Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: ‘Threatened with death for helping Swedes’
21 March 2013301PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
United Kingdom: ‘UK troops face final Afghan sacrifice’
1 March 2013302PresseuropThe Independent -
EU-Africa: Europe is disappearing from Africa
12 February 201327822 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
The front page: 13 March 2012
13 March 201225PresseuropTo Ethnos, Rzeczpospolita, La Libre Belgique & 5 others -
9/11, 10 years on: The East rises over Ground Zero
9 September 20111132 The Guardian London -
France: 5 soldiers dead as Bastille celebrations begin
14 July 2011PresseuropAujourd'hui en France - Le Parisien -
France-Afghanistan: Free after 18 months with the Taliban
30 June 2011PresseuropLibération -
Afghanistan: We're staying
27 June 201170 L’Avenir Namur -
Afghanistan: French troops to follow US retreat
24 June 20111PresseuropLe Figaro -
Poland: Poles dying for US citizenship
11 May 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Terrorism: Bin Laden’s legacy
2 May 20111632 Le Monde Paris -
Terrorism and democracy: Bin Laden's demise occurred long before his death
2 May 2011PresseuropBlog -
Immigration: What to do? Give them a job!
18 February 20111142 La Repubblica Rome -
Arab revolutions: Seven reasons to be hopeful
17 February 20111PresseuropDie Zeit -
Military: Misunderstanding over Dutch mission
15 February 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Netherlands: New mission to Afghanistan
27 January 2011PresseuropTrouw -
Europol: Protest, an increasingly suspect activity
26 January 20117611 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
Greece: Afghan refugees occupy university
25 January 2011PresseuropTo Ethnos -
Spain: Saying Adiós to Afghanistan
7 January 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
NATO: The death of the west
19 November 2010104 România libera Bucharest -
Sweden: Afghanistan consensus breaks down
18 October 2010PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
Italy / Afghanistan: Rome's secret dirty war
15 October 2010PresseuropL'Espresso -
Italy / Afghanistan: Bomb first, retreat later
12 October 2010PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Afghanistan: Taliban claim two Spanish victims
26 August 2010PresseuropPúblico -
Peacekeeping: Berlin lost in Somalia
30 July 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Arend van Dam, HET FINANCIEELE DAGBLAD (AMSTERDAM): Caught between Nato and the Taliban
27 July 201015 -
Terrorism: Somali lessons for Afghanistan
27 July 201019 Financial Times London -
Afghanistan: The war unravels
26 July 201025PresseuropPresseurop -
Afghanistan: British army leaves war to Americans
8 July 2010PresseuropThe Independent -
Poland: Warsaw working on Afghanistan pull out
24 June 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Gaza flotilla: Why is Israel judged by different standards?
1 June 2010PresseuropBlog -
Germany: President deserts Afghanistan debate
1 June 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Cinema: Afghanistan documentary rocks Denmark
18 May 2010PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Afghanistan: Italian government leaves NGO high and dry
13 April 2010PresseuropIl Manifesto -
Afghanistan: A costly miscasting
23 March 2010PresseuropLibération -
Common Defence : Time to close ranks
9 March 20102 European Voice Brussels -
Afghanistan: War comes home
22 February 2010 -
Europhrenia: The world last week
4 February 2010PresseuropBlog -
Afghanistan: Squaring the circle
29 January 20102 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Editorial: Dark secrets and necessary lies
29 January 2010Presseurop -
Diplomacy: Getting out of the Afghan quagmire
28 January 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Pepsch, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich): War crime and reimbursement
10 December 2009 -
Afghanistan: 100 dead soldiers
8 December 2009PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Afghanistan: Mission : Blurred
3 December 2009Die Tageszeitung Berlin -
Afghanistan: Poland answers Obama's call
30 November 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
Germany: Bundeswehr Afghan blunder exposed
26 November 2009PresseuropBild -
European Union: Dead immigrants don’t exist
20 November 2009PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Steve Bell, The Guardian (London): Afghanistan Sinking
4 November 2009 -
Immigration: Greece opts for forced repatriation
26 October 200912 I Kathimerini Athens -
Foreign policy: The peacekeeper's lament
21 October 2009Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Warsaw
The West, and particularly European countries, are slowly being driven out of Africa by emerging economies, with China at the forefront. A Dutch journalist argues that if Europe still wants to play any role at all, it should cast aside its paternalism and fear of neocolonialism. 
We have spent the years since the attacks on US soil focusing on the terrorist threat and wars in Afganistan and Iraq. But we have been blind to the real global change : the slow but unstoppable rise of China, writes Timothy Garton Ash. 
Symbolic as the death of the al-Qaeda leader is, it does not mark the end of the fight against terrorism, nor of its consequences for our way of life, writes Le Monde. 
Italy has requested financial assistance from the EU to cope with the wave of migrants from north Africa. Instead of increasing the budget of Frontex, the border security agency, the EU should rather reform its asylum policy to foster economic integration of immigrants. 
EU countries have been swapping information with their allies in the "war on terror". Often it's just information on “troublemakers”, i.e. political protesters. And whether they have actually ever committed an offence makes no difference. 
The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on 19 and 20 November will be marked by the rise of Russian influence in the alliance. A Romanian editorialist highlights the vital importance of the link between Eastern Europe and Washington. 
Following the leak to the international press of over 90,000 documents related to the war in Afghanistan, there is precious little evidence that the country is stabilising. The west might do well to abandon its counter-insurrection strategy there, and focus instead on counter-terrorism. 
When it comes to defence, each member state has so far been content to pump money into its own army. But challenges posed by the conflict in Afghanistan may force a rethink of this policy. 
Unable to agree on whether to keep their troops in Afghanistan, the Dutch coalition government collapsed on 20 February. The shockwave could hit other European contingents on the ground, predicts the European press. 
The Western community have got to stop reducing Afghanistan to a domestic policy issue and deluding themselves and the public, writes the Süddeutsche Zeitung: viz. that their objectives can be achieved, that they can go home soon and, above all, that there will be a happy end in Afghanistan. 
The US wants more German soldiers in Afghanistan. The current Bundestag debate goes to show the governments involved have yet to clarify their objectives or give up the myth of the noble warrior, and they adamantly refuse to put the public in the picture, deplores the Tageszeitung. 
Greece, the point of entry for many an illegal immigrant to the EU, is also required to take back immigrants that other countries do not want to keep. However, pleading a lack of appropriate infrastructure, it has failed to honour this responsibility, and instead adopts a policy of forced repatriation, which rides roughshod over refugees' rights. 
Diplomats, soldiers, policemen: from the Balkans to Afghanistan, the EU is deploying more or less ambitious peacekeeping missions. But in a report two experts assert that lack of organisation or commitment from member states means that the results often fall short of expectation, reports Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. - 1 of 2
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