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Moldova: How big a slice will Russia get?

"Which market will the EU promise Russia for a nod to Moldovan reunification?" wonders România liberă. According to the Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta, German chancellor […]

15 October 2010

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România libera
Netherlands: A very peculiar cabinet

"An ordinary and yet unusual government”: Trouw leads with a shot of Queen Beatrix and the new Dutch cabinet on the steps of her home […]

15 October 2010

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Trouw
Currency: Romanians think in euros, but spend lei

Romania is not slated to join the eurozone before 2014, and yet prices there are often marked in euros in shop windows and on advertising […]

14 October 2010

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Jurnalul Naţional
Greece: Illegal immigrants flee crisis

"Repatriation attracts migrants" headlines the English edition of Kathimerini, reporting that an EU financed scheme to encourage illegal immigrants to return home voluntarily has proved […]

14 October 2010

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I Kathimerini
Racism: Muslims become Germany's whipping boy

“Muslims are targets for hatred,” headlines Tageszeitung. According to a survey published 13 October by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 58.4% of Germans want to restrict […]

14 October 2010

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Die Tageszeitung
Air Transport: Ryanair slashes 13 Marseilles routes

“Ryanair defies courts by closing French lines,” headlines Les Echos. In the wake of legal proceedings filed by French authorities at the end of September, […]

14 October 2010

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Les Echos
Integration: What happens to all the Roma funds?

Europe’s member states are “under scrutiny” for their use of funds allocated for the Roma, remarks Evenimentul Zilei, ahead of a European Commission conference to […]

13 October 2010
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Evenimentul zilei
Diplomacy: Portugal and Germany take UN seats

Portugal has been elected a temporary member of the UN Security Council “with a record number of votes”, applauds the Lisbon daily Público. Süddeutsche Zeitung […]

13 October 2010

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Público
France: Strike spreads, Marseilles blocked

"The demonstration,” headlines Libération after the fourth day of protests against the pension reforms in France. Somewhere between 1,230,000 (according to the police) and 3.5 […]

13 October 2010

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Libération
Czech Republic: Temelín project postponed

Czech electricity company ČEZ has put the completion of the Temelín project on hold, announces Hospodářské noviny, reporting that the construction of two additional reactors for […]

13 October 2010

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Hospodářské Noviny
Spain: Sagrada Familia survives the tunnel

"The Sagrada Familia survives the first AVE test," announces El Periódico de Catalunya, referring to Spain’s high speed train network – Alta Velocidad Española. The […]

13 October 2010

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El Periódico de Catalunya
Natural Gas: Moscow scores against Brussels again

"In the muted but high-stakes war between the EU and Russia to control the gas pipelines from Central Asia to Europe, Moscow has just racked […]

12 October 2010
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La Tribune
Italy / Afghanistan: Bomb first, retreat later

"Kabul, Italy’s pulling out in 2011," headlines La Repubblica. The death of four Italian soldiers, ambushed in the Afghan province of Farah, has rekindled the […]

12 October 2010

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La Repubblica
Spain : Civil war graves to remain anonymous

“Exhumation in Valle de los Caídos ruled out,” headlines ABC on the Spanish national holiday, referring to the Franco-built site near Madrid which hosts the […]

12 October 2010

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ABC
Romania: IMF imposes 60-hour week

"Right-wing reform targets labour code," announces Adevărul. The daily explains that “in the wake of a request from the IMF,” the Romanian government is preparing […]

12 October 2010

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Adevărul
International finance: Currency, the new WMD?

“Currencies have become new weapons,” headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna after Saturday’s stormy meeting of International Monetary Fund (IMF) financial ministers in Washington. Commenting on the […]

11 October 2010

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Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Generic medicine: EC accused of doing Big Pharma’s bidding

MSF (Médecins sans Frontières) has accused the European Commission of blocking the production of cheap generic drugs in the developing world, reports the Guardian. After […]

11 October 2010
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The Guardian
Austria: Far right breakthrough in Vienna

"Social Democrats lose absolute majority, Strache triumphs,” Die Presse’s front page recaps the results of the municipal elections in Vienna, where incumbent mayor Michael Häupl’s […]

11 October 2010
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Die Presse
Hungary: The toxic sludge event - Act II

One week after the lethal leak of toxic red sludge from the alumina plant in Ajka, the situation remains highly dangerous, worries Népsabadszág. The Budapest-based […]

11 October 2010

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Népszabadság
Literature: Nobel boost for Hispanic Culture

Headlining with “A Nobel for Spanish,” a delighted ABC reports that this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature will be presented to the Peruvian author Mario […]

8 October 2010

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ABC
Investment: Russian money flows into haven Cyprus

To mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Russia and Cyprus have concluded 15 bilateral agreements, signed on 7 October during an […]

8 October 2010

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Kommersant
France: Illegal police database targeted Roma

“Police are using a computer file that illegally targets Roma and travelers,” reports Le Monde. The daily explains that from 2000 to 2004, arrest records […]

8 October 2010

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Le Monde
Europe / Asia: Stalin’s dream to come true

România liberă reports that "a Russian-Kazakh working group will shortly announce the launch of a project to build 700-km long canal between the Caspian Sea […]

7 October 2010
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România libera
Crisis: IMF gives Portugal storm warning

"Portugal headed for a perfect economic storm," headlines i, reporting on the exceptionally bleak outlook for the country’s economy. According to forecasts in the most […]

7 October 2010
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i
Belgium: Catholic university drops the C word

"Change of course for K. U.Leuven,” headlines De Standaard. The Brussels daily reports that the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, one of Europe’s oldest universities, is planning […]

7 October 2010

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De Standaard
United Kingdom: Dave the revolutionary needs you

“Citizen Dave,” headlines the Independent. In an ironic reference to the popular British 70’s sitcom Citizen Smith, whose hero is a deluded Communist revolutionary, the […]

7 October 2010

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The Independent
Environment: Toxic red sludge engulfs west Hungary

“Environmental disaster: state of emergency in three counties,” headlines Népszabadság, two days after a toxic reservoir at an alumina plant burst in Ajka, in western […]

6 October 2010

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Népszabadság
CO2: EU carbon credits discredited

"Buying carbon credits is like throwing money out the window,” headlines the Danish paper Information, summing up the report released on October by the Danish […]

6 October 2010

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Information
France: Jérôme Kerviel, the fall guy

“Kerviel case boomerangs,” headlines La Tribune, after the Société Générale trader was sentenced to five years in prison, three without remission, and €4.9 billion in […]

6 October 2010

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La Tribune
Portugal: Up the Republic?

Lisbon daily i reports that on the 100th anniversary of the 5 October Revolution, President Aníbal Cavaco Silva is expected to launch an appeal "for […]

5 October 2010

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i
Nobel Prize: Vatican lashes out at test tube award

"Vatican accuses Nobel", headlines Corriere della Sera. On 4 October, the Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to Robert Edwards, the British biologist who pioneered […]

5 October 2010
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Corriere della Sera
Aeronautics: Romanians in space

After a slight delay in the programme, the first Romanian space flight was launched on 1 October from a warship in the Black Sea. Gândul, […]

5 October 2010

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Gandul
Belgium: De Wever quits coalition talks

“Nothing”, headlines De Morgen in Dutch and French. 114 days after the Belgian general election, Bart De Wever, leader of the Flemish nationalist N-VA, walked […]

5 October 2010

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De Morgen
Immigration: Frontex launches first expulsion charter

For the first time since it was launched in 2004, Frontex, the Warsaw-based agency responsible for the EU’s external borders, has funded and organised its […]

4 October 2010
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Le Monde
Germany: A nation nice to Muslims

"Wulff announces Islam is part of Germany," reports Berliner Zeitung. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Germany on 3rd October, […]

4 October 2010

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Berliner Zeitung
Greece: China goes shopping in Athens

Reporting on the visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on the 2 and 3 October, To Ethnos notes the “many contracts that awaited the coming […]

4 October 2010

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To Ethnos
United Kingdom: The name's Cameron, David Cameron

“Licensed to cut,” headlines the New Statesman. As Britain braces for the severest budget cuts in living memory, the left-leaning London weekly has portrayed PM […]

1 October 2010

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New Statesman
Germany: Anger as police gas "patriots"

The Financial Times Deutschland criticises the tough stance taken by Stuttgart’s governing Christian Democrats against a protest over a new railway station in the city, […]

1 October 2010

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Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland
The Netherlands: Wilders pulls the strings

“The Wilders government,” headlines De Volkskrant in the wake of the coalition deal between VVD liberal party leader Mark Rutte and Christian Democrat Maxime Verhagen […]

1 October 2010

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De Volkskrant
ROMA: Brussels goes soft on Sarkozy

"EU kowtows to Sarkozy," headlines Die Presse. "The European Commission is only going to launch a watered-down procedure against Paris for infringement of the treaties." […]

30 September 2010
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Die Presse
BUDGETS: Spendthrift nations to get hit by fines

“Brussels to fine spendthrift countries,” headlines Le Figaro Économie, reporting on the “anti-deficit arsenal” unveiled on 29 September in Brussels. Specifically, the Commission intends […]

30 September 2010
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Le Figaro
Italy: Birthday boy Berlusconi gets reprieve

"He won, but he lost.” This is how La Stampa, with the headline "Vote of confidence, but with eyes on the elections”, sums up yesterday’s […]

30 September 2010

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La Stampa
Banks: Ireland wakes to €34 billion black hole

“Final bill for toxic Anglo bailout could now reach €34 billion,” headlines the Irish Independent. Today, Ireland woke to the news that the bill for […]

30 September 2010

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Irish Independent
Terrorism: Al Qaeda cell threatens Jyllands Posten

"Al Qaeda cell behind terrorist threat," headlines the Danish daily Politiken in the wake of revelations of a plot against another Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. On […]

29 September 2010

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Politiken
Netherlands: Wilders on the verge of power

“Wilders claims historic breakthrough,” headlines Trouw after yesterday’s three-way handshake between Christian Democrats (CDA), Liberals (VVD) and the Freedom Party (PVV). The CDA and VVD, […]

29 September 2010

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Trouw
Finance: Will the ECB go toxic?

"This man is a risk to your money,” dramatises Focus. "This man" is European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean-Claude Trichet. According to the free-market-geared German […]

29 September 2010

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Romania: "Bulldog" Blaga gets boot over police strikes

"Băsescu puts together a new government,” reports Gândul the day after the cabinet reshuffle that cost the interior minister his head. Vasile “The Bulldog” Blaga […]

28 September 2010

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Gandul
Poland: So farewell to the zloty?

“Polish government is secretly preparing for the euro”, headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. Although no official date has been set yet for the adoption of the […]

28 September 2010

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Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Spain: Greatest corruption trial opens

“Corruption catwalk”, leads El Mundo one day after the biggest corruption case in the history of Spain opened. 95 defendants in the so-called "Malaya case" […]

28 September 2010

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El Mundo
Middle East: Sarkozy wants EU at the table

“Sarkozy wants Europe in on the talks,” headlines Le Figaro. The French president, who met his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas on 27 September, wants a […]

28 September 2010

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Le Figaro

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Is austerity the main cause of the recession?

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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’