Romania-Russia
But why spy on the Russians?
17 August 2010
Presseurop
Gandul 
Gandul, 17 August 2010
"What is Romania spying on in Russia?" wonders Gândul following the arrest of a senior Romanian diplomat in Moscow by the FSB, Russia's secret service. The first secretary of the political department at the Romanian embassy "was captured allegedly attempting to obtain confidential military information", reports the Bucharest daily. According to Gândul, it is just "the latest and most serious episode marking the growing tensions in Russo-Romanian relations since the fall of communism in 1989".
As Greece pimps its ancient monuments to bring in the tourists, lovers of cultural heritage are up in arms. But the country is only doing openly what the whole of Europe is: looting historic sites to drum up more ready cash. 
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. 
The game has gone on for nearly two years: Athens pretends to comply with the demands of its creditors and partners, and they pretend to believe in Greece’s commitments. As the spectre of default comes nearer, however, the Greek bluff cannot go on much longer, writes an El Mundo editorialist.