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                <language>en</language><item><title>Eurozone crisis | Iceland is our modern Utopia (Público, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1319821-iceland-our-modern-utopia</link><description><![CDATA[In rejecting by referendum a bailout for their toxic banks and the repayment of external debt, the citzens of Iceland have shown it is possible to escape the laws of capitalism and take control of one&#039;s destiny, writes a Spanish historian. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Reykjavik-A.jpg" length="47820" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:18:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Reykjavik to allow Romanian workers</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1155471-reykjavik-allow-romanian-workers</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Iceland has decided to open up its labour market fully to Romanian [and Bulgarian] citizens from 1st January 2012&quot;, reports Timpul. The Moldovan daily is [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:50:39 +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>Iceland | Ex-PM on trial for his role in crisis</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/918051-ex-pm-trial-his-role-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[The trial against the former Prime Minister &ldquo;cannot go ahead&quot; leads Morgunbladid, following the initial hearing before the High Court of Reykjavik, which is to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Morgunbladid-06092011-100.jpg" length="35770" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:35:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | A new constitution, via Facebook (Sydsvenskan, Malmö)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/756151-new-constitution-facebook</link><description><![CDATA[Begun after the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent fall of the government under popular pressure, Iceland’s citizen revolution continues. The most recent example is that all internet users are called upon to draft the country’s next constitution. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/crowdsourcing-constitution.jpg" length="228764" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:33:21 +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>ICELAND | Europe under threat from new eruption</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/669381-europe-under-threat-new-eruption</link><description><![CDATA[One year after Eyjafjallajokull eruption, which paralysed air traffic in 2010, European airspace has now come under threat from another Icelandic volcano, Grimsv&ouml;tn, one of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110523-Morgunbladid-100.jpg" length="6552" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:44:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economic crisis | Spain&#039;s Icelandic revolt (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/663631-spains-icelandic-revolt</link><description><![CDATA[After passively submitting to the crisis, young Spaniards have finally taken to the street. Breaking out on the eve of municipal elections, the protests of recent days have been inspired by those in Iceland that led to the fall of the government in Reykjavik. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/spanishrevolution_2.jpg" length="124865" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 17:40:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Heavy cloud forecast for Europe&#039;s single sky (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/602251-heavy-cloud-forecast-europes-single-sky</link><description><![CDATA[One year after air traffic was shut down across Europe following the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, airlines and European authorities are simulating a new ash cloud over the continent. Objective: better coordination. But that’s yet to be seen. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/volcano-smoke.jpg" length="39460" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:33:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Icesave agreement booted out second time</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/593231-icesave-agreement-booted-out-second-time</link><description><![CDATA[On  9 April, 60% of Icelandic voters once again rejected an agreement  signed by their government with the Netherlands and the UK for [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/Morgunbladid_0.JPG" length="78553" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:19:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | A gentle cure for the crisis (Mediapart , Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/590821-gentle-cure-crisis</link><description><![CDATA[While countries elsewhere in Europe have responded to the debt crisis with unpopular austerity plans, Iceland, which allowed its banks to fail, has now embarked on a slow journey towards recovery. In a referendum scheduled for 9 April, the citizens of the country may refuse to reimburse the international creditors of the collapsed Icesave savings scheme. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/reykjavik-street.jpg" length="43202" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:33:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Another referendum amidst doubt on Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/511901-another-referendum-amidst-doubt-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Within  the next two months, the citizens of Iceland will turn out for a  referendum on the agreement reached by their government and [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:45:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Financial crisis | And shall we die for the banks? (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/425721-and-shall-we-die-banks</link><description><![CDATA[Should Brussels foot the bill for bankrupt banks? Not according to a professor of law at the University of Bucharest. Writing in the columns of România liberă, Gheorghe Piperea argues that the preservation of the welfare state is more important, and cites the example of Iceland, which chose to allow its banks to fail. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bank-bailout.jpg" length="43471" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:36:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Literature | Has America discovered Europe? (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/422291-has-america-discovered-europe</link><description><![CDATA[With the help of independent publishing houses and with the input from the Old World’s cultural institutes and agencies, European literature is finally making inroads in the United States, a country which traditionally shies away from books in translation. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/melville-house-publishing.jpg" length="107032" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:35:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Alliances | Nordic countries huddle together (EUobserver.com, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/418891-nordic-countries-huddle-together</link><description><![CDATA[As the world gets bigger, and the rush for the resources beneath the Artic sea intensifies, the countries of Europe’s far North are seeking common cause. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Finlander-bear-Pye.jpg" length="117524" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:18:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Border disputes | The black gold of Rockall (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/360771-black-gold-rockall</link><description><![CDATA[Uninhabitable and relentlessly pummelled by the stormy waters of the North Atlantic, the tiny island of Rockall has been coveted for conquest by four European countries for half a century. The reason they’re so keen on the island lies below: the huge oil reserves hidden in the surrounding seabed. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Rockall.jpg" length="56970" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:33:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Holy mackerel, it's Cod Wars 2 (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/322051-holy-mackerel-it-s-cod-wars-2</link><description><![CDATA[Reminiscent of the cod wars of the seventies, Scotland and Norway are urging the EU to impose sanctions on Iceland and the Faroe Islands, accused of gobbling up North Atlantic fish stocks. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mackerel-war.jpg" length="86120" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:01:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Accession talks - and fishing row - with Brussels begin</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/311831-accession-talks-and-fishing-row-brussels-begin</link><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s been a cold few years for Iceland&#039;s economy but warmer seas have boosted fish stocks, something that could present a political problem for the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:29:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Oceans | A whale of a time (Die Welt, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/278981-whale-time</link><description><![CDATA[Currently under discussion in Agadir, the ban on whaling continues to divide the international community. Die Welt argues that the ironclad protection demanded for the cetaceans by most European countries is evidence of a quasi-religious conception of ecology. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/whale.jpg" length="54780" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:51:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Iceland turns away from EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/275531-iceland-turns-away-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Meeting at the 17 June European Council summit in Brussels, the EU&#039;s 27 member states have decided to open accession negotiations with Iceland. However, Le [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:46:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>AAA, BBB, BHV | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/242641-aaa-bbb-bhv</link><description><![CDATA[Now that the threat from Iceland&#039;s&nbsp;Eyjafjallaj&ouml;kull&nbsp;ash cloud has suddenly evaporated, Europe has been engulfed by a fresh wave of panic over the impact on the euro of the chronic financial situation in Greece. And fears that Athens&#039; inability to service its debts will result in a domino effect in other vulnerable eurozone countries &ndash; starting with Portugal and Spain &ndash; have been heightened by downgrades of their sovereign debt ratings.
The ratings, which are supposed to evaluate the capacity of states to pay their creditors, are attributed by three large agencies &ndash; Standard &amp; Poor&rsquo;s, Moody&rsquo;s and Fitch &ndash; who share an oligopolistic market. In case you were wondering, these are the same agencies that failed to predict the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, the consequences of which are now all too familiar. They were also a little slow to realise what was going on in Greece, though some of the blame for this must be shared by Athens, which had cooked its books to comply with the parameters for the single currency.
Today, the ratings agencies are weighing heavily on European nerves: a simple downgrade in their assessment of the creditworthiness of one of the &quot;PIGS&quot; (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain) could result in the end of the euro. To maintain their ongoing level of apprehension, European readers have been invited to familiarise themselves with odd series of letters, which in the language of finance describe the level of risk for financial investors inherent in their countries&#039; government bonds: AAA, AAB, BBB, BB+ and so on.
A final word of warning: these ratings are not to be confused with BHV, the acronym for Belgium&#039;s bilingual arrondissement of Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde, which is also enjoying a moment of glory in the media. At the end of last week, failure to reach agreement on the division of the borough &ndash; an issue that is the subject of major tension between Belgium&#039;s Flemish and Walloon communities &ndash; resulted in the fall of the government of Yves Leterme, which was supposed to assume the rotating presidency of the European Union in July.

&nbsp;Gian Paolo Accardo
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<item><title>Ash cloud&#039;s silver lining | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/237851-ash-clouds-silver-lining</link><description><![CDATA[In The Independent earlier this week, British journalist Hamish McRae remarked that &quot;Europe is huge.&quot; Only the prevalence of air travel, which has taken over from road and rail, allows us to forget this geographic reality. Over the last 15 years, the deregulation of the air transport market and the low-cost revolution have made it easier, faster and much cheaper to fly in Europe. And though we may be critical of their business practices, most of us will admit that there is some credit to the view that Ryanair and EasyJet have done more to build relations between European citizens than major institutional projects and the enlargement of the Union. So it was a key aspect of a European lifestyle that was suddenly grounded by the eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull.
A week of air traffic bans did much to raise consciousness of our dependence on air travel. We also realized that certain regions, in particular in eastern Europe, are not sufficiently accessible by road and rail. And finally, we took note of the environmental gains  &ndash;  a reduction in noise pollution and CO2 emissions  &ndash;  prompted by the closing of European airspace. The development of a citizens&#039; Europe is in part based on a means of transport that is polluting, non-egalitarian in as much as some of us are forced to use it because we have no alternative, and fragile  &ndash;  so fragile that even a cloud can result in the cancelation of a wide range of activities. If it is to fulfill its social, environmental and political aspirations, Europe should take this opportunity to rethink its transport model.
It could do more to develop a high speed rail network that extends across the entire continent, coordinate the activity of major national airports to rationalise and reduce the air traffic over our heads, and establish a European plan to promote the transport of air freight by rail or sea. In short, the ash cloud may have a silver lining, because it has revealed a host of areas where Europeans should be encouraged to work together to create a more stable and greener economy.
Eric Maurice
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:15:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>MIX&amp;amp;REMIX, L&amp;#039;HEBDO (LAUSANNE) | Ash cloud panic | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/236721-ash-cloud-panic</link><description><![CDATA[Ash cloud panic (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/MIX_ET_REMI_trafic_aerien.jpg" length="189196" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:22:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Trend | Airports, the world as waiting room (La Vanguardia, Barcelona)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/236391-airports-world-waiting-room</link><description><![CDATA[The cloud of ash from Eyjafjallajoekull volcano grounded millions of casual travellers, as well as much of the frequent flyers community. Spanish columnist Joana Bonet describes this parallel – and artificial – society. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/living-airports.JPG" length="176571" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:00:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air transport | The cloud cutting Europe in two (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/234391-cloud-cutting-europe-two</link><description><![CDATA[Whether they be heads of state or ordinary citizens, travelers across Europe are suffering from the consequences of the ash cloud generated by the  Eyjafjallajoekull volcano — a chaotic situation that should prompt a review of EU transport policy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Airport-iceland-volcano.jpg" length="86025" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:51:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Tom, Trouw (Amsterdam) | Iceland's vengeance | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/233151-iceland-s-vengeance</link><description><![CDATA[Iceland's vengeance (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Tom-iceland-volcano.JPG" length="132094" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:26:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Reykjavik blamed for economic meltdown</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/230181-reykjavik-blamed-economic-meltdown</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the front-page headline &quot;The banks are to blame,&quot;&nbsp;Icelandic daily Morgunbladid&nbsp;comments on the long-awaited 2,300-page&nbsp;&quot;Truth Report&quot;&nbsp;on Iceland&#039;s economic meltdown, which occurred in the midst [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Image 11.png" length="27331" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:23:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economy | No appetite for austerity (International Herald Tribune, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/212371-no-appetite-austerity</link><description><![CDATA[From Greece to Ireland, the EU is encouraging members states to imposing painful cuts in public spending. But a growing number of critics are criticising a “cult of austerity” that threatens to push Europe further into recession. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/austerity.jpg" length="37867" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:21:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Icesave referendum | Defiant Iceland&#039;s cloudy future (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/204461-defiant-icelands-cloudy-future</link><description><![CDATA[On 6 March, the citizens of Iceland vote in a referendum on the reimbursement of their country&#039;s national debt. The collapse of the banking system and sharply declining standards of living have prompted many to turn their backs on Europe and seek economic salvation in traditional industries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Iceland-recession_0.jpg" length="34273" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:05:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Another step towards EU membership</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/199291-another-step-towards-eu-membership</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission on 24 February 2010 gave the green light for fast-track negotiations with Reykjavik to admit Iceland into the European Union.&quot;The ball is [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Le-Soir-25022010.jpg" length="40038" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:58:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Media | For press freedom, click Iceland (Adevărul, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/193611-press-freedom-click-iceland</link><description><![CDATA[An Icelandic legislative initiative to protect the media and a create a safe haven for investigative journalists from all over the world: the project launched by the WikiLeaks website, which has gained support from several Icelandic MPs, could put an end to abusive libel actions. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/iceland-press_3.jpg" length="12029" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:26:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Banks | Bailout cuts no ice with Reykjavik (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/164981-bailout-cuts-no-ice-reykjavik</link><description><![CDATA[Flying in the face of European demands for compensation, Iceland’s president Ólafur Grimsson has decided to hold a referendum on repayment of its banks’ foreign debts. And the European press is backing him up, arguing that taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill for bankers’ blunders. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/iceland-party.jpg" length="42447" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:53:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | President puts the people before banks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/163831-president-puts-people-banks</link><description><![CDATA[Britain has threatened to block Iceland&rsquo;s accession to the European Union after its President vetoed the repayment of a &pound;3.6 billion loan, The Times reports. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/The-Times-06012010.jpg" length="35188" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:26:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Scandinavia | Putting our eggs in the Nordic basket (Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/129141-putting-our-eggs-nordic-basket</link><description><![CDATA[Timed to coincide with the main session of the Nordic Council, Swedish historian Gunnar Wetterberg&#039;s proposal to unite the five states of northern Europe under one symbolic monarch, was launched by Stockholm daily Dagens Nyheter on October 27. Although it has failed to achieve unanimous support, it has caused a stir in the national press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/union-nordique_3.jpg" length="26800" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:19:13 +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>Estonia | A man&#039;s place is now in the home (Eesti Päevaleht, Tallinn)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/101041-mans-place-now-home</link><description><![CDATA[Being a house husband is not always great fun for an Estonian. The economic crisis, which has mainly hit male occupations, is redefining roles within the family. Perhaps the time has come to strike a new balance, posits the Estonian daily Eesti Päevaleht. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/couple-estonnien.jpg" length="194744" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:14:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Commission | The three next big things (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/100981-three-next-big-things</link><description><![CDATA[The re-election of José Manuel Barroso represents an opportunity to “complete” Europe over the next five years and make it a real global player. According to political analyst José Ignacio Torreblanca, the president&#039;s focus should be on three major issues: internal cohesion, enlargement and the European Neighbour Policy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europe-light-dark.jpg" length="31059" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:59:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Financial crisis | Save Iceland from the slippery slope</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/87371-save-iceland-slippery-slope</link><description><![CDATA[In a call for solidarity between member states published in&nbsp;De Volkskrant, three economists condemn the &quot;bailiff&quot; attitude adopted by certain countries  &ndash;  in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Volkskrant-310809.jpg" length="41443" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:20:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Crisis | Iceland squeezed like a lemon (Financial Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/78391-iceland-squeezed-lemon</link><description><![CDATA[Can Iceland and Latvia pay the foreign debts run up by a fairly small number of their population? The European Union and International Monetary Fund have told them to pay the debts with public money by raising taxes, slashing public spending and obliging citizens to deplete their savings. But a public backlash in these countries may force a compromise with their creditor nations, writes American economist Michael Hudson in the Financial Times. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/iceland-protest-affiche.jpg" length="39490" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:12:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ireland-Iceland | Two islands in the same boat (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/72911-two-islands-same-boat</link><description><![CDATA[Iceland has just voted to apply for EU membership, but as enlargement is contingent on ratification of the Lisbon treaty, Iceland&#039;s fate is in Ireland&#039;s hands this October 2 as it goes to the polls for a second time to vote on the troubled text. Both islands have much in common, argues Le Monde, while their approach to Europe differs somewhat. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/irlande-islande_0.jpg" length="98956" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:54:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Riber Hansson, Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm) | Iceland, a big catch for Europe. | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/68611-iceland-big-catch-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Iceland, a big catch for Europe. (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/riber-svenska-dagbladet.jpg" length="48219" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:35:28 +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>Banks | Icesave cash clash</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/61451-icesave-cash-clash</link><description><![CDATA[Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen &ldquo;taps Iceland for Icesave payouts&rdquo;, headlines the NRC Handelsblad. The Dutch evening paper reports that Iceland&rsquo;s parliament might reject the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/nrc-230709.jpg" length="37899" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:30:17 +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>
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