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Eurozone: ‘Cyprus caught between punishing savers and bankrupcy’

Eurozone finance ministers want Cyprus savers to forfeit a portion of their deposits in return for a €10bn bailout for the island, but the national […]

18 March 2013
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La Vanguardia
Balkans: ‘Government condemns, Brussels stays quiet’

The Kosovar government has rejected and described as “unofficial” the planned agreement negotiated with the European Union to resolve the ongoing dispute with Belgrade over […]

18 March 2013
22
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Koha Ditore
Eurozone: ‘Savings are safe — but only in Germany’

“For the first time, bank customers will be forced to assume part of the cost of European financial aid,” remarks the daily, in the wake […]

18 March 2013
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Die Tageszeitung
United Kingdom: Petition against Romanians and Bulgarians is creating a buzz

”More than 120,000 Britons have signed an online petition asking Prime Minister David Cameron to do something to prevent a mass immigration of Romanians and […]

15 March 2013
15024
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Gandul
European Union: The problem with Germany

“A spectre is once again haunting Europe – the spectre of German power,” writes historian Brendan Simms in The New Statesman’s cover story, dedicated to […]

15 March 2013
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New Statesman, The Daily Mail
European Union: ‘The poisoned gift’

Presenting Mario Draghi as the 19th Century monarch Charles XIV John of Sweden, the business daily says that the European Central Bank President is “the […]

15 March 2013
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Handelsblatt
Eurozone: ‘ECB to Hire Hundreds of Supervisors’

The European Central Bank will have to recruit 800 new staff to take charge of the supervision of Eurozone banks. This number of staff “should be […]

15 March 2013
40
Presseurop
The Wall Street Journal Europe
Malta: ‘PM seeks to make new friends and maintain existing ones in the EU’

New Prime Minister Joseph Muscat took part in his first EU council meeting on March 14. The social-democrat head of government sought to reassure the public […]

15 March 2013
11
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The Malta Independent
EU-Syria: ‘UK and France: We must arm Syrian rebels’

French President François Hollande and UK Prime Minister David Cameron called on European Union leaders to support them in lifting the European arms embargo to […]

15 March 2013
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The Guardian
Italy: ‘Europe, no progress on growth’

In his “last match in Europe”, outgoing Italian premier Mario Monti went to the European Council in Brussels to try and persuade northern countries to […]

15 March 2013
331
Presseurop
Il Sole-24 Ore
Portugal: ‘Deadline for €4bn cuts in public sector spending extended to 2015’

The worsening Portuguese recession has led the troika to allow the government an extra year to reform the public finances. The government’s obligation to find […]

15 March 2013
111
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Público
Spain: ‘Yes, now STOP EVICTIONS’

The European Court of Justice ruled on March 14 that harsh property repossession laws in Spain, which have led to 400,000 evictions since the beginning […]

15 March 2013
84
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El Periódico de Catalunya
European Council: ‘Group therapy’ for growth-crisis countries

At Thursday’s European Council summit in Brussels, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will present figures that Süddeutsche Zeitung describes as “worrying”. In 2013, nine […]

14 March 2013
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, Financial Times
EU budget: Negotiations to begin between member states and MEPs

The European parliament (EP) has rejected the EU 2014-2020 budget, branding it too austere. In all, 506 MEPs voted to modify the budgetary proposal submitted […]

14 March 2013
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Adevărul
Vatican: ‘The new hand of God’

The British tabloid leads with the same headline as its German counterpart Bild to announce the election of Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy. However, […]

14 March 2013
242
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Daily Mirror
Balkans: ‘Belgrade and Pristina reach agreement’

Citing EU sources, the daily reports that Serbia and Kosovo have reached agreement on the powers to be given to a group of Serbian-majority municipalities […]

14 March 2013
35
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Blic
Hungary: ‘The 1848 Revolution was the breaking point — The question is who accepts its legacy today’

On March 15, 1848, the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg Empire began in Pozsony, the provisional capital of the Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, the […]

14 March 2013
201
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Magyar Hírlap
Spain: ‘Catalonian parliament increases majority supporting the right to decide’

A total of 104 regional MPs out of 135, 77 per cent of the Catalonian Parliament, support a dialogue with the Spanish government to agree […]

14 March 2013
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La Vanguardia
France: ‘100,000 jobs lost in France in a single year’

There is no denying the importance of the offical figures published on March 13. The French economy shed close to 100,000 jobs in the secondary […]

14 March 2013
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Les Echos
Portugal: ‘Government promotes debt sale in Europe’

The Government will start a "roadshow" next week aiming to promote trade in its national public debt and pave the way for a debt issue […]

14 March 2013
17
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Jornal de Negócios
Vatican: ‘The surprise of Francis’

On the second day and in the fifth vote of the conclave, the 115 cardinals elected the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, aged […]

14 March 2013
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Corriere della Sera
European Union: National budgets under Brussels supervision

On March 12, the European parliament voted to approve “a restrictive directive that will oblige eurozone member states to present their planned budgets in Brussels, […]

13 March 2013
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Le Temps, Le Figaro
Social issues: Gaping healthcare inequalities

"Health is dividing Europe in two," notes El País commenting on the publication of The European Health Report by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Spanish […]

13 March 2013
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El País, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Cyprus: ‘European bailout without the IMF for Cyprus’

“According to eurozone leaders, […] Cyprus could be bailed out at a cost of between €10bn and €13bn, instead of €15bn to €17bn as was […]

13 March 2013
363
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Politis
Denmark: ‘Greenland’s new political star wins landslide victory in elections’

In the final results of March 12 general elections in Greenland, the social-democratic party Siumut won 42.8 per cent of the vote, while the ruling […]

13 March 2013
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Information
European Union: ‘More rights for air passengers’

The European Commission wants to reinforce the rights of passengers who seek refunds or compensation in the event of delays. In particular, it is planning to […]

13 March 2013
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Vatican: ‘Black smoke, all to play for’

At the end of the first day of conclave, the smoke that rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney was black, meaning the 115 cardinals have […]

13 March 2013
15
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Il Messaggero
Belgium: ‘Half of Belgians back abdication’

Some 46 per cent of Belgians think that King Albert II should abdicate — a view endorsed by just 30 per cent at the height […]

13 March 2013
372
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Le Soir
Serbia: ‘Serbia marches for Zoran’

In Belgrade, 20,000 people turned out to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Zoran Đinđić, the pro-western prime minister (2001-2003) who was assassinated […]

13 March 2013
35
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Danas
Czech Republic: ‘Nečas cut farmers’ euro-subsidies more than he needed’

Czech farmers have discovered they are to lose €300m in farm subsidies as a result of cuts in agriculture spending in the new 2014-2020 European […]

13 March 2013
121
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Hospodářské Noviny
Diplomacy: UK and Argentina are polls apart over Falklands

A referendum on the status of the Falklands Islands (Las Malvinas in Spanish) carried out among the South Atlantic archipelago’s 2,900 inhabitants found 99.8 per […]

12 March 2013
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The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Clarín
Vatican: ‘Pope Academy’

A total of 115 cardinals from all over the world have gathered for the conclave to elect a new pope to succeed Benedict XVI. The conclave […]

12 March 2013
13
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Libération
Greenland: ‘Natural resources question could decide election’

Greenland, an autonomous province of Denmark, is to elect its parliament on March 12 in a vote that may be decided by the question of […]

12 March 2013
28
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Jyllands-Posten
Balkans: ‘Slovenia allows us into the EU, we allow its banks into Croatia’

On March 11, the prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia, Zoran Milanović and Janez Janša, signed an agreement to resolve the banking dispute between the […]

12 March 2013
241
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Jutarnji List
Czech Republic: ‘Amnesty is growing. More than 50,000 people avoid penalties’

Following the controversial presidential amnesty by Václav Klaus, announced on January 1, the Ministry of Justice has now revealed that more than 50,000 people will […]

12 March 2013
405
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Mladá Fronta DNES
Hungary: ‘The end of the constitutional era’

On March 11, the Hungarian parliament adopted a further modification of the country’s fundamental law which will take away most of the powers of the […]

12 March 2013
57
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Népszava
United Kingdom: ‘A tragedy of their own making’

Former British cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were sentenced to eight months each in prison on March 11 for perverting the […]

12 March 2013
16
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The Guardian
Italy: ‘PDL storms a court’

Around 150 MPs from the centre-right People of Freedom Party (PDL) marched into a Milan court to protest against what they see as the “judicial […]

12 March 2013
16
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La Repubblica
EU budget: MEPs set their conditions

An ugly showdown between the European Parliament and the EU’s 27 national governments over the 3 per cent cut in the 2014-2020 European budget may […]

11 March 2013
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EUobserver.com
Netherlands: ‘Starve to death or be shot?’

Faced with the problem of approximately 2,000 deer, living in 3,000 hectares of dunes close to Amsterdam, which were causing extensive damage to protected ecosystems […]

11 March 2013
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De Volkskrant
Hungary: ‘Vote to take place all the same’

In spite of protests from the European Union and the Council of Europe, and opposition demonstrations — including Saturday’s gathering outside the constitutional court in […]

11 March 2013
28
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Népszabadság
Greece: ‘Europe in the dock’

“The measures taken by European governments to save the single currency when it was on the brink may be all well and good, but they […]

11 March 2013
315
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Ta Nea
France: ‘A €9bn bill’

“Over the next three years, the French government runs the risk of having to pay an enormous bill of between €8bn and €9bn” for failing […]

11 March 2013
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Aujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien
European Union: ‘Bank rush to redraft executive pay deals’

Banks throughout Europe are racing to draw up new salary deals with staff and executives before the end of the month in order to comply […]

11 March 2013
441
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Financial Times
Malta: ‘Malta votes for change’

With 55 per cent of the vote, the Labour Party led by Joseph Muscat has won a clear victory in the general election held on […]

11 March 2013
25
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The Malta Independent
Austria: ‘Austrian amnesia’

One in two Austrians believe Adolf Hitler’s rule had some positive aspects, according to a poll conducted by daily Der Standard ahead of the 75th […]

11 March 2013
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Gazeta Wyborcza
International Women's Day: Too many men at the top of the EU

“Europe is missing women at the top table," mourns La Croix. As International Women's Day rolls around on March 8, the French newspaper paints a […]

8 March 2013
725
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La Croix
Spain: EU probes Valencian football funding

"Brussels investigates Spanish football," headlines El País, revealing that European Commission competition watchdogs are investigating three Valencia football teams – Valencia, Hércules and Elche – […]

8 March 2013
40
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El País
Czech Republic: ‘On his way to the Castle’

Miloš Zeman, who was elected President of the Czech Republic on January 26, will be officially be sworn in on March 8 at a ceremony […]

8 March 2013
16
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Hospodářské Noviny
Gender Equality: ‘The invisibles’

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, TAZ wonders if "women still have to battle against invisibility. [...] For the beautiful and the rich, this […]

8 March 2013
251
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Die Tageszeitung

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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’

The government debt of the GIPSIC countries is around € 3 tn. The bank debt of the GIPSIC banks is around € 9 tn. Banking union is a step in the right direction but given those numbers it has to be done with extreme care.

gero42 on New test for the Eurozone

Neither East Germany nor the other Eastern Bloc countries have managed a genuine moral examination of their pasts. But it is relatively easy to distinguish those who participated in the system for its privileges, those who betrayed others and those who were simply protecting themselves.

preda on A chancellor made in the GDR