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The article reports on the victory of Roy Jenkins during the legislative election in Great Britain in the last week of March 1982. It mentions that Jenkin emerged victor during the balloting garnering 33.4% of the ballot, 2,038 votes ahead of the second-place Conservative candidate . He states that his victory was attributed to the support given by small Liberal Party and its leader David Steel.

The article reveals how the Western Allied countries retaliated against Czechoslovakia for its arrest and imprisonment of Associated Press correspondent William Oatis. It says that Great Britain, France and the U.S. issued a joint statement prohibiting Czechoslovakia's airlines from flying over West Germany, making their flights longer en route to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam. The Communist Czechs accused them of discrimination and broadcast a letter from Oatis to his wife which was to have been written freely where Oatis admits that he had been spying.

The article offers information on the negotiations among the member nations of the Common Market held in Brussles, Belgium in 1971 regarding the conditions for British entry to the European Economic Community (EEC). Member nations have drafted a pledge to protect the Commonwealth's sugar islands. The pledge said that members of the EEC would join to safeguard the interests of countries whose economies depend to a large degree on primary products. They also agreed to allow Great Britain five crop years after entry to make the change from the import of lower-priced U.S. and Commonwealth foodstuffs to the Common Market's high-priced produce. The French have agreed to a plan that would keep Britain's eventual EEC dues in line with its share of the Common Market's gross national product.

The article focuses on the meeting between foreign ministers of six Common Market nations of Europe with the delegates from other four applicants. It states that Great Britain and its three fellow applicants in the market would make the rival of the superpowers in terms of population and gross national product. The applicants along with Great Britain includes Ireland, Norway and Denmark. It reports that the Common Market has evolved a subsidy system that in effect supports the inefficient farms of France and Italy at the expense of the other countries. It further reports that Prime Minister Edward Heath has made it clear that Britain is not willing to pay any price to join the Market.

Information about the conference of Great Britain's commonwealth leaders in September 1962 is provided. Topics center on the effects of Britain's bid for membership in Europe's Common Market on the British Commonwealth nations of New Zealand, Australia and Canada. It also mentions the leaders who attended the conference including John Diefenbaker, Keith Holyoake and Robert Menzies.

The article focuses on Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain who paid a five-day call to King Baudouin of Belgium to discuss the agreement of the Common Market Six. Queen Elizabeth emphasized that the campaign will reopen negotiations with the Six for British entry into the Common Market that was broken in 1963 between Great Britain and Europe. She further stated that the trade with Europe will exceed the Commonwealth by partnering with the European Free Trade Association into the Common Market.

The article mentions that according to a survey conducted by Great Britain's journal "Financial Times," Great Britain, Paris in France and Brussels in Belgium are no longer an expensive destination for Americans due to the increase in the value of American dollars.

The article reports on the decision of the British government to end meat rationing. Many Socialists warn that lifting the ration of meat could lead to higher prices. Meanwhile, British housewives are happy with the decision. The Association of London Housewives even held a rally in Trafalgar Square to share their sentiments against the butcher.

The article highlights the National Press Club's meeting with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and Chancellor of the Exchequer Richard Austen Butler in Washington, D.C. in 1953. Eden and Butler explained to the press their mission to widen the trade between the U.S. and Great Britain. The article discusses the key provisions of the political communique from the British diplomats' meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

The article reports that French President Georges Pompidou has ended France's decade-long opposition to Great Britain's membership in the Common Market. In March 1972, Pompidou announced that he would call a national referendum on the treaties admitting Britain, Ireland, Norway and Denmark to the six-nation Market. He also invited the French people to express their opinion directly on this new policy. It is believed that domestic political considerations are behind this proposal.

The article reports on the pressure on Great Britain to become the member of European Economic Community (EEC)after its two failed attempts. Though the Great Britain Prime Minister Edward Heath desperately wants his country to become a part of EEC, his countrymen have their reservation, as becoming EEC member would result in increase in food prices and living cost. However, if Great Britain fails to become EEC member its dream of politically and economically united Western Europe will be dashed.

The article discusses the Council of the League of Nation's pronouncements regarding the territorial disputes between Britain and Turkey, as well as between the latter and Greece as of November 1923. It states that the meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, and led by Hjalmar Branting, Premier of Sweden. The Council mediated territorial concessions to Turkey, granting them a tract the British wanted to be neutral territory. They also set a future date for population transfers between Turkey and Greece, to take place in Rome, Italy on December 8.

The article focuses on the progress of negotiations for the entry of Great Britain into the Common Market. It is considered that the main threat to the country's application is the British themselves. Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home emphasizes that British confront a situation first before thinking about setting up an institution to handle it. Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns stresses that if British wanted only to participate in a loose economic union, they, they will not become members.

The article reports on the economic policy in the European Economic Community (EEC) countries. It states that the combined gross national product (GNP) of the six Common Market nations has grown 52 percent because of a unified levies on imports from outside the community, while trade between them has skyrocketed by 238 percent, to an estimated 23 billion dollars. It also notes that the Common Market's most notable achievement is a new state of mind in Great Britain's business community.

The article reports on economic planning with the Common Market, an international economic organization in Great Britain. It reveals that this plan has been developed under the guidance of Commission Vice President Robert Marjolin, who has long labored to mesh the diverse economic policies in the country. It also notes that if more effort is exerted into economic research and development, the country would remain the principal importer of discoveries and the leading exporter of intelligence.

The article narrates the experience of Piri Halasz as she visits Great Britain. It states that Halasz looked at the bomb sites, went to Madame Tussaud's the Tower of London, Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop, and a pub where she remembers having a dreary serving of watery mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts. It also notes that Halasz's visits to the country was a good preparation for writing a cover story on the swinging city.

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has urged the European Commission to block Three's proposed £10.5 billion acquisition of O2, the Financial Times reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]