The new member states are facing a huge translation problem as about half of them have failed to translate the EU's 85,000-page rulebook into their national languages, writes the Financial Times.
This could have serious legal consequences because EU laws are only enforceable in the new member states when written in the national tongue.
Malta, the tiny Mediterranean island that fought tooth and nail to get Malte...
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