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                <language>en</language><item><title>Central Europe | Vienna-Budapest, a journey into the past (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1432681-vienna-budapest-journey-past</link><description><![CDATA[Heirs to the Hapsburg Empire, Austria and Hungary have something else in common: an ambiguous relationship with history and a tendency to tolerate political excesses. Ten years after European sanctions against Vienna, why does the Budapest seem to be stuck in the 1930s? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/orban-30s.jpg" length="154365" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:34:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Credit crunch comes to the East</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1209671-credit-crunch-comes-east</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Austrian Financial Market Authority and the National Bank of Austria put a brake on credit for the East,&rdquo; headlines Die Presse,  in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-24112011-100.jpg" length="40508" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:19:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>With TINA at the helm | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/1136881-tina-helm</link><description><![CDATA[Ever since the debt crisis began to threaten the stability of the single currency, the &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo; duo has taken over the bridge of the good ship Euro. Not by virtue of any agreement among the member states, but due to a simple conclusion: &ldquo;There Is No Alternative&rdquo; &ndash; T.I.N.A., to quote a certain Iron Lady.
Or perhaps there is. There&rsquo;s the European Commission, guardian of the treaties and of the &ldquo;economic government&rdquo; of the EU, as its President, Jose Manuel Barroso, recently repeated. But when it comes to the eurozone, it&rsquo;s the Eurogroup &ndash; the Ministers of Economy, i.e. national governments &ndash; that has taken over. Again, therefore, Paris and Berlin.
The recent appointment of European Council President Herman Van Rompuy as &ldquo;Mr. Euro&rdquo;, with the blessing of Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, strengthens the role of member states in the economic governance of &ldquo;Euroland&rdquo;, with Germany and France in the lead.
The catch is that this set-up isn&rsquo;t based on any agreement and that the decisions taken by &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo; seem increasingly to be evading any debate, even within the eurozone itself. Indeed, no other country is able to influence the discussions or to act as counterweight to a steamroller increasingly unencumbered by courtesies when addressing one&rsquo;s peers, as shown by the angry and hostile tone in which the proposed referendum in Greece was greeted by &ldquo;Merkozy&rdquo;.
Among the other &ldquo;big&rdquo; countries, Italy, the third-largest economy in the eurozone, finds itself in the hot seat because of the precariousness of its government and its public finances. Meanwhile Spain, in the middle of an election campaign, is not out of the rut yet.&nbsp; 
Hammered by the debt crisis, they are, like Portugal and Ireland, well distant from the &ldquo;triple A&rdquo; of the rating agencies that seems to confer supernatural powers on countries that still have it. Which, incidentally, explains why the French president is obsessed with keeping his country in the most prized circle of the moment. In the eurozone, the other members of this triple-A club &ndash; Austria, Finland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands &ndash; either pack a light punch or are aligned with the Franco-German duo.
While Merkel and Sarkozy may be able to avoid the most threatening whirlpools, however, they seem to have no clear idea of where they want to steer the good ship Euro &ndash; and they have no mandate for it either. This lack of clarity and legitimacy weighs heavily over the uncharted course of the crisis and gives the impression that they&rsquo;re navigating by sight. Steering through the storm, we&rsquo;re not willing to hand the helm over unless those who take it can guide the ship and crew safely to harbour.
Translated from the French by Anton Baer
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:41:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Literature | Brussels subsidises cut-price Kafka</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1136241-brussels-subsidises-cut-price-kafka</link><description><![CDATA[Along with Goethe, he is part of the literary canon taught in all secondary schools in the German-speaking countries. But today, Franz Kafka is a [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:16:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Chinese saviour is in debt too</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1121311-chinese-saviour-debt-too</link><description><![CDATA[And what if China can&rsquo;t help Europe? On the day Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting Austria Die Presse warns against &ldquo;false hopes of a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111031presse.jpg" length="6645" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:01:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Privacy | Europeans open the Facebook files (The Irish Times, Dublin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1078351-europeans-open-facebook-files</link><description><![CDATA[Is Facebook too curious about its users’ data? A series of complaints initiated by an Austrian law student have led to a data protection audit in Ireland, where the social networking site’s European HQ is based. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Facebook.jpg" length="128728" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:27:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Czech Republic | Banks battening down the hatches</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1044561-banks-battening-down-hatches</link><description><![CDATA[Confronted with a euro crisis that is not going away, a leading Austrian bank has decided to act. &quot;Erste Bank is getting ready for the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-11102011-100.jpg" length="39153" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:30:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | The country of 35 scandals</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1028561-country-35-scandals</link><description><![CDATA[Not  a week passes without yet another revelation: &ldquo;Having trouble making  sense of it? Here is a reference guide to the biggest scandals [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Falter-06102011-100.jpg" length="50057" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:57:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Devil keeps faith alive</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1000761-devil-keeps-faith-alive</link><description><![CDATA[Worried by what is a growing trend in Austria, Falter  headlines: &quot;Patients visited by exorcist.&quot; Having established that &quot;the  chief exorcist in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Falter-28092011-100.jpg" length="42361" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:23:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria-Hungary | Budapest accused of fleecing Austrian banks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/943721-budapest-accused-fleecing-austrian-banks</link><description><![CDATA[The  appreciation of the Swiss Franc threatens relations between Austria and  Hungary. &ldquo;Expropriation of banks: Vienna files a suit against  Budapest,&rdquo; announces [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Der-Standard-13092011-100.jpg" length="38187" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:01:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | A haven of corruption</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/899691-haven-corruption</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Give and take: the corrupt republic,&quot; headlines Die Presse in its report on &quot;the wave of corruption scandals that has rocked the country.&quot; According to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110831presse.jpg" length="5563" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:23:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Finland destabilizes bailout plan</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/869981-finland-destabilizes-bailout-plan</link><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;Finland puts bomb under EU bailout plans&rsquo;, headlines De Volkskrant, reporting on Finland&#039;s demand that Greece put up collateral against Helsinki&#039;s participation in the Greek [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/19082011-DeVolkskrant-100.jpg" length="12476" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:53:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>A town in Europe | Slavonice, Moravia's bohemian outpost (Lidové noviny , Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/779071-slavonice-moravia-s-bohemian-outpost</link><description><![CDATA[In its tumbledown Renaissance splendour, this town on the Czech-Austrian frontier has become a haven for intellectuals and artists who come from Prague in search of authenticity. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Slavonice.JPG" length="124612" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:53:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Lithuania-Austria | Release of KGB officer creates chill</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/783311-release-kgb-officer-creates-chill</link><description><![CDATA[There is a chill in relations between Vilnius and Vienna. &ldquo;Lithuania demands a sentence,&rdquo; says Lithuanian daily Vilniaus diena concerning Mikhail Golovatov, a former KGB [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/19072011-Vilniaus-Diena-100.jpg" length="11918" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:22:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Endgame for the Habsburgs</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/757911-endgame-habsburgs</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Otto von Habsburg was the last man to have a real idea of ​​the democratic metamorphosis of the Austrian Empire in Europe.&rdquo; Thus Die Presse [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/die-presse-05072011-100.jpg" length="36689" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:59:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Let Brussels look after it (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/703431-let-brussels-look-after-it</link><description><![CDATA[Leaving nuclear safety to Member States to deal with is no longer tenable. Joint surveillance would give credibility to proponents of nuclear energy and at the same time limit lobbying from the energy giants. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI-nucleaire.jpg" length="155115" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:18:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Schengen | Back to the nation oasis (Die Presse, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/653171-back-nation-oasis</link><description><![CDATA[Denmark, which has caused a splash with its solo reinstatement of border controls, is leading the dismantling of the EU and the retreat to the nation state. Border controls back up, no foreign students, import restrictions and transit agreements. Sound good? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/burki-schengen.jpg" length="40493" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:39:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Royalty will save democracy (Le Temps, Geneva)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/638951-royalty-will-save-democracy</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the British royal wedding, perhaps the most successful PR achieved by a monarchy in two decades, essayist Ian Buruma argues that monarchies keep countries together, put a lid on ethnic conflicts and dampen down populism. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/netherlands-royalty.jpg" length="35431" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:02:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Labour market | Work in Germany? Yes, maybe (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurt)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/626561-work-germany-yes-maybe</link><description><![CDATA[On 1 May, the doors will open wide for Poles, Czechs and other eastern Europeans now free to work in Germany. But no one expects a stampede. Quite the opposite: German companies will have to woo the new guest workers ardently and assiduously. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/work-solar.jpg" length="30066" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:38:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Lost generation prepares for exile (Wprost, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/626321-lost-generation-prepares-exile</link><description><![CDATA[How many will leave the country? As Germany and Austria open their borders to workers from several Central and Eastern European countries, Polish authorities fear a new exodus of labour. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vlahovic-flight.jpg" length="31579" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:56:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Reforming Schengen, an absurd gesture (Berliner Zeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/623871-reforming-schengen-absurd-gesture</link><description><![CDATA[France and Italy have called for reform of the Convention on freedom of movement — they will not have trouble getting what they want, but that does not solve the problem of accommodating immigrants, says the Berliner Zeitung. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/schengen.jpg" length="158220" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:21:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Privacy | The dubious blessings of the EU Commission (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/609851-dubious-blessings-eu-commission</link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the energy saving lamp, today data retention. Tomorrow: recording your frequent flyer points and what hotel you stay in. Its highly questionable and intrusive meddling is costing the EU the trust of the public. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/private-life_1.jpg" length="121708" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:05:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Goodbye to standby</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/586231-goodbye-standby</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Turn Green!&quot; headlines Falter, which devotes its front page to recent gains made by environmentalist parties in Europe. In the wake of the Green successes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/falter-06042011-100.jpg" length="40351" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:36:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Police closer to home</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/584621-police-closer-home</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The police will have authorisation to enter private homes,&rdquo; headlines Die Presse. As part of a new hard line on immigration put forward by Austria&rsquo;s [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-05042011-100.jpg" length="13182" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:17:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | A new Trafalgar for Merkel and Sarkozy?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/540801-new-trafalgar-merkel-and-sarkozy</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Are  we about to face another Trafalgar? The battle that will oppose &lsquo;the  euro continent&rsquo; and the Anglo-Saxon markets is set to begin [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:26:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Immigrants face obstacle course</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/513341-immigrants-face-obstacle-course</link><description><![CDATA[They  must master German before arriving in the country, spend a week in a  reception centre and already possess one of the new [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Der-Standard-23022011-100.jpg" length="26412" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:49:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Boycott of Chinese roadbuilders</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/509981-boycott-chinese-roadbuilders</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Chinese consortium Covec, which is building 50 km of the A2 motorway between Ł&oacute;dź and Warsaw at half price, cannot find subcontractors in Poland&rdquo;, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Dziennik-Gazeta-Prawna-02212011-130.JPG" length="26351" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:54:55 +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>Asylum Rights | Welcome, you've just been Dublined (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/466491-welcome-you-ve-just-been-dublined</link><description><![CDATA[Karina and Rouslan fled from Chechnya to France, before being deported back to Poland, their point of entry into the EU. Le Monde reports on an absurd itinerary dictated by the Dublin II regulation. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Terespol-Poland.jpg" length="105615" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:35:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | A gift of black gold</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/460621-gift-black-gold</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of recent oil price hikes, Romania has become the European country where petrol is the most expensive (relative to purchasing power). In [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110113jn.jpg" length="6936" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:14:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Press freedom | It's not just Hungary that's muzzled (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/448221-it-s-not-just-hungary-s-muzzled</link><description><![CDATA[Hungary, the black sheep of Europe in matters of freedom of the press? By no means, says Austria’s Der Standard. There’s hardly a single country in which the powers that be don’t try to rein in the independent media. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Hungary-medias.jpg" length="84308" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austerity | Hard-up families in affluent Austria</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/429881-hard-families-affluent-austria</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;One in five large families near the poverty line,&rdquo; headlines Der Standard after the Ministry of Social Affairs released a report revealing that families with [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/101215standard.jpg" length="6329" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:39:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Let them go bust (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/393321-let-them-go-bust</link><description><![CDATA[Greece is building new mountains of debt. Ireland is expecting to go to the wall. Europe’s taxpayers fear they’ll have to club together again for another bailout. Things can’t go on like this, fumes Der Standard. Investors have got to pay their fair share of state and bank bailouts. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/retail-ireland.jpg" length="28845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:29:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Chancellor horse-trading with budget</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/376061-chancellor-horse-trading-budget</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Austerity package re-opened,&rdquo; headlines Die Presse in the wake of the Austrian government&rsquo;s announcement that it intends to relaunch negotiations on the country&rsquo;s 2011 budget. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/101103presse.jpg" length="6277" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:45:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Asylum rights | Refugee system is collapsing</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/373041-refugee-system-collapsing</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Breach of torture ban stops deportation,&rdquo; headlines Die Presse, in the wake of a decision by the Austrian Constitutional Court, which rules that a family [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/28102010-Die-Presse.jpg" length="62099" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:35:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Far right breakthrough in Vienna</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/357581-far-right-breakthrough-vienna</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Social Democrats lose absolute majority, Strache triumphs,&rdquo; Die Presse&rsquo;s front page recaps the results of the municipal elections in Vienna, where incumbent mayor Michael H&auml;upl&rsquo;s [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/11102010-Die-Presse-100.jpg" length="13185" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:48:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | Frontex launches first expulsion charter</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/352121-frontex-launches-first-expulsion-charter</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time since it was launched in 2004, Frontex, the Warsaw-based agency responsible for the EU&rsquo;s external borders, has funded and organised its [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:35:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Immigration | The next Polish brain drain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/346581-next-polish-brain-drain</link><description><![CDATA[The opening of the German and Austrian labour markets to Polish workers from 1 May 2011 may trigger off yet another wave of emigration, warns [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/27092010-Gazeta-Wyb-100.jpg" length="11775" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:59:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Corruption probe targets slick politician</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/334971-corruption-probe-targets-slick-politician</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Investigators want to know more,&quot; announces Der Standard. For the second time in seven days, on 8 September Karl-Heinz Grasser was questioned in connection with [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/09092010-der-Standard-100.jpg" length="12050" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:12:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Austrian justice neutralised by corruption</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/315261-austrian-justice-neutralised-corruption</link><description><![CDATA[The revelation of the hidden financial holdings of former right-wing populist leader, the late J&ouml;rg Haider, has brought to light the extent of corruption in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/13082010-Falter.jpg" length="14496" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:08:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Haider's stash sparks reform</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/307011-haider-s-stash-sparks-reform</link><description><![CDATA[Die Presse reports  that the Austrian government is set to &ldquo;outlaw anonymous donations to political parties&rdquo; after revelations that J&ouml;rg Haider, the deceased leader [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/03082010-Die-Presse.jpg" length="12821" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:30:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Agriculture | GM, the field is open (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/294531-gm-field-open</link><description><![CDATA[In a bid to overcome deadlock on the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMO), the European Commission has proposed that member states rule on their cultivation on their national territories. However the European press remains convinced that Brussels is still planning to push for the introduction of a wide range of new products. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/wheat-protest.jpg" length="50861" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:06:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria / Kosovo | Kosovan Arigona to be deported</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/290271-kosovan-arigona-be-deported</link><description><![CDATA[Headlining with &quot;Stateless Arigona,&quot; Falter reports on the outcome of a high-profile legal battle that will now result in the deportation of Arigona Zogaj and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/07082010-Falter.jpg" length="13064" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:54:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany / Austria / Switzerland | Hey teacher, don't leave our kids alone</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/280431-hey-teacher-don-t-leave-our-kids-alone</link><description><![CDATA[Germany, Switzerland and Austria are &ldquo;battling over schoolteachers&rdquo;, headlines Die Presse, alarmed at dwindling numbers of teachers in all three countries. By 2025 about half [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/24062010DiePresse.jpg" length="11141" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:01:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Country mourns &quot;real boss&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/276831-country-mourns-real-boss</link><description><![CDATA[Hans Dichand, Austria&#039;s most influential journalist,&nbsp;died on&nbsp;17 June, at 89 years old. For 50 years, the man who was considered by many people to be [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/18062010-Die-Presse.jpg" length="10754" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:35:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Google to digitize National Library</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/274111-google-digitize-national-library</link><description><![CDATA[Die Presse reports on &quot;an enormous project&quot; to digitize 400,000 books and make them available on the Internet. Under the terms of the &euro;30-million contract [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100616presse.jpg" length="6191" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:06:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Agriculture | EU puts GM crops on the menu (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/270781-eu-puts-gm-crops-menu</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission intends to authorise more and more genetically modified crops (GMCs), leaving it up to member states to ban them as they see fit. That should satisfy biotech-friendly nations – while allowing those opposed to keep GMCs off their soil. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/corn-wilt.jpg" length="52176" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:56:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Finance | Banks holding out against regulation</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/269851-banks-holding-out-against-regulation</link><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a &ldquo;winners-of-the-crisis get-together&rdquo;, leads Die Presse today, as the Institute of International Finance (IIF) opens its Spring Membership Meeting in Vienna. The object of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-09062010.jpg" length="37212" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:09:45 +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>Germany / Austria | Divided by a common language (Newsweek Polska, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/265801-divided-common-language</link><description><![CDATA[They speak the same language, or nearly, share a troubled past and increasingly watch the same TV shows. But they have a hard time putting up with each other, and yet can’t live without each other either. Germans and Austrians are one of the most baffling odd couples in Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/germany-austria.jpg" length="39032" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:06:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
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