No-one in rush to host nuclear dump
The choice of the site for Spain's second nuclear waste storage plant has yet to be decided. ABC reports that "the village of Yebra in the province of Guadalajara has been the only local authority to apply" in the run-up to the January 30 deadline for submissions to host the facility. "In a time of economic crisis, millions of euros in investment and the many jobs to be created by the project" have failed to convince local governments, which according to ABC, continue to view the plant as a "poisoned chalice." Pressure from local residents and doubts in the ranks of political parties have forced other applicants, like authorities in Ascó (in the province of Tarragona), to withdraw their bids to host the site. In its editorial, the conservative daily takes the view that the difficulty in locating the site is yet another instance of "the primacy of fragmented local interests, which are now taking precedence over national political imperatives."
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.