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Neftohim refinery boss: Europe’s refining sector will consolidate, improve
The number of oil refineries in Europe is likely to decrease but those that remain will be truly competitive, highly technological and highly efficient, Ilshat Sharafutdinov told EURACTIV in an interview.
Rasmussen: Europe has to invest more to be secure
The world has changed and there is a long list of things that Europe should do to protect itself. First, we have to increase defence spending, Anders Fogh Rasmussen told EURACTIV Czech Republic.
Turkish President: We don’t want anything other than EU membership
Turkey will not accept any new framework of relations to the EU except full membership, Turkish President Abdullah Gül told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
Baltiansky: Israelis see themselves as part of Europe
For Israelis EU membership is a dream: a dream that may come true one day, Gadi Baltiansky of 'H.L. Education for Peace Ltd.', director-general of the Geneva Initiative for Israel, told EURACTIV Slovakia in an interview.