Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, on Tuesday in Strasbourg delivered his first-ever ‘State of the Union’ address, outlining his vision for the key political challenges in the European Union. This is part 1 of 2 parts with video excerpts from his speech. Read more at: www.euractiv.com
REM perform Radio Free Europe on David Letterman. REM’s first ever television appearance. 10-06-1983 So. Central Rain from the same performance – www.youtube.com
English native speaker interpreters working for Europe. Many more are needed for an exciting career at the very heart of European decision-making. For more information, see: europa.eu
Leopard †CHRISTIAN† EUROPEAN† (German) POWER ! Countrys that Produce Leopard Tanks: Germany (All variants) Greece (Leopard 2A6Hel) Spain (Some variant specialy for theyr terrain) Countrys that Use Leopard Tanks: Norway Greece Germany Italy Belgium France (few) Holland Canada Turkey Austria Australia Sweden Poland Denmark Spain Portugal Finland Argentina Chile and many others The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank produced by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and since the year 2003 by Spanish company Santa Bárbara Sistemas. Developed in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979, replacing the earlier Leopard 1 as the foremost MBT in the German Army. Its different versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and ten other European countries, as well as non-European countries. More than 3480 Leopard 2s have been manufactured. There are two main development batches of the tank, the original models up to Leopard 2A4 which have vertically faced turret armour, and the “improved” batch, namely Leopard 2A5 and newer, which have angled arrow-shaped turret add-on armour together with a number of other improvements. All models feature digital fire control systems with laser range-finders, fully stabilized main gun and coaxial machinegun and night vision equipment (first vehicles used a Low-Light Level TV system or LLLTV, thermal imaging was introduced later on). The tank has the ability to engage moving targets while moving over rough terrain. It can drive …
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