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Liberalisation of postal services - a thorny issue (Photo: EUobserver)

This WEEK in the European Union

EU ministers will gather in Brussels at the beginning of the week for discussions on two hot topics: the opening of postal services in the EU and the bloc's expensive satellite system.

Ministers are expected to reach political agreement on the postal services which the European Commission had originally suggested be opened up to free competition by 2009.

The exact date of full liberalisation will be one of the points of discussion as will the possibility for member states to post...

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Liberalisation of postal services - a thorny issue (Photo: EUobserver)

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