CAN someone who dedicates nearly all her time to her job escape being condemned as a workaholic?

Catherine Day, who has just been appointed the European Commission’s director-general for environment, would probably be the first to admit it’s a description that’s been applied to her.

In fact, it’s an understatement to say she loves her work and still finds it exciting after 20 years in Brussels. After all, this is someone who’s been known to set up meetings at weekends and who replies to emails at all hours. If you enjoy your job so much, then what else do you need?

Even if it hadn’t been announced as part of the biggest staff shake-up in the history of the Commission,

Day’s appointment would still be newsworthy. She’s risen successfully through the EU executive’s ranks, from passing the concours at 24 to becoming a director general at 47.

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Feb. 3, 2002

The Lost Children

After Many Years, Painful, Emotional Reunions

Font size Print E-mail Share (CBS) Not only had these lost children been shipped 12,000 miles from Britain to the bottom of the world. Not only had they been exploited and abused. They had been deceived.

They weren't orphans. They had families back in Britain, families which had dropped them off at institutions with every intention of getting them back.

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Sotii Moraru se pare ca petrec linistiti in Canada

28.01.2002 21:21

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Parchetul de pe langa Curtea de Apel Constanta cerceteaza imprejurarile in care doi cetateni americani au infiat - dupa ce au platit fundatiei intermediare suma de 12.000 de dolari - un baietel de 3

Parchetul de pe langa Curtea de Apel Constanta cerceteaza imprejurarile in care doi cetateni americani au infiat - dupa ce au platit fundatiei intermediare suma de 12.000 de dolari - un baietel de 3 ani din Romania. Michele si Martin Zuidema au dorit sa infieze un copil si s-au adresat in acest scop unei fundatii americane, care, la randu-i, a apelat la serviciile Fundatiei "Sfintii Dimitrie si Ana", din Constanta. Reprezentantii acesteia, Rodica si Valeriu Moraru, si-au aratat disponibilitatea de a rezolva "foarte rapid" solicitarea. Tocmai viteza cu care s-au incheiat formalitatile de adoptie, anevoioase, altfel, precum si suma de 12.000 dolari ceruta "pe aeroport" de reprezentantii fundatiei tomitane i-au pus in alerta pe parintii adoptivi ai micutului George Ivanov (3 ani). Ei au cerut Ambasadei Romane din Washington si, implicit, Guvernului roman sa verifice legalitatea actelor de adoptie incheiate pe 23 august 2001 ("dupa numai doua luni de la cererea noastra") de avocatii Rodica si Valeriu Moraru, patronii fundatiei constantene. Din primele date existente la dosar rezulta ca fundatia in speta fiinta intr-un apartament, ca sotii Moraru au pretins ulterior virarea celor 12.000 dolari intr-un cont din Canada, unde s-ar fi (si) grabit, de altfel, sa plece "in excursie" de ceva vreme.

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Peer vs peer as Archer tells Nicholson: 'Take it back or face the consequences'

Is it possible to libel a man with 'no reputation left to sully'? Robert Mendick reports on an ever more bitter feud

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Lord Archer is threatening to sue Baroness Nicholson, the eminent peer, claiming that she has defamed him.

An Irishwoman was yesterday appointed to head the European Commission's 500-strong environment directorate-general, one of the most important departments in the Brussels secretariat. Ms Catherine Day (47), from Mount Merrion, Dublin, is being promoted from her current post of deputy director general of the Commission's department for foreign relations.

The appointment was accompanied by announcements from the President of the European Commission, Mr Romano Prodi, intended to end the practice of reserving certain posts in Brussels for nationals from particular member states.

Ms Day said she hoped her appointment would be welcomed by other EU nationals on the grounds of her merit.

Certainly her appointment was largely expected in Brussels where she had been talked about as the strongest candidate for the environment post.

A graduate of the National University of Ireland and University College Dublin, Ms Day began her career in the European Commission in 1979 having previously worked for the Investment Bank of Ireland and the Confederation of Irish Industry.