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Published on 9 November 2012 at 11:40

Campaigning for Catalona's regional election began officially on the 8 November with regional president Arthur Mas' nationalist Convergencia i Unió alliance leading in the polls. If Mas obtains an absolute majority, he will hold a referendum on independence within four years. The Spanish Socialist Party and the conservative Popular Party are fighting for second place.

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Crucial election – La Vanguardia

The Czech parliament approved on November 8 a plan to return to the country's churches property confiscated after the Communists came to power in 1948. On the other hand, the state will no longer pay for maintenance of church buildings or the salaries of clergymen. The measure will disrupt the housing market and increase the influence of religion in public life, the Prague daily notes.

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Churches to become influential real estate players – Hospodářské Noviny

A year after her arrest, Beate Zschäpe, the only survivor of the neo-nazi terrorist cell Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund (NSU) was charged November 8 by the Attorney General of complicity in ten cases of murder. Most of the NSU's victims, whose two other remaining members were killed during a failed robbery in November 2011, were of Turkish origin. The Frankfurt daily is "surprised" by the indictment, given the weakness of the evidence gathered so far.

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Prosecution: Ten murder cases – Frankfurter Rundschau

Brussels and Paris have decided to recapitalize the Franco-Belgian banking group Dexia to the tune of €2.9bn and €2.6bn It is now up to the European Commission to rule on this latest bailout, the third since 2008.

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Belgium to inject €2.9 billion into Dexia – Le Soir

Between September 2011 and June 2012, Portugal’s external debt — i.e. the sum of both government and private debt owed to foreign creditors — increased from 104% to 108.6% of GDP, reveals the European Commission’s November 9 Autumn Economic Forecast. It's a figure considered unsustainable for “fragile economies” like Portugal's, says the Commission. The increase is due to rising interest rates on government bonds, the majority of which are held by foreign investors, writes the Lisbon daily.

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Brussels warns Portugal that external debt is unsustainable – Público

Four marches are due to take place in the streets of Warsaw on Polish Independence Day this 11 November. Police are mobilised, fearing a repeat of the violent independence day clashes of 2011 between far-right and left-wing groups, leaving 45 injured and 210 arrested.

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Four marches and fear – Polska The Times

The European Court of Justice on Thursday rejected Hungary's request to prohibit Slovakian wine-makers from using the "Tokaji" (Tokay) appellation for wines produced in the Slovak part of the wine region of the same name, which straddles the two countries.

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Slovakia can usurp Tokaji name – Magyar Hírlap

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