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                <language>en</language><item><title>Air travel | China strikes first blow against EU tax</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1482781-china-strikes-first-blow-against-eu-tax</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;China  bars airlines from EU tax plan,&rdquo; headlines the Financial Times, after  the Chinese government ordered national airlines not to comply with the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Threats fly between Washington and Brussels</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1310841-threats-fly-between-washington-and-brussels</link><description><![CDATA[As January 1, 2012 approaches, a date from which the EU intends to bring airlines into the CO2 emissions trading markets, the quarrel between Europe [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:28:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Railways | Greater European network on track</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1077461-greater-european-network-track</link><description><![CDATA[On 19 October, the European Commission presented its project  for the integration of European transport networks. Endowed with a  budget of 37.7 billion [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vanguardia-20102011-100.jpg" length="39368" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:52:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cars | Britain swings into the fast lane</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1008451-britain-swings-fast-lane</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Full  speed ahead,&rdquo; headlines The Times, revealing that Britain&rsquo;s Transport  secretary plans to increase the speed limit to 80 miles per hour (128kph) [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110930times.jpg" length="7258" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:17:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>ROAD TRANSPORT | Keep on truckin&#039; ... if you&#039;re Belgian</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/868081-keep-truckin-if-youre-belgian</link><description><![CDATA[In an investigative feature on &quot;The harsh life of East European truckers,&quot;&nbsp;De Morgen reports that drivers who hail from Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Moldavia are [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110818demorgen.jpg" length="7243" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:52:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>travel | Europe - the Ryanair way (3/3) (, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/778381-europe-ryanair-way-33</link><description><![CDATA[Nine countries for 500 euros. The two Le Monde journalists conclude their tour of the continent with the observation that the Irish airline will take you everywhere ... but leave you a long way from anywhere. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Ryanair1.jpg" length="61130" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:41:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Travel | Europe - the Ryanair way (2/3) (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/774811-europe-ryanair-way-23</link><description><![CDATA[After Beauvais, Trapani and Frankfurt, our two intrepid Le Monde journalists continue their tour of the world of low-cost, where many surprising encounters await… (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Ryanair3.jpg" length="83894" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:13:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Travel | Europe - the Ryanair way (1/3) (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/773111-europe-ryanair-way-13</link><description><![CDATA[With its apparently unbeatable fares, the Irish airline has played an essential role in increasing European mobility. But what is the reality of low-cost travel in Europe? Having spent only 500 euros on flights, two journalists from Le Monde report on their experience of visiting nine countries in five days. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Ryanair2.jpg" length="52054" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:09:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Infrastructures | Holes in the great train network (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/760521-holes-great-train-network</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission has identified ten rail infrastructure projects as a priority, aiming to facilitate the flow of passengers and merchandise, all the while accelerating European integration. An ambition that is facing political and public opposition. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/train-europe.jpg" length="75371" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:15:07 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy | Work restarts on Lyon-Turin rail link</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/744851-work-restarts-lyon-turin-rail-link</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;TGV en route after battle ends,&quot; headlines La Stampa in the wake of the violent clashes that marked the opening of the work site for [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110628stampa.jpg" length="7993" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:45:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | The motorway that China couldn&#039;t build (Polityka, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/716731-motorway-china-couldnt-build</link><description><![CDATA[The construction of the A2 by the COVEC Group was supposed to herald the Chinese construction giant’s entry into Europe. But the company, which underestimated the mysteries of Polish public tenders, has been forced to suspend work on the project. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/chinese-poland.jpg" length="36836" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:19:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | EU-China deadlock over CO2</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/697891-eu-china-deadlock-over-co2</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The  trade war between China and Europe will not break out over  manufacturing industry, customs duties, dumping or the yuan exchange  rate, [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:02:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Railways | Berlin-Moscow soon at high speed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/617551-berlin-moscow-soon-high-speed</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Moscow closer to Paris thanks to rail,&rdquo; thus Gazeta Wyborcza welcomes a plan of opening a new railway connection between Moscow and Berlin via Poland [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:21:16 +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>Sweden | Saab's coffers are rattling</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/588061-saab-s-coffers-are-rattling</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The truth must out&rdquo; leads Dagens Nyheter, which devotes its front page to the serious financial problems affecting the Swedish automaker Saab. As of Tuesday, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Dagens-nyheter-07042011-100.JPG" length="45578" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:12:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>CO2 | EU Commission seeks car ban</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/573511-eu-commission-seeks-car-ban</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;EU to ban cars from cities by 2050,&rdquo; headlines the Daily Telegraph, after transport commissioner Siim Kallas unveiled a series of proposals for a Single [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:37:56 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>CO2 | Phasing out petrol powered cars by 2050?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/537791-phasing-out-petrol-powered-cars-2050</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;To safeguard the climate: petrol powered cars to disappear by 2050,&quot; headlines Die Presse, reporting  on an early draft of a transport white paper [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-03092011-100.jpg" length="14611" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:39:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Oil price rises prompt speed limit curb</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/519031-oil-price-rises-prompt-speed-limit-curb</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Government puts the brakes on Spain,&quot; complains ABC.  On 25 February, Jos&eacute; Luis Rodr&iacute;guez Zapatero&rsquo;s government announced  that it will cut the speed [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ABC-26022011-100.JPG" length="38146" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:32:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Brussels to harmonise passenger surveillance</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/488861-brussels-harmonise-passenger-surveillance</link><description><![CDATA[The EU wants to keep information on passengers on flights within and also to and from union space, reports the Dutch daily Trouw.  Arguing [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 15:36:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | All aboard the crazy train</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/481411-all-aboard-crazy-train</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Crazy train,&rdquo; headlines Die Zeit in a report on the poor management of Deutsche Bahn AG, renamed &ldquo;Wahn AG&rdquo; (Crazy PLC). The &ldquo;population has been [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110127zeit.jpg" length="6630" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:14:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Bullet train, white elephant (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/458981-bullet-train-white-elephant</link><description><![CDATA[Spain now boasts the biggest high-speed rail network in Europe. But does it make ecological or, more to the point in these times of crisis, economic sense? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ave-spain-490.jpg" length="80502" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:11:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Air traffic controllers in doghouse</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/417511-air-traffic-controllers-doghouse</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The price of mutiny,&quot; headlines P&uacute;blico, after the wildcat strike of air traffic controllers on 3 December. 442 out of 2,300 controllers are to be [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/06122010-Publico-100.jpg" length="18184" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:48:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Commission | EU to nab cross-Union speedsters</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/415381-eu-nab-cross-union-speedsters</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Welcome to the European speed ticket community,&rdquo; headlines Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, referring to a new Commission directive aimed at identifying and penalising drivers committing traffic [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/101203dziennik.jpg" length="6751" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:05:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Infrastructures | European roads, made in China (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/413991-european-roads-made-china</link><description><![CDATA[The advent of Chinese companies has shaken up the civil engineering market in Poland, and aroused the interest of its Czech neighbours. The Chinese secret: cut rates, punctuality and using local manpower. Plus backup from Beijing, of course. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/dalnice.respekt.stransky.jpg" length="80350" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:03:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Battling with Russia for open skies</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/378121-battling-russia-open-skies</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;European Commission declares war for open sky&rdquo;, writes Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on the Commission&rsquo;s plan to make Russia sign an agreement on equal treatment of [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/05112010-DGP-Magaz-215.jpg" length="36849" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:08:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Switzerland | Light at end of longest rail tunnel</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/362401-light-end-longest-rail-tunnel</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Switzerland has fulfilled its promise to Europe,&quot; writes Le Temps: &ldquo;by cutting the world&rsquo;s longest railway tunnel [57 km] through the Alps.&rdquo; The Geneva daily [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/gothard_1.jpg" length="92725" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:30:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air Transport | Ryanair slashes 13 Marseilles routes</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/361121-ryanair-slashes-13-marseilles-routes</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Ryanair defies courts by closing French lines,&rdquo; headlines Les Echos. In the wake of legal proceedings filed by French authorities at the end of September, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/14102010-Les-Echos-100.jpg" length="11643" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:07:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Aeronautic Industry  | Airbus pushes ahead of Boeing (Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/340211-airbus-pushes-ahead-boeing</link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to the A380, the European consortium Airbus has beaten American rival Boeing in the jumbo jet sector. Still, no American carrier has yet invested in the Superjumbo. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Airbus-2.jpg" length="24445" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:30:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>International shipping | Adriatic, gateway to the East again (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/338051-adriatic-gateway-east-again</link><description><![CDATA[In the time of the Venetian Republic, the Adriatic ports were the trade capitals for the Orient. They are now reuniting to challenge northern Europe’s maritime monopoly, with an economic and ecological edge. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Koper.jpg" length="52834" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:15:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Railways | France and Germany go to war (The Economist, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/335101-france-and-germany-go-war</link><description><![CDATA[France&#039;s SNCF and its German rival Deutsche Bahn are locked in a struggle to corner the high-speed train market. London weekly The Economist argues they would better off merge. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tgv-Icb.jpg" length="56777" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:59:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Army to control Spanish air traffic</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/298431-army-control-spanish-air-traffic</link><description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Jos&eacute; Blanco&rsquo;s decision to send in military air traffic controllers to replace their civilian counterparts engaged in &ldquo;clandestine strike action&rdquo; could &quot;backfire on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/21072010-ABC.jpg" length="7554" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:07:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Railways | Rail deregulation sparks high-speed rows</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/278451-rail-deregulation-sparks-high-speed-rows</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;After six months of liberalisation in  Europe, battle lines have been drawn in the rail sector&quot;: Le Monde explains that since the beginning of [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/brief/2368292397_4abf86b7c5_o_0.jpeg" length="9777" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:26:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Ryanair flies high on subsidies (The Irish Times, Dublin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/255241-ryanair-flies-high-subsidies</link><description><![CDATA[Ryanair enjoys huge subsidies at many of Europe’s 200 or more regional airports. A number of competitors, Lufthansa and Air France among them, suggest that these subsidies low-cost Irish airline receive are not only questionable, but that it couldn’t survive without them. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ryan-air-subsidies.jpg" length="152752" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:27:45 +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>Aviation | A single sky for all? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/235221-single-sky-all</link><description><![CDATA[The paralysis of air traffic across Europe since the eruption of Eyjafjallajoekull in Iceland is due in part to the absence of a single policy regarding the European airspace. Some in the Austrian and French press argue that it&#039;s now time to move forward with this long postponed project. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/traffic-air-control.jpg" length="150887" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:46:53 +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>Estonia | Life&#039;s a gas on the Russian border (Postimees, Tallinn)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/182811-lifes-gas-russian-border</link><description><![CDATA[At the border crossing in the town of Narva, people queue for over two days to take advantage of cheaper petrol prices in Russia. With the Estonian economy faltering, small-time smuggling is on the rise. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/estonia-russia-gasoline.jpg" length="126831" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:17:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France | TGV losing speed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/171421-tgv-losing-speed</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;SNCF is planning to cut some TGV high-speed train services in 2011,&quot; announces Les Echos. In response to a fall-off in profits, France&#039;s national rail [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Les-echos-18012010.JPG" length="38868" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:07:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Slovakia | Sky falls on SkyEurope creditors</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/169561-sky-falls-skyeurope-creditors</link><description><![CDATA[Did SkyEurope, which declared bankruptcy on 1st September, defraud its creditors? According to&nbsp;SME, officials in Bratislava and Vienna investigating the demise of the low-cost Slovak [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/SME-14012010.jpg" length="50369" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:38:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Green Taxation  | Dutch impose Big Brother green tax</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/137901-dutch-impose-big-brother-green-tax</link><description><![CDATA[The Dutch government believes it&#039;s found &ldquo;the weapon against the scourge of traffic jams&rdquo;, announces De Volkskrant. It is tabling a bill to tax every [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/vk 1611.png" length="29379" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Aviation  | BA-Iberia, marriage of convenience</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/137181-ba-iberia-marriage-convenience</link><description><![CDATA[British Airways (BA) and Iberia have finally said &quot;I do&quot;. &quot;The years of flirtation and 16 months&rsquo; engagement were necessary&quot; for the two airlines to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/publico.jpg" length="26713" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:11:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Infrastructure | Romanians take to the skies</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/127181-romanians-take-skies</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The only people who do not grumble about the lack of trains and motorways in Romania are pilots,&quot; remarks G&acirc;ndul. Air travel is taking off [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/gandul-091029.jpg" length="6955" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:34:04 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Antwerp bridge project toppled</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/119471-antwerp-bridge-project-toppled</link><description><![CDATA[In an 18 October referendum, &quot;the citizens of Antwerp voted &#039;no&#039; to the controversial Lange Wapper bridge,&quot; a huge two-kilometre long viaduct designed to extend [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/10192009-de-standaard.jpg" length="42686" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air transport | Support our knackered pilots</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/110411-support-our-knackered-pilots</link><description><![CDATA[On 5 October, reports De Morgen, hundreds of pilots and cabin crew members took part in consciousness-raising actions at 22 European airports to draw attention [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/de-morgen-091006.jpg" length="7007" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:29:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Shipping  | Estonia turns its back on the sea</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/106061-estonia-turns-its-back-sea</link><description><![CDATA[Fifteen years after the MS Estonia cruise ferry sank in the Baltic Sea on 28 September 1994, claiming 852 lives, &ldquo;we still do not know [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:02:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | ČSA focuses on former Soviet Empire</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/101061-csa-focuses-former-soviet-empire</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when the conservative Czech press is voicing concern over the possibility of greater Russian influence in Central Europe following Washington&#039;s decision to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/hospodarske-noviny-220909.jpg" length="39378" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:27:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Airlines | Jobless pilots to work for free</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/92841-jobless-pilots-work-free</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the somewhat long front-page headline&nbsp;&ldquo;Glut of pilots on the market may cause some to work for free,&rdquo;&nbsp;Lidov&eacute; Noviny reports that the economic crisis [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/lidove-noviny-100x130_0.jpg" length="42362" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:03:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Low-cost pie in the sky (De Standaard, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/89481-low-cost-pie-sky</link><description><![CDATA[The collapse of SkyEurope is yet another proof of the fragility of low-cost airlines, which are often founded by enthusiastic but inexperienced entrepreneurs, and lack the sufficient size and capital to take on the competition, reports De Standaard. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/skyeurope_0.jpg" length="54521" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:36:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Air travel | Freedom without frills (Cafebabel.com, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/86091-freedom-without-frills</link><description><![CDATA[Budget travel is a reality for modern Europeans, a part of everyday life. Accounting for its environmental impact may affect the as yet fragile common European identity it lends to flying citizens. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/lowcost-ryanair_0.jpg" length="132416" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:50:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Trade | Shipping industry drowning in financial woes (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/76921-shipping-industry-drowning-financial-woes</link><description><![CDATA[The global economic crisis is wreaking havoc on shipping: prices, along with demand, have collapsed and ports are filling up with fleets of empty freighters. The crisis has fueled cut-throat competition and not all companies will survive. Hamburg, with a quarter of the world&#039;s shipping activity, is particularly feeling the pinch. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/container-ship.jpg" length="62087" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:50:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
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