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                <language>en</language><item><title>Immigration | Bulgarian passport opens doors to West (Trud, Sofia)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1258251-bulgarian-passport-opens-doors-west</link><description><![CDATA[Macedonians, Moldavians and Ukrainians are jostling to obtain a Bulgarian passport. Many plan to leave for other countries in the European Union, but first they must confront the Bulgarian administration. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Bulgaria-passport.jpg" length="120482" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:47:19 +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>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>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>Balkans | And how about "Northern Macedonia"? (Kapital, Sofia)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/244971-and-how-about-northern-macedonia</link><description><![CDATA[After nearly two decades of absurd and counter-productive quarreling, it&#039;s high time that Greece and its former Yugoslavian neighbour find a solution to the Macedonian name issue, argues Bulgarian weekly Kapital. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/macedonia-greece-name.jpg" length="134587" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:48:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece/Macedonia | Athens offers Skopje a name tweak</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/225631-athens-offers-skopje-name-tweak</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Greece has announced that it will accept the use of &quot;Northern Macedonia&quot;&nbsp;as the name for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),&quot;&nbsp;reports Bucharest daily Adevărul. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ADVAZI20100405_0001.jpg" length="9885" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:14:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Kroll, Le Soir (Brussels) | Not in my country | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/205921-not-my-country</link><description><![CDATA[Not in my country (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Kroll-Belgique-albanie.JPG" length="39324" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:15 +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>Hachfeld, Neues Deutschland (Berlin) | No way through | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/177411-no-way-through</link><description><![CDATA[No way through (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/hachfeld.jpg" length="42061" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:23:17 +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>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>EU enlargement | Auditors find &quot;black hole&quot; of the Balkans</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/116391-auditors-find-black-hole-balkans</link><description><![CDATA[Commenting on a report presented to the European Commission on 13 October,&nbsp;Trouw notes that the European Court of Auditors claims that a&nbsp;large number of cooperation [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/trouw-141009.jpg" length="37220" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:18:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>China | Look who&#039;s coming to Europe (Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/102361-look-whos-coming-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Pressing ahead with its worldwide expansion agenda, China is now snatching up contracts in highly-indebted Eastern Europe. Beijing is hell bent on out-leveraging the Western competition there by offering dumping prices and cheap loans. But this is not just about fat contracts, writes the Handelsblatt: the Middle Kingdom is also buying political sway. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ouvriers-chinois.jpg" length="134700" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:06:07 +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>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>
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