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                <language>en</language><item><title>Belgium | You can only speak Dutch in Grimbergen</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1282591-you-can-only-speak-dutch-grimbergen</link><description><![CDATA[Is  it a crime to speak French in a Flemish municipality? MEP Fr&eacute;d&eacute;rique  Ries has asked the European Commission to respond to the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:25:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | A government, it's a start</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1253971-government-it-s-start</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;At last,&rdquo; exclaims the front page of De Standaard: the Di Rupo I government is to be sworn in on 6 December, in the wake [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/standaard-06122011-100.jpg" length="39567" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:24:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Savers rally to patriotic call</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1229451-savers-rally-patriotic-call</link><description><![CDATA[Will savers prove to be the ultimate defence against the crisis? wonders La Tribune,  which reports that &ldquo;amid demands for the re-nationalisation of European [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/cover-lb.jpg" length="50354" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:03:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt Crisis | Belgium under the tutelage of Brussels?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1204921-belgium-under-tutelage-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;EU ups pressure on &nbsp;Belgium,&quot; headlines De Morgen.  The Flemish newspaper writes that &quot;at a time when negotiations on the  formation of a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/de-morgen-23112011-100.jpg" length="39089" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:23:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pollution | A time bomb under the Northern seas (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1175841-time-bomb-under-northern-seas</link><description><![CDATA[The seas around Europe are threatened by a new source of pollution. Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons will corrode and start to leak. In the Baltic, the possible consequences are being investigated. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/northern-sea-pollution.jpg" length="77481" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:57:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Revolt to save the steel industry</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1056141-revolt-save-steel-industry</link><description><![CDATA[Following the announcement of the definitive closure of the two blast furnaces in Liege on October 12 by the world&#039;s number-one steel producer, ArcelorMittal India, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111014lesoir.jpg" length="8071" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:34:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium is dead, long live Belgium!</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1049541-belgium-dead-long-live-belgium</link><description><![CDATA[On 11 October, after 485 days without a government, Elio Di Rupo — who will likely be Belgium’s next prime minister — and his Flemish and Francophone partners presented a global agreement on state reforms. The compromise deal, which has been viewed as heaven sent, will stabilise the country and pave the way for an end to its long-drawn out political crisis. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/BERTRAND-belgium_0.jpg" length="55454" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Dexia collapse unites Flemish and Walloons</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1032521-dexia-collapse-unites-flemish-and-walloons</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Dexia divides Belgium&rdquo; headlines De Standaard, reporting on the rescue of the Franco-Belgian bank from the verge of bankruptcy. The case represents a new &ldquo;bone [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111007standaard.jpg" length="5901" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:52:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Dexia - the bomb in the Eurozone</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1025381-dexia-bomb-eurozone</link><description><![CDATA[Weakened by its toxic financial arrangements, the Franco-Belgian bank is on the brink. For some, this could usher in a series of bank failures throughout Europe. For others, it is above all the credibility of member states that is at stake. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Dexia.jpg" length="117487" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:13:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Banks | Dexia on the brink</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1020571-dexia-brink</link><description><![CDATA[Three years after its first bailout, &ldquo;Dexia is fighting to survive,&rdquo; headlines De Morgen,  in the wake of an emergency meeting of the Franco-Belgian [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Morgen-04102011-100.jpg" length="41130" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:17:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Decisive progress towards a government</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/952391-decisive-progress-towards-government</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Negotiators take the plunge,&rdquo; headlines Belgian daily De Standaard,  following the agreement, reached overnight, between the eight parties  engaged in the governmental talks [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Standaard-15092011-100.jpg" length="35856" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:41:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Leterme finds asylum at the OECD</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/947351-leterme-finds-asylum-oecd</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Leterme  flees politics,&rdquo; headlines Belgian daily De Morgen.  The Flemish-language paper explains that on September 16, the  Secretary-General of the Organisation for [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Morgen-14092011-100.jpg" length="38053" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:58:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | EU exerts pressure for choice of government</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/904421-eu-exerts-pressure-choice-government</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Europe wants Belgian government fast,&quot; headlines Le Soir. &quot;The Commission has lost patience&quot; and  is about to issue an official warning to Belgium that [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110901lesoir.jpg" length="7838" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:54:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | "Black flight" from primary schools</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/896781-black-flight-primary-schools</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The children of middle class migrants are fleeing mixed schools in massive numbers,&rdquo; reports De Morgen.  According to the Brussels daily, the exodus has [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/DeMorgen-30082011-100.jpg" length="12045" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:19:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Music | The opera Belgium can't see (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/893841-opera-belgium-can-t-see</link><description><![CDATA[The opera, The Mute Girl of Portici, has been a symbol of Belgian unity since 1830. But to see it staged today, you have to go to Paris, because in Brussels it could arouse political controversy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/LaMuettePortici.jpg" length="86279" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:40:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Rise in assisted deaths</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/878961-rise-assisted-deaths</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Growing trend for euthanasia,&quot; headlines the front page of Le Soir.&nbsp;&quot;Since 2002, and the implementation of a law that partially depenalises the practice, there have [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/LeSoir-23082011-100.jpg" length="12556" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:48:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>ROAD TRANSPORT | Keep on truckin&#039; ... if you&#039;re Belgian</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/868081-keep-truckin-if-youre-belgian</link><description><![CDATA[In an investigative feature on &quot;The harsh life of East European truckers,&quot;&nbsp;De Morgen reports that drivers who hail from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Moldavia are [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110818demorgen.jpg" length="7243" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:52:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Last chance for talks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/862891-last-chance-talks</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Today it begins (again)&quot; announces&nbsp;Le Soir, which reports&nbsp;on the relaunch of talks about forming a new Belgian government after the so-called &quot;21 July agreement&quot;. The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/16082011-LeSoir-100.jpg" length="12811" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:12:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Europe reacts</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/855061-europe-reacts</link><description><![CDATA[The La Vanguardia headline highlights a range of measures that have been introduced to reduce the turmoil on European markets. At the same time, notes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/vang2.jpg" length="35760" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:22:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | King's speech ends deadlock</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/790681-king-s-speech-ends-deadlock</link><description><![CDATA[On 21 July, which is Belgium&rsquo;s national holiday, and the day after a speech by King Albert II, which expressed his &ldquo;concern and disappointment&rdquo;  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110722standaard.jpg" length="6214" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:27:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | 28,000 immigrants regularised</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/783011-28000-immigrants-regularised</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Residence permit for 28,000 illegal immigrants&rdquo;, headlines De Standaard. Exactly two years after the implementation of new immigration rules in Belgium, 28,000 formerly illegal immigrants [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/19072011-DeStandaard-100.jpg" length="11719" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:15:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | The king's little speech | Cartoon (La Libre Belgique, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/778781-king-s-little-speech</link><description><![CDATA[The king's little speech (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/15072011-BERTRAND-roi-490.jpg" length="32170" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:14:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | De Wever trashes Di Rupo proposal</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/764211-de-wever-trashes-di-rupo-proposal</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Pfffff&rdquo;... On a white page, De Morgen voices the distress Belgium now finds itself in. On July 7, Bart De Wever (N-VA), the leader of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Morgen-100.jpg" length="19982" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:33:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Infrastructures | Holes in the great train network (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/760521-holes-great-train-network</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has identified ten rail infrastructure projects as a priority, aiming to facilitate the flow of passengers and merchandise, all the while accelerating European integration. An ambition that is facing political and public opposition. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/train-europe.jpg" length="75371" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:15:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Di Rupo's guide to saving a country (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/758201-di-rupo-s-guide-saving-country</link><description><![CDATA[Thirteen months after the last elections, the francophone Elio Di Rupo has put forward his proposals to unblock the political stalemate. It’s one step forward, says the Belgian press, but the country&#039;s future is still not guaranteed. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Bertrand-belgique.jpg" length="55619" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:43:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Afghanistan | We&#039;re staying | Cartoon (L’Avenir, Namur)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/743131-were-staying</link><description><![CDATA[We&#039;re staying (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/SONDRON_2011-06-26-7374:490.jpg" length="225709" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:43:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | We need a velvet divorce (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/728711-we-need-velvet-divorce</link><description><![CDATA[In 1992, Czechoslovakia separated peacefully into two countries. Today neither Czechs nor Slovaks regret the decision. Maybe it&#039;s time Belgium did the same thing, says De Volkskrant’s Central and Eastern Europe correspondent. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cost-belgium_0.jpg" length="187719" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:48:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | One year later... for nothing (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/709551-one-year-later-nothing</link><description><![CDATA[On 13 June 2010, Belgians went to the polls to elect a double majority: Flemish nationalists in the north, and Socialists in the south. Ever since, and in spite of numerous political initiatives, the country has remained without a government. The Belgian press reports on a sombre anniversary. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Shrank---belgium.jpg" length="70024" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:30:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economy | Commission: austerity to create &quot;growth&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/700761-commission-austerity-create-growth</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission issued recommendations,  on June 7, to the 27 member states regarding their 2012 budget  forecasts. Because it has never before [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/de-standaard-stampa.jpg" length="155005" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:15:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Political fiction | Onwards to Europe 2.0 (Die Welt, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/684501-onwards-europe-20</link><description><![CDATA[Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Europe-reloaded.jpg" length="34843" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 17:32:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Theatre | New talent comes from the East (Polityka, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/680721-new-talent-comes-east</link><description><![CDATA[Europe has lost six great names in the performing arts, but their succession is assured by a new generation of directors, most of whom hail from Central and Eastern Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/theatre-est.jpg" length="69458" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 19:07:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | East European gangs still strong</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/677101-east-european-gangs-still-strong</link><description><![CDATA[In spite of measures in place for a decade, &ldquo;East European gangs remain difficult to control,&rdquo; headlines De Standaard, reporting on a press conference given [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Standaard-26052011-100.jpg" length="34879" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 13:30:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Credit rating agencies turn up the heat</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/672151-credit-rating-agencies-turn-heat</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The ratings spook is back,&rdquo; leads Belgium&rsquo;s De Standaard on  its front page. On May 23 the Fitch agency warned Belgium that the  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110524-DeStandaard-100.jpg" length="6887" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 14:01:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Museums | Antwerp bets on the MAS (De Morgen, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/666121-antwerp-bets-mas</link><description><![CDATA[Inaugurated on 17 May, Antwerp’s new metropolitan museum has become a talking point for its architecture. But will it, as its designers have hoped, bring lasting change to the Flemish city? Planner and columnist Filip Canfyn is not convinced. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/antwerp-mas.jpg" length="35948" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 17:29:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Mission impossible for Elio Di Rupo?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/658231-mission-impossible-elio-di-rupo</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;After 337 days of crisis, the King has appointed Elio Di Rupo as a formateur,&rdquo; writes Le Soir, using the Belgian term for a politician [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110517lesoir.jpg" length="7382" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:04:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Stalemate, the only show in town</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/652411-stalemate-only-show-town</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;After 48 weeks, &lsquo;Stalemate&rsquo; &ndash; a wildly successful comedy &ndash; is to get a new run at Belgium&rsquo;s Theatre Royal.&rdquo; Brussels daily Le Soir waxes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110513lesoir.jpg" length="9232" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 16:06:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | A respite for Belgium</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/643011-respite-belgium</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Belgian financial bomb defused,&rdquo; leads Le Soir following the announcement by caretaker Prime Minister Yves Leterme via Twitter that Standard &amp; Poor&#039;s did not [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Le-soir-09052011-100.jpg" length="44073" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:45:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Transatlantic populism (De Morgen, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/640521-transatlantic-populism</link><description><![CDATA[The rise of populist parties on the Old Continent seems to echo the success of the Tea Party in the United States. But the two movements have different histories, writes the Boston correspondent for De Morgen. The result, though, is the same: governments threatened with paralysis. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/krauze-populism.jpg" length="15356" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:12:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Internet | Crime spreads on the web</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/636091-crime-spreads-web</link><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;As La Voix du Luxembourg&nbsp;points out on its front page, the &quot;Dark side of the Internet&quot; has created closer links with the poppy fields of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/La-voix-luxembourg-05052011-100.jpg" length="46480" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:37:34 +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>Monarchies | Noblesse oblige</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/622791-noblesse-oblige</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Splendor and venom  &ndash;  the underestimated class: Europe&rsquo;s nobility has not given up on power:&rdquo; Der Freitag launches an attack on monarchies and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/der-freitag-28042011-100.jpg" length="7745" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:01:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | What&#039;s another year without government?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/614001-whats-another-year-without-government</link><description><![CDATA[Since  22 April 2010 and the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme,  Belgium has been ruled by a caretaker government, while the French [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/belgium-government_0.jpg" length="79077" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:21:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Fraudsters from east caught red-handed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/611391-fraudsters-east-caught-red-handed</link><description><![CDATA[According to De Standaard, &ldquo;the crackdown on fraud by eastern Europeans is bearing fruit.&rdquo; Each month about 250 eastern Europeans, particularly Romanians, Poles and Bulgarians, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Standaard-21042011-100.jpg" length="42482" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:13:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium-Spain | Indebted states feel increased market heat</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/606561-indebted-states-feel-increased-market-heat</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Debt crisis intensifies,&rdquo; headlines De Standaard.  On 18 April, Belgium borrowed 2.95 billion euros at interest rates that  at one point in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Standaard-100.jpg" length="40343" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:12:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Institutions | The wild world of lobbyists (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/588931-wild-world-lobbyists</link><description><![CDATA[The recent scandal surrounding MEPs who allowed themselves to be corrupted by journalists posing as lobbyists has lifted the veil on the often ambiguous relationships between representatives of interest groups and European institutions. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/VLAHOVIC_EU_corruption_0.JPG" length="79269" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:06:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | The embarrassing activism of Prince Laurent</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/588031-embarrassing-activism-prince-laurent</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The parallel diplomacy of Prince Laurent&rdquo;, leads La Libre Belgique, which goes on to reveal that the youngest son of King Albert II has &ldquo;tried [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/La-Libre-07042011-100.JPG" length="40035" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:16:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Belgium resumes nuclear waste imports</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/584261-belgium-resumes-nuclear-waste-imports</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Belgium re-opening its doors to imports of radioactive waste&rdquo;, leads De Morgen. The Belgian authorities have given their approval to the Belgoprocess company to treat [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Morgen-05042011-100.jpg" length="12727" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:11:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Arts and culture grants not so extravagant</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/582111-arts-and-culture-grants-not-so-extravagant</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Grants for culture are profitable,&rdquo; headlines De Standaard, which reports on a recent study that found that Flemish cultural organisations sourced more income from the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Der-Standaard-04042011-100_0.jpg" length="38381" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:41:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Refugees prompt &quot;humanitarian crisis&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/569141-refugees-prompt-humanitarian-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Asylum applications up by 30% per month,&rdquo; headlines Le Soir,  which reports that the Belgian Secretary of State for Social  Integration, Philippe Courard, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110325lesoir.jpg" length="8191" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:58:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Spate of banker bonuses sparks fury</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/567551-spate-banker-bonuses-sparks-fury</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Bank bonuses are no longer of our time&rdquo;, leads De Morgen. The decision by major Belgian banks Dexia and KBC to pay out new bonuses [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Morgen-24032011-100.jpg" length="40123" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:51:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
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