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Euro, what a carve up!

Published on 08 Feb 2010   |   Presseurop

Falling to pieces. Image : Getty

Beleaguered on several fronts, the euro is facing an unprecedented ordeal. The European press inveighs against what it terms a hostile concerted attack and calls on the EU 27 to react.
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 Elena Salgado, European Central Bank, European Union, Greece, Portugal, Romanian National Bank, Spain, Stock Market, Euro
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Can't take the Ottoman out of the Balkans

Published on 08 Feb 2010   |   Globus-Skopje
Five centuries of Turkish domination left their mark on culture, cuisine, language and even gestures in Balkan countries. It is an influence that is still apparent in attitudes that have affected the pace of integration in the European Union for a number of Balkan states.
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  Albania, Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Ottoman Empire, Serbia, Turkey, Enlargement 0
 
 

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February 08 2010

Church banged by sexual abuse scandal

An unprecedented scandal has hit the German Catholic Church and its “sanctimonious hypocrites”, as Der Spiegel calls them on this week’s cover.

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A town in Europe   |   Cieszyn, a border run through it
It is not easy to celebrate a common past in a town that has been divided by history. However, in spite of tensions between Poles and Czechs, life in Cieszyn and Český Těšín is beginning to benefit from the border that separates the two towns.
Published on  05 Feb 2010  |   Polityka
 
Spain   |   Zapatero zapped by friends and foes
In the wake of Barack Obama’s decision to give the EU summit miss, José Luis Zapetero’s EU presidency is languishing. If only his problems were confined to the European stage. With the Spanish economy on the rocks, the national press, many with knives out, remarks that the president is going through an unprecedented crisis.
Published on  05 Feb 2010  |   Presseurop
 
Crisis   |   PIGS trying to get wings
The four weakest countries in the eurozone - Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, whose initials form the acronym PIGS – are making efforts to stabilise their economic situation. They may be going about it in different ways, but the European press reckons that they are all prey to the same uncertainties.
Published on  04 Feb 2010  |   Presseurop
 
Gender equality   |   Women on top
Eight years after the Norwegian government passed a law requring that 40% of all company board members be women, Nicola Clark of the International Herald Tribune looks at the drive for corporate gender equality in other European countries, where governements are considering similar laws.
Published on  04 Feb 2010  |   International Herald Tribune
 
European of the Week   |   Iana Matei, against human trafficking
Designated "European of the year 2010" by Reader's Digest for rescuing 420 women from forced prostitution, Iana Matei manages a centre where the victims of human trafficking are given a chance to rebuild their lives.
Published on  03 Feb 2010  |   Adevarul
 
EU/US   |   White House and the 27 dwarves
In turning down Europe’s invite to the upcoming EU-US summit in May, Barack Obama has given Europe a chafing reminder of its own weaknesses. Under the Lisbon Treaty, which was supposed to give the world a single number to call in Europe, the numbers have proliferated, bemoans the press, which quite understands the White House’s exasperation.
Published on  03 Feb 2010  |   Presseurop
 
Estonia   |   Life's a gas on the Russian border
At the border crossing in the town of Narva, people queue for over two days to take advantage of cheaper petrol prices in Russia. With the Estonian economy faltering, small-time smuggling is on the rise.
Published on  03 Feb 2010  |   Postimees
 
Germany/Switzerland   |   Tax money has no smell
€2.5m for the names of 1500 Germans hiding money in Switzerland. The deal the German government might make with an informant has ignited a moral powder keg: can the state bend the law to suit its interests?
Published on  02 Feb 2010  |   Der Spiegel
 
Communication   |   Europe doesn't have to look cheesy
Brussels is the source of numerous poorly designed communications. On the Internet, and in brochures and logos, European institutions appear to be incapable of showing any imagination. A Dutch journalist makes the case for making more frequent calls to creative professionals, with interesting results.
Published on  02 Feb 2010  |   NRC Handelsblad
 
Serbia   |   Europe, looks good from back of queue
Since 19 December, the citizens of Serbia are no longer required to apply for visas to enter the countries of the European Union. The change encouraged some Serbs to travel abroad for the first time in their lives.
Published on  01 Feb 2010  |   Politika
 
 
 

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