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                <language>en</language><item><title>Croatia | A small "yes" to EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1432971-small-yes-eu</link><description><![CDATA[On 22 January, Croats voted in favour of ratifying the Treaty of Accession to the EU, prompting a sigh of relief in Brussels. The record voter abstention rate, however, must give cause for concern, notes the Croatian press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/croatia-ue.jpg" length="88754" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:06:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>On the threshold | Cartoon (Le Vif/L’Express, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1421361-threshold</link><description><![CDATA[On the threshold (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/vadot-croatia_3.jpg" length="36453" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:28:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Joining the Union with little enthusiasm (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1420461-joining-union-little-enthusiasm</link><description><![CDATA[On January 22, Croatia must ratify by referendum the Treaty of Accession to the EU. But the campaign, coming just as the country is about to enter a Europe in crisis, has been marked by second thoughts and a new nationalist rhetoric. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/corax-croatia.jpg" length="21633" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Will the EU end up like Yugoslavia? (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1359201-will-eu-end-yugoslavia</link><description><![CDATA[Seen from Belgrade, Zagreb or Sarajevo, the economic and institutional crisis that has struck the European Union has a certain air of déjà-vu. Serbian daily Politika remarks on the similarities with the years preceding the break-up of the federation founded by Tito. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/balkan-europe.jpg" length="46363" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:20:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Welcome | Cartoon (Al-Mustaqbal, Beirut)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/1268281-welcome</link><description><![CDATA[Welcome (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/bleibel-croatia.jpg" length="49966" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:55:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Dreaming of no-strings membership (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1238841-dreaming-no-strings-membership</link><description><![CDATA[On 4 December, voters in Croatia will elect a new parliament. A few days later, Zagreb is set to sign its accession to the European Union. However, before it officially becomes part of the EU in July 2013, the country will have to implement far reaching reforms, which neither the government or the opposition appear ready to announce to their fellow citizens. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/croatie-elections.jpg" length="136357" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:59:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | An enlargement of illusions (Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1053791-enlargement-illusions</link><description><![CDATA[In opening up the prospect of accession to several candidate countries, the European Commissioner for Enlargement means to put on a show of optimism. But it only reinforces the impression that Europe doesn’t know where it’s going, writes the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Stefan-Fuele.jpg" length="102571" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:50:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Former Yugoslavia | Balkan delusions of grandeur (Jutarnji List, Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1016391-balkan-delusions-grandeur</link><description><![CDATA[In a phenomenon that has emerged in cities as diverse as Skopje, Niš and Split, the states of the former Yugoslavia are been swept by a craze for megalomaniac monuments. Croatian writer Jurica Pavicic examines the vogue for these nationalist monstrosities, and concludes their goal is to rewrite history. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Alexander-Skopje.jpg" length="116926" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:05:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia  | EU drawn into election campaign</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/982281-eu-drawn-election-campaign</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Welcome to the EU! We speak Croatian&quot;, rejoices Vecernji List,  arguing that the language of the country is already &ldquo;widely spoken&rdquo; in  the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/VecernjiList-09232011-100.jpg" length="16019" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:39:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany-Serbia | Plain speaking in Belgrade</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/875451-plain-speaking-belgrade</link><description><![CDATA[On the eve of her first visit to Serbia, Tagesspiegel calls on Angela Merkel to speak &quot;quite frankly&quot; with authorities in Belgrade about the conditions [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/22082011-DerTagesspieg-100.jpg" length="10438" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:50:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Enlargement | Good advice | Cartoon (Le Vif/L’Express, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/748221-good-advice</link><description><![CDATA[Good advice (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/vadot-croatia.jpg" length="37790" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:28:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Still a long road to Europe (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/709671-still-long-road-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Croatia got the green light to join the European Union on July 1, 2013, it was announced on June 10. But several events, the latest of which is the scattered confrontations during Split’s Gay Pride Day this weekend, highlight that the road to Europe remains long, notes Boris Pavelic in Croatian daily Novi List. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/split-manif.jpg" length="62261" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:50:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Barroso opens door to EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/700351-barroso-opens-door-eu</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Barroso finally says so: It&rsquo;s over! Croats, you will soon be rewarded for your efforts,&quot; reports a delighted Jutarnji list, paraphrasing the president of the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/jutarnjilist-08062011-100.jpg" length="44901" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:41:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Pope: EU good for the soul</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/695431-pope-eu-good-soul</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Croats, fear not the European Union (EU)!&rdquo; Paraphrasing the cry launched by John Paul II to peoples under the communist yoke, Vecernji list sums up [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/vecernji-list-06062011-100.jpg" length="36974" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:29:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkan blues | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/680561-balkan-blues</link><description><![CDATA[They  say it takes 20 years for a new generation to emerge, and perhaps this  is also the amount of time that has been needed to put an end to the  fallout from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. With the 26 May  arrest of Ratko Mladić, one of the highest ranking names on the list of  those indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former  Yugoslavia in The Hague, justice will finally be done for Srebrenica:  the worst crime in the fratricidal wars that ravaged Croatia and Bosnia  from 1991 to 1995 (and later Kosovo in 1999). Now that this dark chapter  in its history has been brought to a close, Serbia can shortly hope to  join the European Union.
Though  it may well be a coincidence, it is nonetheless interesting to note  that the arrest took place in the same week when Croatia was informed  that negotiations on its accession will not be concluded as previously  scheduled before the end of June. As Novi List  noted early this week: &quot;The EU&rsquo;s new enlargement is a strategic  decision that has prompted another geopolitical tug-of-war between  Western countries.&quot; The Croat daily goes on to point out: &quot;Just as it  was at the beginning of the 1990s, on one side we have a group of  nations led by Germany and Austria along with the countries of the  Visegr&aacute;d group (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) that  are staunch supporters of the rapid accession of Croatia, which they  believe has been the victim of prejudice for too long. On the other, we  have Great Britain and its main continental allies  &ndash;  the Netherlands,  Denmark, and the Scandinavian countries  &ndash;  who want negotiations to be  concluded at the end of the year, at a time when Serbia can fulfill the  conditions to apply for EU membership.&quot; And this scenario has now been  made possible by the Mladić&rsquo;s arrest. But Europe&rsquo;s 27 member states will  have to exercise careful judgment because the Balkan region remains a  hotbed of potential crises.
In  Belgrade, it is still too early to evaluate the political consequences  of Mladić&rsquo;s arrest, while in Zagreb, The Hague&rsquo;s recent sentencing of  General Gotovina has reinforced hostility to the EU. And in both  countries, corruption and excessive nationalism still present a threat  to a trouble free accession. In  Bosnia-Herzegovina, the same Serbs who were led by Mladić are  threatening to organise a referendum on their independence  &ndash;  a  development that would put an end to the precarious peace that has  reigned there since 1995. And in Kosovo, a state that is still not  recognized by five members of the EU, where crime and corruption  continue to thrive, the possibility of a separation between Serbian and  Albanian territories remains a threat to regional equilibrium.
On  the eve of Mladić&rsquo;s arrest, the Commissioner for Enlargement and  European Neighbourhood Policy, Stefan F&uuml;lle, presented the EU&rsquo;s new  strategy for the countries on its borders, which is mainly focused on  Arab states, and to the detriment of countries like Belarus, Ukraine and  Georgia, which until now &nbsp;had been given priority treatment  &ndash;   highlighting what appears to be an inability on the part of the EU to  apply a consistent policy for all of its neighbours. The Balkans are  situated at a meeting point of the perspectives of enlargement and  neighbourhood policy, with Croatia and now Serbia leading the way. But  the effort that will be required to integrate both of these countries  should not pave the way for a neglect of the rest of the region.  Mladić&rsquo;s arrest is just one chapter in a story that could have many  different outcomes.
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:08:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Croats come face to face with their history (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/609451-croats-come-face-face-their-history</link><description><![CDATA[The conviction of former General Gotovina for war crimes on April 15 has been received very badly by a people who consider him a hero of the wars in former Yugoslavia. But this verdict is also a chance to think about what happened, a Croatian columnist writes. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/croatia-gotovina.jpg" length="117142" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:33:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | National hero sentenced</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/601751-national-hero-sentenced</link><description><![CDATA[A single word, &ldquo;Hero,&rdquo; dominates the front page of Večernji list. The &lsquo;hero&rsquo; in question is former general Ante Gotovina,  who faced war crimes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110415vecernjilist.jpg" length="7033" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:55:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | EU - what&#039;s it in aid of? (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/595861-eu-whats-it-aid</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;For or against joining the EU?&quot; Between now and the end of the year, the citizens of Croatia will be called on to answer a question they increasingly see as irrelevant. Having overcome many obstacles on the road to accession, they are no longer interested in a Europe that is strongly associated with their country’s discredited political elite. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/zagreb-protest.jpg" length="25502" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:43:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | EU accession on track</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/510121-eu-accession-track</link><description><![CDATA[Vjesnik is welcoming suggestions from diplomats that &ldquo;the report on Croatia will be positive.&quot; The Zagreb daily reveals that &quot;according to preliminary information, the Commission [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vjesnik-02212011-100.JPG" length="27972" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:54:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Zagreb looks to the euro</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/488901-zagreb-looks-euro</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Croatia will join the Eurozone by 2017,&rdquo; announces Vjesnik.  The daily reports that for the first time, the country has received  concrete information [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/03022011-vjesnik-100.jpg" length="30300" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:05:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU accession | The Balkan family photo is blurred (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/472521-balkan-family-photo-blurred</link><description><![CDATA[The population census demanded by Brussels has become a political challenge in most of the countries of the western Balkans. Twenty years after the start of the wars in former Yugoslavia, the venture brings ethnic and social tensions back into the spotlight. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/balkans-family.jpg" length="43169" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:57:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pharmaceutical industry | European guinea pigs</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/441931-european-guinea-pigs</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the next big step in globalisation, and there&rsquo;s good reason to wish that it wasn&#039;t,&rdquo; remarks Vanity Fair. American pharmaceuticals companies are increasingly testing [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:26:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | The big cleanup begins (Monitor, Podgorica)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/442561-big-cleanup-begins</link><description><![CDATA[Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro: in the space of a fortnight, the leaders or ex-leaders of all three countries have been arrested or accused of wrongdoing. Meanwhile, reports a Montenegro weekly, the EU is paving the way for the accession of all three Balkan countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Milo-Djukanovic.jpg" length="71949" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:48:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Disgraced Mr Europe jumps ship</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/424651-disgraced-mr-europe-jumps-ship</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;He made off before our very eyes,&rdquo; headlines Vecernji list: Ivo Sanader fled the country on 9 December right after the Zagreb prosecutors requested his [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/10122010-Vecernji-list-100.jpg" length="21195" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:50:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Institutions | EU grows weary of enlargement (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/383841-eu-grows-weary-enlargement</link><description><![CDATA[For the European press, the publication of the annual “progress report” on prospective candidates for EU accession, has failed to dispel the general apathy that surrounds the question of enlargement. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pavel-gypsy.jpg" length="44750" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:35:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic Crisis | Austerity progress report</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/363041-austerity-progress-report</link><description><![CDATA[Rom&acirc;nia liberă presents &quot;a progress report on European austerity&quot;, comparing the impact of measures adopted by different EU member states. The Bucharest daily notes that [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/RL.jpg" length="36127" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:23:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Neither here nor there (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/350081-neither-here-nor-there</link><description><![CDATA[A nest of vipers, a powderkeg of ancient hatreds or the cradle of Western civilisation — Europe doesn&#039;t know how to view its troublesome southeastern corner. One thing is sure though, it keeps getting its stance wrong. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/zagreb.jpg" length="75616" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:00:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Klaus opt-out called into question</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/347131-klaus-opt-out-called-question</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Threat to Klaus&rsquo; Lisbon amendment,&quot; headlines Lidov&eacute; noviny. The Czech daily explains that opt-outs to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, obtained by V&aacute;clav Klaus as [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/27092010-Lidove-Noviny-100.jpg" length="16838" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:31:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Croatian accession still in limbo</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/267781-croatian-accession-still-limbo</link><description><![CDATA[The gates to the EU are opening up a crack for Croatia. On 6 June, Slovenians voted by referendum in favour of a new deal [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vecernji-list-07062010.jpg" length="47589" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:11:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>History | Can&#039;t take the Ottoman out of the Balkans (Globus-Skopje, Skopje)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/185771-cant-take-ottoman-out-balkans</link><description><![CDATA[Five centuries of Turkish domination left their mark on culture, cuisine, language and even gestures in Balkan countries. It is an influence that is still apparent in attitudes that have affected the pace of integration in the European Union for a number of Balkan states. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/skopje-mosque.jpg" length="29134" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:38:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Hail Albania! (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/143051-hail-albania</link><description><![CDATA[On 16 November the EU Council formally approved Albania’s application for accession to the Union. Guardian columnist Peter Preston argues in favour of an emerging country whose enthusiasm for the European project is a welcome antidote to eurosceptic cynicism. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/albanie-fresque.JPG" length="172845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:35:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>CAP | The great European sugar swindle (International Herald Tribune, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/137561-great-european-sugar-swindle</link><description><![CDATA[Nowhere in the world is sugar more expensive than in the European Union. There are two reasons for this – generous CAP subsidies that prop up this €7bn industry…and lucrative scams perpetrated by the beneficiaries, Europe’s own sugar companies. A report from the International Herald Tribune. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/sugar-spoon.jpg" length="31874" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:47:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Back to the future with Yugo-nostalgia (Wprost, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/122241-back-future-yugo-nostalgia</link><description><![CDATA[Separated by wars which marked the 1990s, some citizens of the former Yugoslavia are attempting to rebuild the cultural ties, which were a feature of the Titoist state. Today, with encouragement from Europe, political leaders are also beginning to recognize this trend. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tito-contest.jpg" length="36458" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:16:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Accession | Zagreb and Ankara &quot;must do better&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/117321-zagreb-and-ankara-must-do-better</link><description><![CDATA[On 14 October the European Commission submitted its annual EU enlargement report on progress in the accession process for each candidate country. If &ldquo;it wants [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/zaman_15102009.jpg" length="43249" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:28:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Europe, the future frontiers (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/116501-europe-future-frontiers</link><description><![CDATA[As the political situation on its periphery evolves, the EU needs to clearly define its borders, argues geopolitician Michel Foucher in Le Monde, especially in regard to Turkish accession, on which the Commission is publishing its annual report today. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/frontiere-asie-europe.jpg" length="171173" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:39:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Washington controls the Bosnian game (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/115281-washington-controls-bosnian-game</link><description><![CDATA[Europe and America are trying to obtain an agreement between Bosnian leaders on the reform of the constitution of Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, the Croatian daily Novi List reports that the EU appears to be unable to exert much pressure in the negotiations, which may prove crucial to the future of the country. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/billboard-bosnia.jpg" length="57813" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:49:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Enlargement | Game on for Croatia</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/108721-game-croatia</link><description><![CDATA[While all eyes in Europe are focused on Ireland today, the Croats are to return to the negotiation table in Brussels, Gazeta Wyborcza reports. For [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gazeta-wyborcza-091002.jpg" length="5665" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:06:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bosnia-Herzegovina | Have passport, can&#039;t travel (BH Dani, Sarajevo)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/89831-have-passport-cant-travel</link><description><![CDATA[From 1st January, 2010, Muslim Bosnians and Kosovans will be the only citizens of the former Yugoslavia required to obtain visas to enter the European Union. Sarejevo daily, BH Dani, explains how impartial principles will result in discriminatory practice. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/stop-sign-bosnia_3.jpg" length="42434" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:42:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | The island of Marshall Tito (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/69061-island-marshall-tito</link><description><![CDATA[A Croatian island that was home to a sinister Titoist re-education camp for 40 years will shortly be provided with a memorial and documentation centre. For former detainees, acknowledgement of the horror they endured remains an ongoing combat, reports Dutch daily Trouw. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Goli-Otok.jpg" length="143105" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:28:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU enlargement | Never mind the Balkans, here&#039;s Iceland (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/67711-never-mind-balkans-heres-iceland</link><description><![CDATA[The enthusiasm with which member states have welcomed Reykjavik&#039;s request for accession to the EU is in marked contrast to the prudence — and in some cases hostility —  which has greeted similar requests from the countries of ex-Yugoslavia and Turkey. But the EU cannot afford to give the impression that certain candidates enjoy special privileges. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/serbie-europe-2.jpg" length="114808" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:31:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>The Stage | All the world&#039;s a train station (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/60401-all-worlds-train-station</link><description><![CDATA[For 80 days, German, Turkish, Romanian, Croatian, Serb and Slovenian actors have been criss-crossing Europe on a train transmogrified into a theatre-on-wheels. The object of this project launched by the Stuttgart National Theatre is &quot;to foster understanding between nations&quot;. Easier said than done, says a journalist from Die Zeit, who boarded the train for the stretch from Istanbul to Bucharest. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/fanfare-kalashnikov-orient-express.jpg" length="84794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:49:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Tourism | Don't celebrate, escalate (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/58691-don-t-celebrate-escalate</link><description><![CDATA[Every year, tens of thousands of German secondary school graduates descend by the busload on the beaches of Southern Europe to party, now that they are done with their finals: both a bonanza and a poisoned chalice for the towns hosting these binging teens. A report from the Spanish Costa Brava. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/jeune-buveur_0.jpg" length="55446" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:36:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Marriage | Mr and Mr Smith (Cafebabel.com, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/57421-mr-and-mr-smith</link><description><![CDATA[Same sex couples continue to benefit from more extensive civil rights almost everywhere Europe. But de jure gay marriages are only authorized in five countries. Cafebabel.com sets out to map &quot;gay-friendly&quot; Europe. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/couple-homosexuel-gay-pride.jpg" length="53053" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:40:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | The long and winding road to Brussels (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/57071-long-and-winding-road-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[On July 16th, the Icelandic parliament passed an EU application proposal which is likely to be submitted to the Swedish presidency when the council meets in Stockholm later this month. The European press has welcomed the news while being under no illusion that accession for the debt-burdened island nation may be fraught with difficulty. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/iceland-crowd.jpg" length="37349" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:30:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Frustrated expectations (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/55521-frustrated-expectations</link><description><![CDATA[Croatia&#039;s prime minister resigned July 1 because his country&#039;s future accession to the EU had been called into question. In Macedonia too, the EU aspirant government is fragile. As the European dream recedes, the more Western Balkan states are destabilised, writes British researcher Ian Bancroft in the Guardian. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ivo-sanader.jpg" length="44156" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:11:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Political theatre | Topolánek only topless this time round</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/45401-topolanek-only-topless-time-round</link><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;d seen paparazzi shots of ex-Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topol&aacute;nek in his birthday suit at Silvio Berlusconi&rsquo;s villa. Now posters show him in his bathing [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/mlada-fronta-dnes-020709_0.jpg" length="12766" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cooperation | Balkans to Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/38811-balkans-europe</link><description><![CDATA[The European Union&#039;s carrot and stick approach to the Balkans has left many people unhappy, warns Hido Biscevic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:24:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
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