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                <language>en</language><item><title>Arms industry | Greece still splashes out billions on defence (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1383501-greece-still-splashes-out-billions-defence</link><description><![CDATA[Frigates, tanks and submarines: Greece may be teetering on the brink, but the bite of austerity hasn’t come near its military. And Germany is profiting from it. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/greece-army.jpg" length="35066" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:08:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO  | Spain signs up to anti-missile shield</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1029061-spain-signs-anti-missile-shield</link><description><![CDATA[Spain, following the lead of Turkey, Poland and Romania, will participate in NATO&#039;s anti-missile shield, Prime Minister Jos&eacute; Luis Zapatero, said in a surprise announcement [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Publico-06102011-100.jpg" length="39952" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:21:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Second anti-missile shield in Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1000091-second-anti-missile-shield-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Netherlands is contributing towards a missile shield,&quot; announces NRC Handelsblad. On September 26, the country&rsquo;s minister of defence announced the installation of the Smart-L [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/NRC-28092011-100.jpg" length="37865" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:12:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Fatty army to go on a diet</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/900421-fatty-army-go-diet</link><description><![CDATA[There  is no underestimating the weight of the Czech military. &ldquo;The soldiers  are too fat and will have to be given medical treatment,&rdquo; [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110831ln.jpg" length="6771" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:32:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libyan war | Europe comes through its baptism of fire (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/882201-europe-comes-through-its-baptism-fire</link><description><![CDATA[The campaign in Libya has shown that the EU is able to conduct a major military operation, but it also has revealed its shortcomings, argues a journalist from French daily Le Figaro. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ships-garibaldi.jpg" length="23100" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:44:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France-Germany | Paris and Berlin want a maritime EADS</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/822061-paris-and-berlin-want-maritime-eads</link><description><![CDATA[The project was thought to be a dead letter, but France is to determined to revive it: &quot;Paris courts Berlin for naval dockyard alliance,&quot; headlines [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/FTD-01082011-100.JPG" length="36497" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Afghanistan | French troops to follow US retreat</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/737731-french-troops-follow-us-retreat</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;France to withdraw from Afghanistan,&quot; headlines Le Figaro. Just hours after President Barack Obama&rsquo;s announcement that a third of American forces will leave Afghanistan by [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110624figaro.jpg" length="7657" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:56:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Slovakia – Czech Republic  | After the Russians, ecological disaster</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/724061-after-russians-ecological-disaster</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Twenty years without the Russians&quot; On June 21, 1991, as Soviet troops  left the territory of Czechoslovakia, 100,000 soldiers and their  families and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/SME-20062011_100.jpg" length="2227" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:49:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Poles dying for US citizenship</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/647431-poles-dying-us-citizenship</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;US Army citizen,&rdquo; headlines Gazeta Wyborcza, reporting that many young Poles with green cards (permanent US residency permits) are joining the American army &nbsp;to obtain [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-wyborcza-11052011-100_0.jpg" length="34932" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:58:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium-Netherlands | Common army to battle budgetary crisis?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/636191-common-army-battle-budgetary-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Military top brass targets De Crem&quot;, Belgium&rsquo;s Defence Minister,headlines De Standaard. In an internal memo, senior officers deplore &ldquo;the cumulative effect of a disastrous cocktail [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Standaard-05052011-100.jpg" length="40096" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:18:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | A khaki-coloured American dream (Jurnalul Naţional, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/634441-khaki-coloured-american-dream</link><description><![CDATA[The 3rd May announcement that the former military base in Deveselu has been chosen as the site for part of the American missile defence shield has brought a glimmer of hope to an undeveloped corner of southern Romania. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Deveselu_0.jpg" length="131298" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:10:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | Austerity homes in on Defence</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/590391-austerity-homes-defence</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Massive employment cuts in Defence&rdquo;, reads the front page of NRC Handelsblad. Dutch defence minister Hans Hillen is scheduled to present the government&rsquo;s austerity programme [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110408nrc.jpg" length="6958" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:31:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Bundeswehr in choppy waters</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/477791-bundeswehr-choppy-waters</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Game of battleships!&rdquo; For Tageszeitung,  the scandal that has erupted over the Gorch Fock training vessel will  compromise the reputation of the German [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/26012011-TAZ-100.jpg" length="11923" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:55:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Military service is all too passé</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/465881-military-service-all-too-passe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Away with military service!&quot;: Profil is joining the call for the reform of the army set out on 17 January by the Social Democrats (SP&Ouml;). [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/18012011-Profil-100.jpg" length="14302" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:06:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Auf Wiedersehen citizen&#039;s army</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/448081-auf-wiedersehen-citizens-army</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;We are off the hook!&rdquo; Not surprisingly, Berlin&rsquo;s alternative pacifist daily Tageszeitung has responded enthusiastically to news that future generations of young Germans will no [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/04012011-Tageszeitung-100.jpg" length="20342" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Military alliance | Towards a EuroNato? (Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/437801-towards-euronato</link><description><![CDATA[Notwithstanding claims made by participants, the Nato summit in Lisbon did not constitute a turning point: the alliance continues to be undermined by a profound crisis, highlighted not only by the problems it faces in Afghanistan, but also by nagging doubts about the effectiveness of  mutual assistance in the event of threats to security. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/euro-otan.jpg" length="59650" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:23:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Alliances | Nordic countries huddle together (EUobserver.com, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/418891-nordic-countries-huddle-together</link><description><![CDATA[As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Finlander-bear-Pye.jpg" length="117524" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:18:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | The death of the west (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/397711-death-west</link><description><![CDATA[The NATO summit to be held in Lisbon on 19 and 20 November will be marked by the rise of Russian influence in the alliance. A Romanian editorialist highlights the vital importance of the link between Eastern Europe and Washington. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Otan-Lisbon.jpg" length="28309" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:24:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Nuclear weapons to stay put</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/394691-nuclear-weapons-stay-put</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Tactical nuclear weapons to stay in Europe,&rdquo; announces De Standaard. The Belgian daily explains that NATO&rsquo;s new strategic concept, to be approved at a summit [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/18112010-De-Standaard-100.jpg" length="12124" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:41:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Minister under attack for gunboat talk</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/385421-minister-under-attack-gunboat-talk</link><description><![CDATA[German Minister of Defence is &ldquo;Admiral of Trade,&rdquo; announces Frankfurter Rundschau. On 9 November, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg asserted that &ldquo;the protection of trade routes and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/11112010-Frankfurter-Ru-100.jpg" length="12284" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:46:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>UK / FRANCE | Napoleon&#039;s last laugh</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/374691-napoleons-last-laugh</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;British Army under French orders,&rdquo; booms the tabloid Daily Express, giving the new agreement between France and Britain to pool military resources a decidedly chilly [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/02112010-Daily-Express-100.jpg" length="14117" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:33:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Torture guide for Her Majesty's army</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/371281-torture-guide-her-majesty-s-army</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Humiliate, strip, threaten: UK military interrogation manuals discovered,&rdquo; headlines the Guardian, revealing how British interrogators in Iraq have been trained in &ldquo;techniques that include threats, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/26102010-Guardian-100.jpg" length="12816" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:51:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austerity | A farewell to arms? (La Repubblica, Rome)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/370201-farewell-arms</link><description><![CDATA[The crisis is forcing European states to make unprecedented cuts in their defence budgets, leaving their armed forces short on men and means – and eventually eroding their technological edge. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/german-soldiers.jpg" length="48097" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:08:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Letting Russia into the henhouse</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/364211-letting-russia-henhouse</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Sarkozy, Merkel and a strategic game with Russia&rdquo;, headlines Rzeczpospolita on the Russo-Franco-German summit which began in Deauville 18 October with presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/19102010-Rzeczpospolita-100.jpg" length="12100" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:37:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | Russia divides the alliance (Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/362691-russia-divides-alliance</link><description><![CDATA[Letting Russia join NATO — the new big idea of the alliance&#039;s strategists — might make sense to some, but to others who still fear the bear&#039;s claws, it is pure folly. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/russia-parade.jpg" length="45573" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:35:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Auf wiedersehen, military service</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/338211-auf-wiedersehen-military-service</link><description><![CDATA[The Christian-Democrats &quot;rely on career heroes&quot;, announces Die Tageszeitung, with a touch of irony. Chancellor Angela Merkel&#039;s party, which had been divided over the question [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/14092010-TAZ-100.jpg" length="11261" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:39:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Will the EU cuddle up to NATO?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/337101-will-eu-cuddle-nato</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU leaders to urge closer links with Nato at summit,&rdquo; reveals the Irish Times. A document drafted for the European Council summit on 16 September [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/13092010-Irish-Times-100.jpg" length="13898" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:20:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Military service scrapped</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/322291-military-service-scrapped</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The end of the draft&quot;, headlines the Frankfurter Rundschau, following the German Ministry of Defence announcement regarding the &quot;suspension&quot; of universal military service, which &quot;will [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/24082010-FrankfurterRundsch.jpg" length="12148" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:55:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Moscow just can't let go</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/322201-moscow-just-can-t-let-go</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Russian spy affair&quot;. Respekt leads off with the case of Robert Rakhardzho, a Russian psychologist who has collaborated since 2003 with Moscow&#039;s secret services. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/23082010-Respekt.jpg" length="11162" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:17:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Crisis boosts European military cooperation (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/314541-crisis-boosts-european-military-cooperation</link><description><![CDATA[Blocked by national interests, European military cooperation is still at an embryonic stage. However, the economic crisis has encouraged member states to break new ground in their quest to take advantage of synergies and share common resources and defence infrastructure. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/A400M-military.jpg" length="21898" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:03:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Prague gets its missile defence shield</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/305091-prague-gets-its-missile-defence-shield</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The United States have brought the Czech Republic into the missile defence network&quot;, reveals Hospod&aacute;řsk&eacute; noviny. According to Prague&#039;s economic daily, the White House has [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/3007-2010-Hospodarske-Nov.jpg" length="12447" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Portugal | Wikileaks takes aim at Portuguese army</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/304411-wikileaks-takes-aim-portuguese-army</link><description><![CDATA[A few days following the publication of American documents on the war in Afghanistan by the site Wikileaks, &quot;Portuguese military secrets have also been revealed [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/29072010-Diaro-de-Noticias.jpg" length="14237" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Rapid Reaction Force | What&#039;s the point in a European army?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/280511-whats-point-european-army</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in 2011, Sweden will assume command of Nordic Battlegroup 2, one of the 18 battlegroups that make up the European Rapid [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:36:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Armies | An austere disarmament (Il Sole-24 Ore, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/269741-austere-disarmament</link><description><![CDATA[Emergency measures enacted to reduce public spending and deficits are now being applied to the Defence budgets. Pulling out of foreign missions, reductions in weapons maintenance, and a decrease in military purchases are therefore the order of the day, at the expense of efficiency, notes Il Sole 24 Ore. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/european-armies.jpg" length="152002" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:39:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Prague, nuclear disarmament capital</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/227352-prague-nuclear-disarmament-capital</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Obama and Medvedev to sketch out a new world in Prague,&quot; headlines Hospod&aacute;řsk&eacute; noviny on the day the US president and his Russian counterpart signed [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100408hospodarske.jpg" length="7301" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:19:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear disarmament | US/Russian pact revives spectres (Mladá Fronta DNES, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/226102-usrussian-pact-revives-spectres</link><description><![CDATA[A year after he launched an appeal for global nuclear disarmament, US President Barack Obama has returned to Prague to sign a treaty with Russia to reduce the arsenals of the worlds two major nuclear powers. However, bridge-building between Washington and Moscow alarms some commentators in a region, where memories of Soviet invasion have not been laid to rest. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Obama-Medvedev-nuclear.jpg" length="162491" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:50:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Arms industry | Germany Europe&#039;s biggest arms exporter</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/209961-germany-europes-biggest-arms-exporter</link><description><![CDATA[Germany has become the world&#039;s third-largest arms exporter with 11% of the world market, behind the US (30%) and Russia (23%), reports Frankfurter Rundschau. According [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Frankfurter-Rundschau-15032010.JPG" length="34002" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:24:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Aviation | France and US in trade battle</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/207961-france-and-us-trade-battle</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Trade dispute prompts political crisis&quot;&nbsp;reads the headline in Le Figaro. The French daily reports on the diplomatic quarrel between&nbsp;France and the United States that has [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100311figaro.jpg" length="7484" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:12:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Common Defence  | Time to close ranks (European Voice, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/206501-time-close-ranks</link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to defence, each member state has so far been content to pump money into its own army. But challenges posed by the conflict in Afghanistan may force a rethink of this policy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/somalia-atalanta_3.jpg" length="36265" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:16:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Trouble in the Bundeswehr</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/204781-trouble-bundeswehr</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Anything but fight,&quot; headlines Die Zeit, in a special feature on the&nbsp;Bundeswehr, Germany&#039;s federal defence force. Much has changed since 1989 when 495,000 German soldiers [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Zeit-05032010.jpg" length="36443" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:48:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Strategy | Anti-missile shield resurfaces in Romania</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/184571-anti-missile-shield-resurfaces-romania</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Who is the anti-missile shield protecting us from?&rdquo; wonders Rom&acirc;nia liberă the day after the country&rsquo;s Supreme Defence Council decided to host American interceptors on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Romania-Libera-05022010_0.jpg" length="46247" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:02:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Russia | Sweden pushed onto Baltic chessboard</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/139701-sweden-pushed-baltic-chessboard</link><description><![CDATA[The EU-Russian summit in Stockholm has prompted some reflections on Sweden&rsquo;s foreign and defence policy in the Svenska Dagbladet: &ldquo;Now that the Lisbon Treaty is [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Svenka-dagbladet-181109.JPG" length="39764" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:18:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France/Poland | Paris and Warsaw cosy up on defence</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/131351-paris-and-warsaw-cosy-defence</link><description><![CDATA[In Paris today, the French President and Polish prime-minister will announce a common defence initiative for Europe. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the Franco-Polish declaration will [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gazeta-051109.jpg" length="40845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:00:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Biden's &quot;virtual&quot; shield gets short shrift</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/123261-biden-s-virtual-shield-gets-short-shrift</link><description><![CDATA[US VP Joe Biden came to Eastern Europe with a burble of warm words but with empty hands, laments the Polish press. Two months after [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/polska-231009.jpg" length="11004" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:31:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Anti-missile shield | Russia inspires fear and foreboding (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/99821-russia-inspires-fear-and-foreboding</link><description><![CDATA[Barack Obama&#039;s decision to abandon plans for a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic - promised by George Bush - has not been welcomed in either country. The European press expresses its concern about the influence of Moscow in the region. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/obama-antimisiles_0.jpg" length="170477" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:17:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | Dutch nukes without a home</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/94411-dutch-nukes-without-home</link><description><![CDATA[De Volkskrant announces, &quot;No nuclear arms in the Netherlands.&quot; The Dutch daily is referring to the position adopted by the Party of Labour (PvdA) in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Volkskrant-100909_2.jpg" length="14897" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:54:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | Bucharest snubs arms &quot;code of conduct&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/85701-bucharest-snubs-arms-code-conduct</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the front page headline,&nbsp;&quot;The only country in Europe!&quot;&nbsp;Cotidianul reports that Romania is now the only EU and European Defence Agency member not to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/cotidianul-270809.JPG" length="41880" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:49:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | US to drop Czech and Polish missile shield</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/85251-us-drop-czech-and-polish-missile-shield</link><description><![CDATA[It is almost certain that the US will scrap its plan to build elements of anti-missile shield in Poland and Czech Republic, Warsaw daily Gazeta [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-270809.jpg" length="40248" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:26:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Caucase | Romanian arms for Georgia</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/72341-romanian-arms-georgia</link><description><![CDATA[On the anniversary of the outbreak of the war in the South Caucasus, Cotidianul&nbsp;reports that &quot;in late 2008, in spite of Russian warnings, Romania exported [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Cotidianul-60809.jpg" length="31891" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:51:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Military | Poland&#039;s Dad's army</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/70581-polands-dad-s-army</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Fit and healthy army and police officers retire after 15 years of service. They return the very next day, but this time as civilian employees,&quot; [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gazeta-50809.jpg" length="40333" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:43:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
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