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New translation and interpretation rights for the Irish language will cost the European Parliament more than €677,000 (£470,000) next year. The figure has stoked the debate on whether the EU is becoming an outrageously expensive "Tower of Babel".
Cost in translation: EU spends €1bn on language services
Seeded on Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:15 PM EDT
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The EU is soon to take Bulgaria to court over Bulgaria's determination to continue spelling the currency "euro" in its own alphabet and pronouncing it in Bulgarian ("yevro")... even though the EU allow Greece to keep the Greek national spelling and pronunciation.
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