Europe & the World
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Eurozone crisis
Beijing tells Merkel “to do her homework”
3 February 20128PresseuropHandelsblatt -
2 February 20126The Guardian London
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Diplomacy
Europe’s undeclared war against Iran
26 January 201211The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy
EU raises stakes with Iran
24 January 201212PresseuropLe Figaro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph, La Vanguardia -
Diplomacy
Europe to slap embargo on Iranian oil
23 January 20122PresseuropEl Mundo -
Diplomacy
When values are stage dressing
16 December 20115El Mundo Madrid -
European parliament
Sakharov prize for the Arab spring
14 December 2011PresseuropEl Mundo -
EU/Russia
Kaliningrad gets closer to Europe
14 December 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Transnistria
Stooges’ ballot in Tiraspol
9 December 2011România libera Bucharest -
6 December 201115Expresso Lisbon
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Geopolitics
It’s too early to write Europe off
5 December 20114De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
30 November 20117Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
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Moldova
President cannot be found
15 November 2011PresseuropTimpul -
Eurozone crisis
What Latin-America can teach Europe
9 November 201111El País Madrid -
Germany-Syria
Damascus spying with European technology
7 November 20111PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Eurozone crisis
Chinese saviour is in debt too
31 October 20113PresseuropDie Presse -
Debt crisis
China is ready to help
28 October 20119The Global Times Beijing -
Switzerland
Swiss voters seek the centre
24 October 20112PresseuropLe Temps -
21 October 2011PresseuropPúblico
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Serbia-Kosovo
Border tension growing
21 October 2011PresseuropDanas -
18 October 2011PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet
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EU-China
No desire to die Chinese
13 October 201110La Stampa Turin -
Eurozone crisis
US staring at crumbling EU
13 October 20114PresseuropUSA Today -
12 October 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
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4 October 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera
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Eastern Partnership
Summit fails to tackle big issues
3 October 20113PresseuropPresseurop -
Eastern Partnership
The East, not on the EU’s mind
29 September 20111Polityka Warsaw -
Estonia-Russia
The apartments that lead to Schengen
28 September 2011Postimees Tallinn -
Debt crisis
Eurozone death drive
26 September 20117The New York Times New York -
EU-Ukraine
Association agreement on track
26 September 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
23 September 20111Respekt Prague
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Middle East
Europe stuck in the middle of the road
21 September 20112An-Nahar Beirut -
21 September 201111PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau
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Turkey-Cyprus
Ankara starts spat with EU
19 September 20111PresseuropLa Stampa -
16 September 20111PresseuropLe Figaro
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Suriname
French Guiana, a door to the EU
13 September 20113Trouw Amsterdam -
Schengen Zone
The millionaires of Europe’s eastern frontier
5 September 20112The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy
EU to embargo Syrian oil
2 September 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Libyan war
A time for accolades, and payback
2 September 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Press review
Libya: after the war, the oil scramble
1 September 20111Presseurop -
EU-Syria
Calls to boycott Syrian oil
31 August 2011PresseuropPresseurop -
29 August 20111PresseuropThe Independent
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26 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa
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After the Libyan War
BHL: Why we were right to go in
26 August 201113Le Point Paris -
After the Libyan war
We’ll be stuck in the sands
25 August 20111The Independent London -
Democracy
EU elites keep power from the people
24 August 20116The New York Times New York -
24 August 20112PresseuropDagens Nyheter
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Press review
Where next for Libya?
23 August 20111Presseurop -
22 August 20111La Stampa Turin
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1991-2011
A Baltic triumph
19 August 2011IQ The Economist Vilnius
Ten of thousands of Russians are making Cyprus their home from home. A trend that raises questions about Nicosia’s diplomatic and pecuniary relations with Moscow. 
Now that the EU has slapped unprecedented sanctions on Iranian oil imports in a bid to thwart its alleged nuclear weapons programme, what are the consequences? asks a Tel Aviv based political scientist. 
With their decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil and to freeze Iranian bank assets in Europe, EU member states are hoping to force Teheran to halt its nuclear program — an initiative which the European press believes is a risky bet. 
United by common interests but separated by different values, Europe and Russia have been obliged to engage in a political game in which the Europeans plead for democracy and Moscow pretends to listen. The 15 December EU-Russia summit in Brussels is a case in point. 
The secessionist region of Moldova is to hold presidential elections on 11 December — a vote that will be marked by a strange bargain between its Russian protector and Germany, which aims to resolve a conflict that has been deadlocked for 20 years. 
To cut its debt, Portugal’s government has embarked on a far-reaching privatisation program. Brazilian, Chinese and Angolans are the main candidates for taking over its national enterprises. 
Economic power is not the only criterion for global power. What matters is how political systems respond to new crises. And from this perspective, the EU is still in with a chance, writes Dutch historian Dirk-Jan van Baar. 
Afraid they will at the mercy of the Albanian majority once Serbia is forced to recognize Kosovo in exchange for EU members, a growing number of Kosovar Serbs have requested Russian citizenship. But "Slav solidarity" is a myth. 
The debt crisis has plunged the eurozone into a situation similar to that experienced by Latin America in the 90's. To emerge from it, Europeans should learn from the mistakes made at the time, writes columnist and former Venezuelan Minister Moises Naim. 
The eurozone is looking for financial aid from emerging countries, mainly China. A prospect that sends shivers down the spines of many Europeans. But for the official Beijing daily Global Times, any future deal will need to be a “civilized” one. 
Italian writer Antonio Scurati believes that the boom in Chinese investment in Europe and the influence of Chinese capitalism on the European economy are a threat to the freedom and sovereignty of Europeans and for their social and cultural model. 
As the Eastern Partnership summit opens in Warsaw, the EU, which is caught up in the ongoing financial crisis, appears to have little enthusiasm for the project, launched by Poland in 2008. As for the partner countries, they continue to present a wide spectrum of political systems, ranging from dictatorship to democracy.
Following a trend that has intrigued local authorities and real estate agents, more and more Russians are buying apartments without ever setting foot in them. The reason for this strange behaviour is that owning a home in Estonia makes it easier to apply for a Schengen visa. 
In talks with the IMF, European governments have pledged to take “all necessary measures” to prevent the collapse of the Eurozone. However, as New York Times columnist and Economics Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman points out, until now their actions have only served to undermine the single currency. 
The trial of the former premier resumes Sept. 27, three days after the visit of President Yanukovych to Russia. It’s a game of high strategy between Kiev and Moscow, in which Europe has a role to play too. 
In offering an alternative to the U.S. position on recognition of a Palestinian state, the EU is exposing itself to criticism and pressure from both the Palestinians and the Israelis. 
As the sole EU land border on the American continent, the French overseas department is the destination for a large number of immigrants from neighbouring Suriname. Every year, 13,000 of them apply for residency permits that are valid throughout the entirety of the Schengen Area. 
Despite billions invested in hi-tech surveillance equipment, the borders of Romania and Bulgaria remain some of Europe’s most porous. Sumptuous villas built by customs officers might provide a clue as to why. A report. 
Lurking behind the public agreement on display among the participants at the Paris conference on “New Libya" is a shadowy struggle that France, Italy and the UK have already started in the race to exploit the country's resources. So say the French, Italian and British newspapers. 
The famous French philosopher, who inspired Nicolas Sarkozy’s commitment to the cause in Libya, argues that the west should not let itself be intimidated by dictators. The Muammar Gaddafi’s of this world are only “paper tigers.” 
Euphoria is premature, as the West is fated to make the same mistakes as in Iraq, argues Robert Fisk. And if Gaddafi remains at large, a guerrilla war eroding the new powers becomes inevitable. 
On one point the populists are right – the EU doesn't listen to its citizens. And actions undertaken by leaders and institutions only reinforce the sentiment that European integration proceeds through technocratic measures over which people have no control. 
The European press as a whole welcomes the fall of the Libyan regime and the momentum it will give to the “Arab spring” -- but it strikes a more cautious note on the future of the country. A future in which Europe has a decisive role to play. 
The fall of Tripoli marks a victory for NATO and the EU countries that supported the war. But Europe, divided and weakened by the euro crisis, will have to find ways to manage the post-Gaddafi era without bringing chaos to its southern border. 
In August 1991, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia declared their independence from a collapsing USSR. Despite a few hiccups along the way, twenty years on they have definitively turned the page on Communism and come back to their roots in Europe.