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Romania-United Kingdom: The great misconception

"London–Bucharest: chronology of a misunderstanding," runs the headline on the cover of Romanian weekly Dilema Veche, referring to a story on the complicated relations between […]

23 April 2013
624
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Dilema Veche, Gandul, BBC News
EU-Syria: Brussels lifts embargo on Syrian rebels’ oil

The European Union eased sanctions against Syrian rebel-controlled areas on April 22, approving trade in Syrian oil and related industries, writes the European Voice. […]

23 April 2013
25
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European Voice
Germany: ‘Steinbrück-Hoeneß 0:0’

Hoeneß has the ball, but then Bavaria fluffs a pass to Switzerland, and Steinbrück regains possession right in front of the posts. This […]

23 April 2013
366
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Die Tageszeitung
Spain: ‘Brussels offers Spain two more years to reduce deficit to 3%’

Spain closed 2012 with the biggest shortfall in deficit reduction targets in Europe, with the public deficit reaching 10.6 per cent of GDP — including […]

23 April 2013
4121
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El País
Poland: ‘By-election scare for Civic Platform’

A senate by-election victory in Rybnik for a candidate backed by the opposition Law and Order (PiS) party has sparked tangible unease in prime minister […]

23 April 2013
301
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Rzeczpospolita
Liechtenstein: ‘Liechtenstein open to talks on automatic data exchange’

There has been another breakthrough in the drive to introduce automatic exchange of banking data. Following in the footsteps of Switzerland and Luxembourg, Liechtenstein has […]

23 April 2013
29
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Volksblatt
France: ‘Vive les Mariés!’

On the day of the parliamentary vote on the law legalising same-sex marriage and marriage and adoption, Libération has invited the artists and romantic couple […]

23 April 2013
5811
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Libération
European Union: ‘End of austerity’

Austerity “is not working” and may be replaced by a policy of quantitative easing, ie printing money, writes the daily, following comments made by European […]

23 April 2013
22384
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Irish Independent
Italy: ‘Napolitano, ultimatum to the parties’

As new second-time president of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano took his oaths of office, he delivered a harsh scolding to the nation’s political parties […]

23 April 2013
29
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La Stampa
France: ‘Marriage for all: a ‘non’ that is here to stay’

“Under a cloudless sky, at least in Paris, France took to the streets to show the scale of division over the controversial plan” to introduce […]

22 April 2013
265
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La Croix
Spain: ‘Government creates its own troika to supervise autonomous regions’

The conservative government led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy plans to create a new independent budgetary authority to monitor public finances in Spain’s heavily indebted […]

22 April 2013
45
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Expansión
Baltic: ‘Sweden targeted by Russian military exercise attack’

On the night of March 29, a Russian airforce unit comprising of two long-range bombers and four fighters, which took off from Saint-Petersburg, carried out […]

22 April 2013
1083
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Svenska Dagbladet
European Union: ‘More victims of human trafficking’

“Despite fine promises from European countries which pledged that they would make greater efforts,” the latest European Commission report shows that the number of trafficking […]

22 April 2013
941
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Jyllands-Posten
European Union: ‘Europe throws in the towel’

With economic crisis and the lack of growth in the Eurozone, “Europe is now placed third in a three-speed world economy, far behind emerging economies […]

22 April 2013
876
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De Volkskrant
Italy: ‘Government – Amato favoured’

Giorgio Napolitano, 87, starts his second mandate as president of the Italian Republic on April 22, an unprecedented achievement in the country’s history. Napolitano was elected […]

22 April 2013
2818
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Corriere della Sera
Hungary: ‘We have learned the lessons of history’

On April 21, tens of thousands of people took part in a demonstration in Budapest to protest against growing anti-semitism in Hungary. The March for Life […]

22 April 2013
58
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Népszabadság
European Union: ‘Europe has become its own worst enemy’

“A real attack is underway against the heart of the European Union,” writes Christian Rocca, director of IL, the cultural supplement of Sole 24 Ore: an […]

19 April 2013
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Il Sole-24 Ore
EU-Syria: EU considers lifting oil embargo

European Union member states have reached a preliminary agreement to ease an embargo on Syrian oil exports in what would be the first easing of […]

19 April 2013
275
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International Herald Tribune, The Irish Times
Spain: ‘People’s Party alone in approving anti-eviction law’

On April 18, the Spanish parliament approved a new anti-eviction law, which provides safeguards for homeowners unable to repay their mortgages, with the sole support […]

19 April 2013
47
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La Vanguardia
Luxembourg: ‘What does the government know?’

According to information gathered by Luxemburger Wort, the Luxembourg government has been aware since 2006 of the possible involvement of a stay-behind network (a secret […]

19 April 2013
54
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La Voix du Luxembourg
Netherlands: ‘Unemployment rising faster than expected’

The rate of unemployment in the Netherlands exceeded official forecasts to reach 8.1 per cent of the active labour force in March. With 643,000 people […]

19 April 2013
12324
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NRC Handelsblad
Germany: ‘Quota postponed — CDU women say no’

On April 18, the Bundestag rejected the introduction of a mandatory quota for women on the boards of publicly quoted companies, by 320 votes to […]

19 April 2013
213
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Poland: ‘The First Warsaw Uprising. 19 April 1943’

The Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising “was the first such uprising in occupied Europe”, writes the daily on the 70th anniversary of events it considers as […]

19 April 2013
10521
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Gazeta Wyborcza
Italy: ‘No to Marini, candidate Prodi ahead’

Despite support from the Democratic Party (PD), the People of Freedom (PDL) and the party of Prime Minister Mario Monti, on April 18, Franco Marini […]

19 April 2013
19
Presseurop
Corriere della Sera
Germany: Heading for ‘à la carte’ pensions?

Germany could see the emergence of “flexi-pension generation,” headlines Die Tageszeitung in the wake of a government decision to increase pensions in 2014 (by 1 […]

18 April 2013
6711
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Die Tageszeitung
Agriculture: Big business launches European land grab

“Vast tracts of land in Europe are being ‘grabbed’ by large companies, speculators, wealthy foreign buyers and pension funds in a similar way to in […]

18 April 2013
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The Guardian
Hungary: ‘EU pressure on Orbán government’

In the European Parliament debate on controversial changes to the constitution in Hungary, “the European Commissioner for Justice and Fundamental Rights, Viviane Reding, said she […]

18 April 2013
403
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La Voix du Luxembourg
Society: ‘France under pressure’

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault observed on April 17 that “in a republic, everyone has a share in the responsibility for national cohesion.” His declaration comes at […]

18 April 2013
211
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La Croix
Portugal: ‘Austerity measures in Europe are due to an Excel error’

One of the academic papers supporting the austerity policies is being questioned after several mistakes were found in its Excel calculations, writes i. Presented in 2010 […]

18 April 2013
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i
Balkans: ‘Serbs in Kosovo courts and police’

Negotiations between the Serbian and Kosovar heads of government, Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaçi, concluded in Brussels on April 17 without agreement on the status […]

18 April 2013
27
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Blic
Poland: “Take some leave, dad!”

“If we want to avoid a demographic catastrophe, we must give women more work and shift some of the parental responsibilities to fathers,” writes the […]

18 April 2013
222
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Gazeta Wyborcza
United Kingdom: ‘Lying here, she is one of us’

“For all the grandeur, they claimed a simple purpose. They had come, they said, not to bury a political figure or an ‘-ism’, but a […]

18 April 2013
161
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The Guardian
Italy: ‘Deal on Marini, but PD is split’

The 1,007 MPs and regional delegates will start voting today to elect the new president of the Italian Republic. The Democratic Party (PD), People of Freedom […]

18 April 2013
185
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Corriere della Sera
Food: Nearly 5% of EU beef is horsemeat

"Horsemeat with anti-inflammatories," sums up Spanish daily El Mundo referring to the results of tests run last month in the European Union on samples of […]

17 April 2013
5411
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El Mundo
Belgium: ‘Islamist crackdown’

Special units of the Belgian federal police launched a vast operation on April 16 targeting radical Islamists, notably in Brussels, Antwerp and Vilvoorde. Police organised a […]

17 April 2013
421
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La Libre Belgique
Portugal: ‘Troika presses for political consensus’

Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and opposition leader António José Seguro will meet on April 17 to discuss "new political solutions" designed to ensure the […]

17 April 2013
257
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Jornal de Negócios
Denmark: ‘Denmark set to breach EU rules’

At a time when it is negotiating its 2014 budget with Brussels, the Danish government has been obliged to cut its forecast for growth in […]

17 April 2013
5255
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Berlingske Tidende
Romania: ‘Stop the restitution law and ban the transfer of disputed rights!’

The Romanian government presented a new law on April 17 on the restitution of property confiscated during the communist era (1945-1989), and announced that it […]

17 April 2013
342
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Ziarul Financiar
Greece: ‘Dangerous Dawn’

“Greek democracy is in danger,” says the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muiznieks, who has published a report following his visit […]

17 April 2013
9689
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Neues Deutschland
United Kingdom: ‘Near her journey’s end...’

Thousands of people took to the streets of Westminster in London on Wednesday ready to catch a glimpse of the funeral procession for former prime […]

17 April 2013
18
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The Daily Mail
France: The cabinet laid bare

France's 37 cabinet ministers were subjected to a true "strip-tease of the Republic" on April 15 when they, for the first time ever, made their […]

16 April 2013
28
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Le Figaro, Libération, Die Tageszeitung
Iceland: Reykjavik pioneers free-trade with Beijing

Iceland and China signed a free-trade agreement on April 15 during an official visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, who was accompanied by […]

16 April 2013
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Morgunblaðið, EUobserver.com, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Trouw
Banking secrecy: The critical case of Hervé Falciani

“In all likelihood, Hervé Falciani will not be extradited to Switzerland,” reports Le Temps. The former employee of the Swiss branch of HSBC, who, in […]

16 April 2013
332
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Le Temps, El País
Germany: ‘NSU trial postponed, court making a mockery of itself’

The high court in Munich has postponed the trial of five members of the far right terrorist group Nationalsozialistischer Untergrund, originally planned for April 17, […]

16 April 2013
314
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Die Welt
Luxembourg: ‘Eighteen months to respond’

“What will be the response to a situation that only gives foreign bank account holders 18 months to decide on what to do about soon-to-be […]

16 April 2013
265
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La Voix du Luxembourg
Hungary: ‘Fidesz backs down’

The letter addressed by José Manuel Barroso to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 12, in which the European Commission president expressed doubts about […]

16 April 2013
44
Presseurop
Népszabadság
Greece: ‘Greece and troika reach deal, paving way for aid release’

The Greek government and the delegation from the EU-ECB-IMF troika have agreed a series of reforms after two weeks of negotiations. The main point is the […]

16 April 2013
5515
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I Kathimerini
Germany: ‘New stress with power’

Germany’s new energy policy “is a curse,” argues Handelsblatt, which reports that instead of causing shortages, the 2011 decision to abandon nuclear power resulted in […]

16 April 2013
1495
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Handelsblatt
Cyprus: President tries to hold on to the Russians

The president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, has sent "a direct message to the Russians," says Cypriot daily O Phileleftheros. Speaking to a gathering of Russian […]

15 April 2013
589
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O Phileleftheros, Der Spiegel
Belgium: ‘Traffic is a bigger polluter than industry’

Both industry and automobiles have become cleaner over the last 10 years, however, this gain has been wiped out by an increase in the number […]

15 April 2013
585
Presseurop
De Morgen

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You say...

I dare say that your "schism" would be not like Luther's, rather it would be like Thomas Müntzer's one. It is one thing not to like how the euro is working, but quite another to mix up misunderstood concepts which serve only to deepen the abyss that already exists.

El elogio de la locura on Europe needs its Martin Luther

These people certainly help to show huge loopholes in the EU system. Is the EU able to act? Laws must be tightened so that people cannot receive benefits in a country where they have never worked. And most of all there must be exemplary penalties against gang leaders.

preda on Immigrants tangled up with Turkish gangs

Europeans have made no use of the European citizenship they have had since 1992. Nice little sheep who allow themselves to be shorn, they continue to place their trust in national parties who are fully focused on their national electoral advantage.

alcofribas on ‘Eurozone mired in recession’