Kazakhstan
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Europe / Asia
Stalin’s dream to come true
7 October 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
Geopolitics
United, but not with Europe
9 February 20102Wprost Warsaw -
Turkey
Learning to get over the EU
19 October 20091Sabah Istanbul -
30 September 2009Die Zeit Hamburg
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Czech Republic
ČSA focuses on former Soviet Empire
22 September 2009PresseuropHospodářské noviny
The good news is that from Asia to the Americas, an increasing number of countries are coming together to create unions inspired by the EU. And the bad news? In the long term these entities may overshadow the EU on the world stage, worries Polish weekly Wprost. 
In its annual report on Turkey's membership bid, the EU has encourage Ankara to keep pushing forward with reforms and democratisation. In Turkish daily Sabah, however, columnist Erdal Safak writes that Turkey's future is as much Asian as it is European. 
Ankara is the neighbour Europeans still won’t let into their club. And yet the country behind the Bosporus is soon to become the communication hub for energy supplies bound for Europe. Die Zeit doubts the EU can go on snubbing the Turks indefinitely.