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                <language>en</language><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>River transport | The Danube is running dry (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1101321-danube-running-dry</link><description><![CDATA[The Danube, Europe&#039;s second longest river, is one of the most poorly navigable rivers on the continent. Despite the EU’s Danube Strategy, the summer drought has resulted in even lower water levels, resulting in an enormous traffic jam. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/danube-drought.jpg" length="123650" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia-Kosovo | Border tension growing</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1081441-border-tension-growing</link><description><![CDATA[For the Serbian daily Danas, it&rsquo;s &ldquo;escalation&quot;. On 20 October the forces of NATO and EULEX, the EU Rule of Law Mission, began to take [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111021danas.jpg" length="7999" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:43:30 +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>Serbia | Dobrica Ćosić, the hoax Nobel</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1032471-dobrica-cosic-hoax-nobel</link><description><![CDATA[The news took Serbs by surprise. On October 6, the nationalist writer &quot;Dobrica Ćosić [won] the Nobel Prize for an hour,&quot; headlines Danas. The daily [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111007danas.jpg" length="6138" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:40:09 +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>Serbia | Merkel: "Choose between Kosovo or EU&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/882161-merkel-choose-between-kosovo-or-eu</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Kosovo [first], then Europe,&rdquo; sums up Danas in its coverage of the meeting between Angela Merkel and Boris Tadic in Belgrade on August 23. The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/danas_srb_01-3*.jpg" length="23892" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:36:54 +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>Romania | The totalitarian tourist trail</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/867711-totalitarian-tourist-trail</link><description><![CDATA[Following the example of China and North Korea, Romania will soon have its own tourist trail devoted to the glories of Communism. More than 20 [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:30:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Smalltime smugglers' war in Kosovo (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/813511-smalltime-smugglers-war-kosovo</link><description><![CDATA[As the border post went up in flames, NATO troops moved in to prevent an escalation of hostilities. The tension on the border between Kosovo and Serbia, a smuggling flashpoint, has once again reached fever pitch. A Dutch columnist argues that the solution should be more talks and subsidies for legal businesses. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/kosovo-29072011.jpg" length="128042" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:32:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia-Netherlands | Mladić transferred to The Hague</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/688381-mladic-transferred-hague</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Mladić transferred to The Hague,&quot; headlines Nezavisne Novine, following the extradition of the Bosnian-Serb former military leader from Belgrade to the Netherlands. According to the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Nezavisne-Novine-01062011-100.jpg" length="42452" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:03:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Former Yugoslavia | Mladić arrest won&#039;t wash away the shame (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/680621-mladic-arrest-wont-wash-away-shame</link><description><![CDATA[While the European press has universally welcomed the arrest of Ratko Mladić, reactions vary according to how the different countries were caught up in the war in Bosnia. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Srebrenica.jpg" length="58356" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 18:11:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | After Mladic, the way is open (Nacional, Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/680231-after-mladic-way-open</link><description><![CDATA[In arresting one of the generals responsible for the Srebrenica massacre, Serbian authorities have demonstrated their desire to close a dark chapter in their history. But several questions remain about Ratko Mladic’s flight from justice. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/CORAX_Mladic.jpg" length="87760" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:55:13 +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>Serbie | Mladic arrest clears way | Cartoon (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/cartoon/677411-mladic-arrest-clears-way</link><description><![CDATA[Mladic arrest clears way (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/Status-quo.jpg" length="61741" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:06:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Serbia and Kosovo start negotiations</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/535211-serbia-and-kosovo-start-negotiations</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Serbia and Kosovo at the same table&rdquo; headlines Polish daily Rzeczpospolita on the very day representatives from both countries start &ldquo;historical negotiations&rdquo; in Brussels. Serbia [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:31:34 +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>Serbia | We can&#039;t bluff our way to Brussels (Blic, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/371591-we-cant-bluff-our-way-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[On 25 October, the union’s 27 member states decided to forward Belgrade’s request for EU accession to the European Commission. But the process that is now underway will still have to overcome a significant number of obstacles, reports Serbian daily Blic. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/serbes-eu.jpg" length="36487" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:40:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | Dark side of the Yugosphere (Il Sole-24 Ore, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/360661-dark-side-yugosphere</link><description><![CDATA[With Serbia’s candidacy for EU accession up for review at the end of the month, the tension fomented by Serb ultranationalists is mounting dangerously: witness Serb hooligans’ recent attacks on the Gay Pride parade in Belgrade and at the Italy-Serbia match in Genoa. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/serbia-football_2.jpg" length="30996" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:24:47 +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>Kosovo | EU and Serbia finally reach agreement</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/334801-eu-and-serbia-finally-reach-agreement</link><description><![CDATA[Politika reports that &ldquo;Serbia and the EU will jointly propose a draft resolution&rdquo; to the United Nations. The text, which calls for dialogue between Serbia [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Politika-100.jpg" length="10971" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:42:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Restless holidays | Editorial</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/editorial/325781-restless-holidays</link><description><![CDATA[Can we really talk about a return from the easy, slow-news days of summer holidays at a time when it seems that the whole of Europe was unable to shut down for even a weekend? Between saving Greece, the government negotiations in the Netherlands and Belgium, the debate on the proposed energy tax in Gemany, the raging fires in Russia, the floods in Central Europe and Pakistan (where the EU was very last at jumping in to help, unusually), and of course the issue of the &quot;voluntary repatriations&quot; of Romanian and Bulgarian Roma from France, this summer has been anything but idle. Except, perhaps, in the case of European Council president Herman Van Rompuy, from whom we have heard nothing for the last month, notes La Stampa.
And things might well continue at the same pace. Following the summit of the &quot;Big four&quot; European powers set for 6 September  &ndash;  that the Belgian EU presidency threatens to boycott, fearing that its real purpose is to legitimise France&#039;s expulsions of the Roma&nbsp; &ndash;  there will be a meeting of foreign ministers, who are to discuss, among other topics, the issue of Kosovo (Berlin has suggested to Serbia that they would have an open door into the EU if they recognised Kosovo&#039;s autonomy). There is also the (less than inspiring) state of justice in Bulgaria and Romania, both trying to be a part of the Schengen zone. Next up are the referendum on the presidential election in Moldavia (a requisite condition for pursuing negotiations toward an eventual membership in the Schengen area), as well as one on Constitutional reforms in Turkey (ditto), not to mention the legislative elections in Sweden. Which leaves a lot on the plate of the Union&#039;s unusually quiet Belgian presidency, whose first hundred days will soon be coming to an end.
Iulia Badea Gu&eacute;rit&eacute;e
 (Editorial)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:18:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Enlargement | EU's backdoor thrown open (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/316361-eu-s-backdoor-thrown-open</link><description><![CDATA[Millions of Turks, Serbs, Moldovans, Ukrainians and Macedonians could soon be European citizens, thanks to some fancy footwork by new member states (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/romanian-border.jpg" length="56257" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:25:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Kosovo still on the road to nowhere (Jurnalul Naţional, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/299871-kosovo-still-road-nowhere</link><description><![CDATA[On 22 July, the International Court of Justice ruled that the independence of the former Yugoslav province does not violate international law. For Europe, the future of this quasi-fictive state remains a geopolitical headache. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Kosovo.jpg" length="48189" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:52:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | Mladic capture no longer accession issue</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/272981-mladic-capture-no-longer-accession-issue</link><description><![CDATA[Ex-Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic could well escape prosecution. Mladic is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for genocide and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Volkskrant-14062010.jpg" length="35846" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:01:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | Apologies with a bitter aftertaste</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/222411-apologies-bitter-aftertaste</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The Serb parliament on 31 March adopted a resolution condemning the Srebrenica massacre, in which close to 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed by Bosnian Serb [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Timpul-01042010.jpg" length="33199" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:18:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | European justice is Turkish delight (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/194951-european-justice-turkish-delight</link><description><![CDATA[Violations of freedom of religion, equality before the law, human rights: a great many Turks bypass their own legal system to put their case directly to the European Court of Human Rights. A phenomenon that vexes jurists no end, but is gradually changing the Turkish mindset. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Turkey-human-rights.jpg" length="164932" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:25:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>BALKANS | Kosovo, the problem neighbour (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/192501-kosovo-problem-neighbour</link><description><![CDATA[Two years after Kosovo&#039;s declaration of independence, the Union is still unable to come up with a coherent policy for the western Balkans. This threatens not only to scupper Serbia’s accession to the EU, but also to destabilise the region itself. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Kosovo-independence.jpg" length="139805" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:39:20 +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>Serbia | Europe, looks good from back of queue (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/180911-europe-looks-good-back-queue</link><description><![CDATA[Since 19 December, the citizens of Serbia are no longer required to apply for visas to enter the countries of the European Union. The change encouraged some Serbs to travel abroad for the first time in their lives. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/sunglasses-europe.jpg" length="42803" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:05:52 +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>European Union | The truth about Serbia (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/160671-truth-about-serbia</link><description><![CDATA[Serbia’s formal application for EU membership on 22 December has been hailed as a great step forward. David Cronin in the Guardian, however, accuses Europe of “brazen hypocrisy” in its dealings towards the former pariah state. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Serbie-slobodan-milosevik.JPG" length="148232" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:40:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | Belgrade goes for EU membership</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/159721-belgrade-goes-eu-membership</link><description><![CDATA[Today, Serbian President Boris Tadić will fly to Stockholm to officially submit his country&#039;s application for membership of the European Union &ndash; a milestone perceived [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Politka-100x130_0.jpg" length="37041" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:30:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Serbia | EU opens the gates another crack (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/153671-eu-opens-gates-another-crack</link><description><![CDATA[After years of gridlock, the EU 27 have now decided to get the Serbian accession talks going again. Whilst delighted by the EU’s green light for Serbia’s free trade agreement, the Serb press says Belgrade still has a long way to go before it can hope for accession. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/serbia-romania-border.jpg" length="31271" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:03:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Visas | EU favours Russia over Ukraine</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/145101-eu-favours-russia-over-ukraine</link><description><![CDATA[Russia is now closer to becoming an EU member state than the Ukraine, part of the Union&rsquo;s Eastern Partnership programme. So runs a clearly exasperated [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/091126-polska.jpg" length="6238" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:20:07 +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>BERTRAMS | HET PAROOL (AMSTERDAM) | I need more time! | Cartoon (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/picture/128151-i-need-more-time</link><description><![CDATA[I need more time! (Cartoon)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/picture/PAROOL-l'heure.JPG" length="257581" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:09:11 +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>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>Balkans | Serbia turns to Moscow and Beijing</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/111141-serbia-turns-moscow-and-beijing</link><description><![CDATA[Der Standard leads with the headline, &quot;Russia lends one billion euros to Serbia,&quot; reporting that former Yugoslav republic will also borrow another 200 million euros [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/der-standard-091007-100.jpg" length="12540" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:24:33 +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>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>Kosovo | Pristina walks out of EU talks</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/86851-pristina-walks-out-eu-talks</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of a series of incidents highlighting the growing tension between the&nbsp;the European Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo (EULEX) and representatives of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz-090828_4.jpg" length="7494" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:04:10 +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>War crimes | New age guru Karadzic "defended the bees"</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/63221-new-age-guru-karadzic-defended-bees</link><description><![CDATA[In the 90&rsquo;s, as Yugoslavia fell apart, Radovan Karadzic led the Serbs of Bosnia to declare their own republic. Aided by Slobodan Milosevic&rsquo;&rdquo;s government in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:58:58 +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>
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