERTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says talks to limit Iran's nuclear program do not threaten Israel's security. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is campaigning against what he says is a

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

I'm Stwerd Mechantach with the BBC News. Hello! A man said to be the next president of the Philippines is considering a wide-spread changes to the country's constitution. As spokesman from Rodrigo Duterte says that as a president, the controversial f

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

今天学的词组是back. Back指人的脊背。比如, He woke up with a back ache, 他一觉醒来腰酸背疼。作为动词,back有支持的意思。在北韩核弹试验之后,美国主张在公海上拦截并检查北韩船只,但韩国表

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 学个词

Charlemagne 查理曼大帝专栏 Europe in a foreign field 海外欧洲军 The Europeans ability to deploy force abroad is falling, but Mali shows it is still needed 欧洲的海外驻军不断减少,但马里冲突表明其仍需对外调兵 When

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In 2015 it lost a court case against Britain over its attempt to force clearing to move. 在2015,它控诉英国关于试图强制清算转移的法院案件败诉了。 Many jurisdictions, the EU included, limit their financial institutions' acces

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