Europe & the World
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Moldova: President cannot be found
15 November 2011PresseuropTimpul -
Eurozone crisis: What Latin-America can teach Europe
9 November 2011426 11 El País Madrid -
Germany-Syria: Damascus spying with European technology
7 November 201156 1PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Eurozone crisis: Chinese saviour is in debt too
31 October 20113PresseuropDie Presse -
Debt crisis: China is ready to help
28 October 2011379 9 The Global Times Beijing -
Switzerland : Swiss voters seek the centre
24 October 20112PresseuropLe Temps -
Libya : What next for Gaddafi’s billions?
21 October 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Serbia-Kosovo: Border tension growing
21 October 2011PresseuropDanas -
Sweden: Two journalists, one minister, lots of petrol
18 October 2011PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet -
EU-China: No desire to die Chinese
13 October 2011388 10 La Stampa Turin -
Eurozone crisis: US staring at crumbling EU
13 October 201133 4PresseuropUSA Today -
Ukraine: Tymoshenko jail sentence isolates Kiev
12 October 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Italy: Judiciary under pressure acquits Knox
4 October 2011PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Eastern Partnership: Summit fails to tackle big issues
3 October 201126 3PresseuropPresseurop -
Eastern Partnership: The East, not on the EU’s mind
29 September 2011106 1 Polityka Warsaw -
Estonia-Russia: The apartments that lead to Schengen
28 September 2011104 Postimees Tallinn -
Debt crisis: Eurozone death drive
26 September 2011424 7 The New York Times New York -
EU-Ukraine: Association agreement on track
26 September 201117PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Ukraine: Stakes are high at the Tymoshenko trial
23 September 201184 1 Respekt Prague -
Middle East: Europe stuck in the middle of the road
21 September 201183 2 An-Nahar Beirut -
Turkey : Abdullah Gül threatens to slam door on EU
21 September 201111PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Turkey-Cyprus: Ankara starts spat with EU
19 September 20111PresseuropLa Stampa -
Libya : Cameron and Sarkozy lap up triumph
16 September 20111PresseuropLe Figaro -
Suriname: French Guiana, a door to the EU
13 September 2011258 3 Trouw Amsterdam -
Schengen Zone: The millionaires of Europe’s eastern frontier
5 September 2011104 2 The 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 2011327 1 Presseurop -
EU-Syria: Calls to boycott Syrian oil
31 August 201118PresseuropPresseurop -
Belarus: Europe’s banks help bail-out Lukashenko
29 August 20111PresseuropThe Independent -
Libya: France and Italy battle over reconstruction
26 August 2011PresseuropLa Stampa -
After the Libyan War: BHL: Why we were right to go in
26 August 201183 13 Le Point Paris -
After the Libyan war: We’ll be stuck in the sands
25 August 201190 1 The Independent London -
Democracy: EU elites keep power from the people
24 August 2011383 6 The New York Times New York -
Libya: Where did the EU money go?
24 August 201118 2PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Press review: Where next for Libya?
23 August 201198 1 Presseurop -
EU-Libya: Libya: the endgame, the future, the risks
22 August 201184 1 La Stampa Turin -
1991-2011: A Baltic triumph
19 August 2011143 IQ The Economist Vilnius -
Anniversary: The coup that ended the USSR
19 August 2011PresseuropTribune de Genève -
Somalia: How Europe can help
16 August 2011154 3 ABC Madrid -
View from the US: History's lessons for Europe
12 August 20113PresseuropTime -
Bosnia and Herzegovina: What role for the European 'Tsar'?
10 August 201151 2 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Europe-Syria: “Your silence is killing us”
2 August 2011289 2 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Balkans: Smalltime smugglers’ war in Kosovo
29 July 201168 2 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Libya: Now we want Gaddafi out, now we don't
28 July 201141 The Independent London -
Middle East: Europe has a role to play
28 July 201175 1 Al Hayat London -
International Aid: How to really help Somalia
28 July 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
European Union: Without the South, the North loses Europe
27 July 2011239 8 Le Temps Geneva -
Belarus: Free Poczobut to keep the struggle alive
6 July 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
EU-US: America and Europe sinking together
5 July 2011252 1 Financial Times London
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. 
No more talk: Europe must act now to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa. It can start by helping to restore order in a country racked by decades of civil war. 
Sixteen years after a bloody civil war, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a fragmented, divided and dependent country. The Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, headed by the EU Special Representative, plays a vital role in the administration of the state. Is that good or bad? asks the foreign editor of MF Dnes. 
In the wake of 9/11, the West demanded that Arab populations embrace democracy. In countries like Syria, they are now risking their lives to do just that, while Europeans stand back as though they were incapable of dealing with problems beyond their borders. The founder of the Community of Saint Egidio sets the record straight. 
As the border post went up in flames, NATO troops moved in to prevent an escalation of hostilities. The tension on the border between Kosovo and Serbia, a smuggling flashpoint, has once again reached fever pitch. A Dutch columnist argues that the solution should be more talks and subsidies for legal businesses. 
Four months into the military operations against Colonel Gaddafi, the British and French governments are still looking for a coherent policy towards Libya. They have only themselves to blame, writes a British columnist. 
After years of playing a secondary role in the Arab world, the EU now has an opportunity to exert a positive influence in a region where the United States and Russia have failed to respond to radical change. An Al-Hayat columnist outlines how Europe can make a difference. 
The countries of southern Europe are facing huge problems. But this no reason to neglect them or shove them towards the exit: the fate of the EU is linked to its southern countries, writes a reporter from Le Temps. 
Both the EU and US have struggled to cope with the economic crisis in their own distinctive ways. A monumental error, argues Gideon Rachman, since their problems are essentially the same.