Green light for Nord Stream
Sweden and Finland's November 5th approval of the route of the future Nord Stream gas pipeline, which passes through their coastal waters, has set aside any further doubts about the project launched by Russia and Germany in 2002. While the press in Poland and the Baltic states wonders about the future implications of the decision for energy security in their respective countries, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter devotes its front page to concerns expressed by the inhabitants of the island of Gotland, who claim they will be uncomfortably close to Nord Stream. In its editorial, the newspaper notes that Europe receives 25% of gas supplies from Russia, a country which "ought to be the focus of a common European security policy." For the daily, "the authoritarian government in Moscow is certainly a threat, but so too are divisions within the EU."
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. 
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.