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Spain: Ronaldo’s new position - bank collateral
26 July 2011813PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Malta: Valleta to allow divorce from October
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Norway: Oslo pays homage to Breivik’s victims
26 July 2011PresseuropAftenposten -
Norway: Even Stieg Larsson failed to see it coming
25 July 20111134 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Norway: Dignity in the face of horror
25 July 20112762 Dagbladet Oslo -
Spain: Return of the Angry Ones
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Poland: More and more zloty millionaires
21 July 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Bulgaria: Emigrés, get lost
20 July 20112384 E-vestnik Sofia -
Germany: Bild announces new gold rush
20 July 2011PresseuropBild -
Belgium: 28,000 immigrants regularised
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Spain: The Civil War is still an open wound
18 July 20111142 El País Madrid -
Poland: Abortion debate flares up again
8 July 20111PresseuropNewsweek Polska -
Iceland: A new constitution, via Facebook
4 July 201115312 Sydsvenskan Malmö -
Romania: Exam disaster for Google generation
4 July 2011111PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Spain: One step up for the Angry Ones
29 June 20111571 El País Madrid -
A town in Europe: Przemyśl's double life
28 June 2011110 La Croix Paris -
Latin America: The Spanish brain-drain
24 June 20112222 El País Madrid -
Greece: The crisis according to Dimitra
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Denmark: Christiania free at last
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Spain: Angry Ones back at Puerta del Sol
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Poland: Warsaw to push for immigrant amnesty
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Greek crisis: Athenians take Syntagma Square
16 June 2011752 Eleftherotypia Athens -
Spain: Angry Ones vacate camp
13 June 2011PresseuropABC -
European Union: Back to the nation
8 June 201165024 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurt -
E.coli crisis: Hamburg — agony of the big city
7 June 2011104 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Poland: Dark side of the economic miracle
7 June 20111983 The Guardian London -
Food: Deadly bacteria - German weakness
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Spain-Tunisia: Short lesson on the weaknesses of democracy
6 June 20111913 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Germany: Not killer cucumbers, but bean-sprouts
6 June 2011PresseuropDie Welt -
E.coli: New food scare, same old mistakes
3 June 20111682 De Standaard Brussels -
Europe: Call for truce in war on drugs
3 June 20114PresseuropLibération -
Poland: A Chinese road going nowhere
3 June 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Greece: Life in a time of Troika
1 June 2011256 To Vima Athens -
Food: Killer cucumber, a European panic attack
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Spain: Agriculture victim of the killer cucumbers
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Political fiction: Onwards to Europe 2.0
30 May 20112467 Die Welt Berlin -
Malta: Voters say yes to divorce
30 May 2011PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
Germany: Fear of the killer cucumbers
27 May 2011PresseuropBild -
Immigration: Trouble never ends at Greek-Turkish border
26 May 2011832 Le Monde Paris -
Belgium: East European gangs still strong
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Greece: The Angry Ones bug hits Athens
26 May 20111PresseuropTa Nea -
Debate: Immigration, inevitable and indispensable
25 May 201133214 Trouw Amsterdam -
Spain: Europe, don't let those kids down
24 May 20112575 Politiken Copenhagen -
Spain: Just how far can the Angry Ones go?
23 May 20111296 Público Madrid -
Spain: Protest banned, showdown on Saturday
20 May 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Economic crisis: Spain's Icelandic revolt
19 May 201118388 El País Madrid -
United Kingdom: Minister blunders on rape question
19 May 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
Switzerland: Voters keep assisted suicide alive
16 May 2011PresseuropNeue Zürcher Zeitung -
Freedom of movement: Hostages to xenophobia
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France: Racism in multicultural football
6 May 2011PresseuropLibération
Right up to the slaughter of 22 July, Norway was considered immunised against extremism. Lacking real political connections, a radical movement has nonetheless organised. And its extent remains unknown. 
At least 93 dead and 97 wounded: the dual attack perpetrated on 22 July by right-wing fundamentalist Anders Behring Breivik has shocked the people of Norway. In an editorial published in the wake of the carnage, the daily Dagbladet calls on the citizens of the country not to give in to fear or the temptation to impose a police state. 
Every summer, thousands of Bulgarians who live abroad come back home hoping to catch-up with old friends. But for the latter, these forced reunions become agony, notes with wry humour writer Gueorgui Nikolov. 
75 years after Franco's coup against the young Spanish republic and the start of a bloody civil war, Spain has yet to write a definitive and undisputed history of the period. For El Pais, part of the right still cultivates a selective forgetfulness. 
Begun after the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent fall of the government under popular pressure, Iceland’s citizen revolution continues. The most recent example is that all internet users are called upon to draft the country’s next constitution. 
In having accepted to reopen the debate on transparency and property held by those in public office, it looks as if Spain's politicians are responding to some of the demands made by the Angry Ones movement. But if they're to build on these first successes, protestors must elaborate a coherent politcal project. 
Not far from the Ukrainian border, the small Polish town of Przemyśl is one of the eastern gates of the Schengen area. But people on both sides continue to keep up close ties, and small trade thrives under the tolerant eye of the customs officials. 
Faced with record unemployment and poor job prospects, a generation of young Spaniards is decamping to the economic boomtowns of Latin America
Angry youths are not the only protesters in Athens's streets. Many older citizens like Dimitra feel that the new austerity measures are destroying everything they've worked for, finds Foreign Policy's correspondent. 
On 15 June, tens of thousands of people marched to the parliament in Athens, where the Greek "Angry Ones" have been camping for the last three weeks. Although the protest was largely peaceful, there were a number of skirmishes with police. Eleftherotypia reports. 
The European Union was the best thing that could have happened to the continent. But over the years it has grown into a demon, uncontrollable and impossible to throw out of office. To avoid collapse, there is only one road open: back to the nation. And back to democracy. 
Hamburg, at the epicentre of the food crisis brought on by the EHEC pathogen, has run up the epidemic flag: the blood supply is running out, and vegetables are rotting unsold. ‘We’re still alive,’ hisses the vendor in her market booth. A report. 
It might be hailed as one of Europe’s economic success stories, but Poland’s health and social services are crumbling, and its well-qualified youth are increasingly preferring exile over low-paid, futureless unemployment back home. 
In Tunis, a Volkskrant journalist witnessed the extraordinary spectacle of young Spanish indignados demonstrating outside their embassy. Their dialogue with passing Tunisians offers the basis for a reflection on our political system. 
There is no doubt that E. coli bacteria are dangerous. But the panic stricken response of authorities and consumers to the current outbreak of infections is largely pointless. A Belgian editorialist complains about the damage not only to the European economy but also to the spirit of Europe. 
Gone are the days of going out and shopping, trouble-free travel and early evening drinks in outdoor cafes. Bills and surgery have been postponed, and no more private tuition for the kids. Laid-low by the crisis, Greeks have learned to rein in their lifestyles, and everyday living in the country has become a sad affair. 
After helping to fuel the controversy, the European press is speculating on the public psychosis associated with the EHEC bacteria. 
Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south 
Illegal migration into Greece has slowed at the crossing near the Turkish city of Edirne since the Frontex mission, charged by the European Union to monitor its borders, deployed there for four months. But while this gap in the Schengen Zone may be partially plugged, the problem has simply been displaced. A report. 
Immigration is good for Europe, according to a group of eminent personalities including Joschka Fischer, Javier Solana and Timothy Garton Ash. European leaders should heed their message, suggests Dutch journalist Hans Goslinga. 
Answers to the demands of the “Angry Ones”, who have been demonstrating against their lack of a future, cannot come from the Spanish government alone, according to Danish daily Politiken. It is up to Brussels, where the future of the European economy is decided, to find the solution. 
On 22 May, the Spanish electorate severely reprimanded the ruling Socialist party at the local and regional elections, while throughout the country demonstrations and sit-ins are taking place calling for more political democracy. But perhaps the movement isn't structured enough to last. 
After passively submitting to the crisis, young Spaniards have finally taken to the street. Breaking out on the eve of municipal elections, the protests of recent days have been inspired by those in Iceland that led to the fall of the government in Reykjavik.