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War in Mali: The Europeans aren’t fit for purpose
16 January 201349065 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Belgium: ‘Destination Mali’
16 January 201338PresseuropDe Standaard -
Germany: ‘Europe suffers, Germany wins’
16 January 2013441PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Poland: ‘No to europatent’
16 January 2013274PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Economy: Saint Precarious – new icon of Europe
15 January 201385817 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Tax Evasion: EU leads ‘determined’ but ‘largely ineffective’ fight
15 January 2013561PresseuropEl Mundo -
Fertility: The crisis hits birth rates
15 January 20131104PresseuropLe Figaro -
Crisis: No common front in the fight against joblessness
15 January 201315649 Alternatives économiques Paris -
EU-Serbia: Eye test
14 January 201353 Danas Belgrade -
United Kingdom: Lost illusions on Europe
14 January 201310724 Financial Times London -
United Kingdom: Will the pro-Europeans please stand up?
14 January 201310468 The Guardian London -
Poland: 'Sejm will not pass civil partnership bills'
14 January 2013312PresseuropPolska The Times -
Debt Crisis: ‘EU redrafts bank rescue funding plans’
14 January 2013461PresseuropFinancial Times -
Editorial: A human face for the euro
11 January 201310913Presseurop -
Diplomacy: Obama reaches out to EU
11 January 20131017PresseuropFinancial Times -
Ukraine: EU still fails to get Tymoshenko out of prison
10 January 2013451PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
European Commision: Dalligate: MEPs call for an inquest
10 January 2013692PresseuropDe Morgen -
Economy: The rise of the zombie companies
10 January 20131377PresseuropFinancial Times -
European Commission: The drug the EU decided to ignore
9 January 20131741PresseuropLibération -
Telecommunications: Pan-European network plan for connecting people
9 January 2013781PresseuropFinancial Times -
Debt Crisis: A €1m gateway to Europe
9 January 201330261 Die Zeit Hamburg -
The front page: 9 January 2013
9 January 201320PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg, Le Temps, Delo & 4 others -
Air Travel: Mayday ! Mayday ! Mayday !
8 January 201364 Le Vif/L’Express Brussels -
EU-funds: Spending still hard to control
8 January 20134317 De Standaard Brussels -
Geopolitics : Could Romania be Europe’s breadbasket?
8 January 20132666 Adevărul Bucharest -
Civil aviation: Pilots warn workloads are safety threat
7 January 2013643PresseuropDe Standaard -
Diplomacy: Everything is illuminated
4 January 201339 Wiener Zeitung Vienna -
Editorial: Trends for 2013
4 January 2013754Presseurop -
Democracy: Wooing Europe’s masses
4 January 201353698 Project Syndicate Prague -
European Union: Brussels is recruiting
4 January 20134022PresseuropDie Welt -
Economy: America’s European moment
4 January 2013825PresseuropThe Economist -
Economy: Merkel shepherds us away from the fiscal cliff
3 January 201316550 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Trade: Toxic containers discovered in EU ports
3 January 2013901PresseuropLe Monde -
Czech Republic: The hospital from where you don’t return
3 January 20133316 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Ireland: What is the point of the EU presidency?
2 January 201318222 La Tribune Paris -
United Kingdom: 40 years after EU accession, there’s not so much to cheer about
2 January 201312782PresseuropThe Independent -
The front page: 2 January 2013
2 January 201322PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau, Politiken, Le Soir & 4 others -
New Year's Quiz: 40 trick questions about Europe
31 December 201284955 Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung Frankfurt -
2012 in cartoons: Spare any change?
28 December 201234 Jyllands-Posten Aarhus -
The press in Europe (5/5): Embedded in the Brussels bubble
28 December 201248614 Inside Story Melbourne -
2012 in cartoons: Who said anything about inflation risk?
27 December 201218 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Editorial: Christmas readings
24 December 2012306Presseurop -
Austerity: O Christmas tree…
21 December 2012115 I Kathimerini Athens -
Debt crisis: Europe survives the year
21 December 201227260 El País Madrid -
EU-Russia: Brussels and Moscow’s frosty relations
21 December 20126512PresseuropThe Guardian, EUobserver.com, Le Monde -
Foreign aid: EU money only benefits the corrupt
21 December 201242616 De Standaard Brussels -
Eurozone: Apocalypse not Now
20 December 201251 The Economist London -
Sweden: Brussels, hands off our snus!
20 December 20128713PresseuropAftonbladet, Expressen -
Balkans: A fresh spat between Bulgaria and Macedonia
19 December 201211210 Dnevnik Sofia -
Tobacco: Brussels unveils new restrictions
19 December 2012582PresseuropLa Libre Belgique, Les Echos, La Stampa
France's war in Mali is a fight for all of Europe that France is fighting alone, writes the Brussels correspondent of the SZ. Brushing Paris off with a few aircraft isn't just shirking on the part of its European Union partners, it's a fatal blow to a common European defence. 
Austerity and free market regulations have created a band of loyal followers: The Precarious. And they are threatening the jewel European civilization, social security, argues Belgian writer Geert Van Istandael. 
The latest figures are grim: unemployment has soared to record levels in the eurozone, with 11.8 per cent of the workforce unemployed. So far, however, European countries have been unable to harmonise their social policies in an effort to get out of the crisis. 
In his forthcoming speech on Europe, due on January 18, UK Prime Minister David Cameron must take account of the Conservative Party’s eurosceptic mood, but above all speak for the country rather than the party and keep Britain in Europe, argues a Financial Times editorial. 
The UK runs the risk of being stampeded out of the EU by Europhobic politicians and media magnates. Pro-Europeans must shed their fears and launch an objective debate on the case for Britain’s EU membership, writes an editorial in The Guardian. 
Hard-hit by the crisis, Lisbon is wooing rich investors from its former colonies. Anyone who invests in the country has a good chance of obtaining a visa — and an open door to the rest of Europe. 
Despite all the promises of transparency, European funds are still being used improperly by companies and member states, while fraud and misuse remain difficult to detect and rarely punished. 
Against a backdrop of global crisis, the battle for resources is set to escalate in 2013. At a time when the EU is turning to Russia for its energy needs, one of its member states could supply the others with agricultural produce. But for this to happen, Romanians will have to take full advantage of their country’s assets. 
Ahead of the 2014 European Parliament elections, the EU could learn much from the recent US presidential vote regarding how to engage with its citizens, gain legitimacy and achieve a louder voice on the international stage. 
The last minute negotiations in Washington to avoid a budget shortfall show that short-termism is well grounded in US politics. And by contrast, it shows that despite her controversial handling of the euro crisis, the German chancellor is wise enough to instead push for long-term solutions. 
In the mountains of Bohemia, near the Polish border, lies a small hospital - the only one of its kind in Europe: The Biological Defence Centre in Těchonín is designed to treat the poor unfortunates who contract the world's most dangerous viruses or fall victim to a biological terrorist attack. 
On January 1, the Dublin government took over the rotating presidency of the European Union. However, French daily La Tribune argues that economic crisis and a shift in the balance of power in the EU have turned this institution into an empty shell. 
Three years of the euro crisis, 2013 is around the corner, and you still have some questions? So does essayist Hans Magnus Enzensberger. The outspoken critics of the Brussels bureaucracy has been inspired to draw up a quiz – with, of course, entirely objective questions. Have fun! 
The Belgian capital is the heart of the EU power machine, where dozens of journalists try to cover the activities of all the institutions. But as an Australian newcomer founds out, they have too much information and too little time to make sense of what’s going on. 
The year 2012 seemed pretty dangerous for the eurozone and the whole of the EU. But the worst did not come to pass, especially since Angela Merkel made concessions, which allowed Mario Draghi, President of the ECB to intervene. However, in 2013, Europeans will still have to remain vigilant. 
According to the European Court of Auditors, it’s almost impossible to check how EU aid money is spent by developing countries. As a major EU aid fraud scandal hits Uganda, commentators in Kampala wonder why European donors continue to funnel cash into a corrupt country. 
After Athens, it’s Sofia’s turn to put the brakes on the opening of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia. It’s a stance that’s stirring up nationalist tensions between the two countries and breathing new life into the clichés of its European partners about the bickering Balkans, regrets a Bulgarian journalist.