Society
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France: Marriage puts a nation asunder
23 April 2013436 68 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
France: ‘Vive les Mariés!’
23 April 201358 11PresseuropLibération -
France: ‘Marriage for all: a ‘non’ that is here to stay’
22 April 201319 5PresseuropLa Croix -
European Union: ‘More victims of human trafficking’
22 April 201335 1PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Hungary: ‘We have learned the lessons of history’
22 April 201317PresseuropNépszabadság -
Greece: Time to reclaim the land from barbarians
19 April 2013595 175 I Kathimerini Athens -
Poland-Czech Republic: A freestyle reunification
19 April 2013203 24 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Spain: ‘People’s Party alone in approving anti-eviction law’
19 April 201347PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Germany: ‘Quota postponed — CDU women say no’
19 April 201320 3PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Poland: “Take some leave, dad!”
18 April 201322 2PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Food: Nearly 5% of EU beef is horsemeat
17 April 201354 11PresseuropEl Mundo -
Germany: ‘NSU trial postponed, court making a mockery of itself’
16 April 201331 4PresseuropDie Welt -
Czech Republic: The Sudetenland’s last Germans
15 April 2013187 38 Respekt Prague -
European Union: The Roma: Europe’s guilty conscience
8 April 2013157 24PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Immigration: UK’s head in the sand
5 April 2013111 57 The Daily Telegraph London -
Norway: ‘Utøya families prepare court action against police’
5 April 201320PresseuropAftenposten -
European Union: ‘Crisis leads us to have fewer children’
4 April 201343 6PresseuropPolitiken -
Pensions: A new life for your old age
3 April 2013140 12 Respekt Prague -
Hungary: ‘Envelopes are thinner’
3 April 201338 4PresseuropNépszabadság -
Spain: Hands off my house!
1 April 20131045 31 Libération Paris -
Belgium: ‘The very international career of alleged terrorist Benladghem’
29 March 201340PresseuropLa Libre Belgique -
United Kingdom: ‘Immigration crackdown could enter classrooms’
28 March 201362 7PresseuropThe Guardian -
France: ‘New show of force’
25 March 201330 5PresseuropLe Figaro -
Sport: In Budapest and Zagreb, football is political too
22 March 201331 3PresseuropNépszabadság, Jutarnji List -
Spain: ‘Everyone with Madrid 2020’
18 March 201322 8PresseuropABC -
The Netherlands-Turkey: ‘Yunus would sniff glue in Turkey’
18 March 201335 7PresseuropTrouw -
United Kingdom: Petition against Romanians and Bulgarians is creating a buzz
15 March 2013152 24PresseuropGandul -
Vatican: ‘The new hand of God’
14 March 201314 2PresseuropDaily Mirror -
Vatican: ‘The surprise of Francis’
14 March 201315 15PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Social issues: Gaping healthcare inequalities
13 March 201364 3PresseuropEl País, Süddeutsche Zeitung -
Vatican: ‘Black smoke, all to play for’
13 March 201315PresseuropIl Messaggero -
Emigration: On the road to Mozambique
12 March 2013384 1 Jornal de Negócios Lisbon -
Vatican: ‘Pope Academy’
12 March 201313PresseuropLibération -
United Kingdom: ‘A tragedy of their own making’
12 March 201316PresseuropThe Guardian -
Banks: Bonuses too big to prevail
8 March 20131038 36 The Guardian London -
International Women's Day: Too many men at the top of the EU
8 March 201373 5PresseuropLa Croix -
Spain: EU probes Valencian football funding
8 March 201340PresseuropEl País -
Estonia: After the e-government, here come the e-citizens
8 March 2013207 4 Eesti Päevaleht Tallinn -
Gender Equality: ‘The invisibles’
8 March 201325 1PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Portugal: ‘Portugal, a country emptied’
5 March 2013146 8PresseuropPúblico -
Poland: ‘Poland dependent on immigrants’
4 March 2013154 20PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Denmark: ‘Danish Muslims encouraged to join the holy war in Syria’
1 March 201351 5PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Czech Republic: ‘Hundreds of doctors stop work. And put their feet up’
1 March 201321 1PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Vatican: ‘Our pope flies away to retire!’
1 March 201316PresseuropBild -
Food: Romania struggles to swallow horsemeat scandal
27 February 2013194 46 Revista 22 Bucharest -
Food: ‘EU: Greater demand for clearer meat labelling’
25 February 201387 2PresseuropDer Standard -
Germany: ‘Organic egg fraud’
25 February 2013156 1PresseuropDie Welt -
Slovakia: ‘We can favour the Roma’
22 February 201375PresseuropSME -
Belgium: 'Most immigrants are from Eastern Europe’
22 February 201325 2PresseuropDe Morgen -
Italy: Failing the invisible generation
21 February 2013466 48 Corriere della Sera Milan
On April 23, France became the ninth European state to extend marriage and adoption rights to homosexual couples. However, unlike other countries, the measures provoked fierce hostility from sections of the public. A German newspaper tries to explain why. 
Attacks on April 17 against undocument migrants demanding to be paid for their work as seasonal labourers harken to century-old peasant struggles, risking to further tarnish the image of a country already marked by rising xenophobic violence and impunity for its perpetrators.
How does a city divided into two by a national border leave the problems of the past behind and come together? A group of young people from such a city, known as Cieszyn in Polish and Český Těšín in Czech, are promoting reconciliation through volunteering.
Despite many Sudeten Germans being forced to leave at the end of the Second World War, a small German community survives in country's west. As their culture slowly disappears, those who remain look back at the decades of coexistence with the Czechs. 
The anticipated wave of Bulgarian and Romanian immigration in 2014 will not be as high as previously thought, according to a new government report. But that is no reason to ignore the consequences for urbanism and social services, writes the conservative Daily Telegraph. 
Enjoying your retirement under a tropical sun on the other side of the world is no longer the preserve only of western Europe’s wealthy elite. Increasing numbers of Czech pensioners are abandoning their homeland in order to “wipe out the winter." 
Publicly denouncing politicians who refuse to revise the law on mortgages, Spaniards lobbying against the soaring number of home evictions have adopted a technique used to put pressure on the Argentine military, nicknamed "the unmasking". 
Settling in Mozambique is increasingly attractive to a growing number of Portuguese who are suffering from the crisis. Less threatening than Angola, Mozambique has raised expectations among a people confused by events – even if some of them are coming back empty-handed. 
After the whopping bailouts to Europe’s banks failed to trigger growth, a new zeitgeist is sweeping the continent. The tide has turned against corporate excess. The public wants revenge and the bankers have only themselves to blame, writes a British columnist. 
After Estonia's efforts to push its government administration online, the country now plans to assign a digital identity to all its citizens. The goal? To help cement ties with business talent – both Estonians abroad and foreign expatriates with links to the east European nation. 
Romania, wrongly named as the source of the horsemeat food fraud, has suffered more than most in the ready-meals scandal. Having been dealt a severe blow, the country’s agriculture industry now has to pick up the pieces and regain Europe's trust. 
Never have the under-30s had to face such precarity, while at the same time, disregard for their generation has reached an all-time high in the current election campaign.