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This is only a ____ for Greece's finanicial problems. I'm more worried about a STUPID scenario!

Stop-out, stopgap or stopover?

Oettinger: he should stick to German. Photo:European Parliament/Pietro Naj-Oleari

Oettinger's atrocious English

Since the German commissioner made a speech in atrocious English, he's no longer faceless. He's notorious. And a laughing stock. Is this fair? Tell us what you think!

(EU-)Kommissar(in)

miserabel

allbekannt

Lachnummer, Zielscheibe des Spottes

Ian Andersen, external communication adviser at the European Commission's Directorate General for Interpretation, talks to Business Spotlight about the work of interpreters ahead of the Expolingua Berlin from 20–22 November 2009. Business Spotlight is media partner of Expolingua.

Dolmetscher(innen)

Mr and Mrs Europe

The European Union has chosen the prime minister of Belgium, Herman Van Rompuy, as its first permanent president and Britain’s Catherine Ashton as its first foreign policy chief. Few people had ever heard of either of them. We look at press comment on their selection.

für Außenpolitik Zuständige(r)

And over to the Papandreou clan. Photo: Pasok

A very Greek election

This week, we look at comment on the Greek election and on the Irish "yes" vote for the Lisbon treaty, as well as on the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine.

Vertrag von Lissabon

Anti-G20 demo in London earlier this year. Photo: www.flickr.com/photos/solarider

Winners and losers

US: When finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit, they'll be discussing key issues in the global economy. Protesters in the city will also make their voices heard.

Gipfeltreffen

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