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                <language>en</language><item><title>Nuclear energy | French plants need strengthening</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1354601-french-plants-need-strengthening</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Nuclear energy: 10 billion need to ensure total safety,&quot; headlines French daily Le Figaro after the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the country&#039;s nuclear watchdog, ruled [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/120104lefigaro.jpg" length="7360" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:34:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | Second nuclear plant postponed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1324151-second-nuclear-plant-postponed</link><description><![CDATA[Headlining with &quot;Growing doubts about the construction of Borssele II,&quot;&nbsp;NRC Handelsblad reports on construction firm Delta&rsquo;s decision to postpone the building of the country&#039;s second [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/NRCHandelsblad-12232011-v.jpg" length="11877" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:19:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Natural gas | Gazprom gains first European foothold</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1147271-gazprom-gains-first-european-foothold</link><description><![CDATA[The  coming into service, on Tuesday 8 November, of the Nord Stream gas  pipeline, which will link Russia&rsquo;s gas fields to Germany, &ldquo;marks [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:21:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Shale gas, fuelling jobs</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1095321-shale-gas-fuelling-jobs</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Shale gas has already started providing well-paid work&rdquo;, enthuses Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. With the largest estimated reserves  of shale gas in Europe, Poland has [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/DGP-25102011-100.jpg" length="34748" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:39:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Anti-nuclear at home, but selling it abroad (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1019881-anti-nuclear-home-selling-it-abroad</link><description><![CDATA[The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain&#039;s nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI_nuclear_0.jpg" length="115909" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:27:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | EU raid against Gazprom partners</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1004271-eu-raid-against-gazprom-partners</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Power  struggle over gas cartel&quot;, headlines Die Presse on the latest clash  between the Kremlin and the European Commission on energy policy. On [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-29092011-100.jpg" length="39453" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:06:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Mediterranean | Gas pressure rises a few bars</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/968651-gas-pressure-rises-few-bars</link><description><![CDATA[Gas company &quot;Nobel Energy began  foraging in the Aphrodite zone of the Cypriot economic area,&quot; at  the east of the island on September [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/politis-20092011-100.jpg" length="42958" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:23:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | Nuclear waste, an explosive subject (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/928691-nuclear-waste-explosive-subject</link><description><![CDATA[Romania’s only nuclear power station has been operating here, close to the Black Sea, since 1996. Now the construction of a nearby facility to store radioactive waste has added to the concerns of local people, who are worried about the consequences of a possible nuclear disaster. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Cernavoda.jpg" length="134882" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:22:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Nuclear superpower at heart of Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/928001-nuclear-superpower-heart-europe</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when several European countries are rethinking the nuclear option, the Czech Republic is poised to become a &quot;superpower&quot; in atomic energy. &quot;The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Hospodarske-noviny-08092011-100.jpg" length="42482" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:17:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Environment | Changing light bulbs: not the brightest idea (Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/900851-changing-light-bulbs-not-brightest-idea</link><description><![CDATA[As of 1 September, conventional light bulbs of more than 40 watts will be taken off the market. In the countries of the Arctic Circle, it’s a step into the dark that’s being badly received. Just who is it who has wrought this change in our daily life? wonders Dagens Nyheter. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vlahovic-bulb.jpg" length="11461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:17:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | The race for oil has begun</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/881881-race-oil-has-begun</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The rush for Libyan oil&rdquo; is already at full throttle, writes Die Presse. Contacts with the rebels to secure future contracts are mushrooming, the Vienna [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110824presse.jpg" length="5794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:45:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fossile energy | Europe rediscovers coal (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/834511-europe-rediscovers-coal</link><description><![CDATA[The Fukushima accident has greatly reduced interest in nuclear power. But because renewable energies are not sufficient to satisfy the needs of the Old Continent, European nations are turning to the most ancient source of fuel but also the most polluting. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/coal-europe.jpg" length="115126" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:20:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Nuclear industry still doing fine</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/727421-nuclear-industry-still-doing-fine</link><description><![CDATA[A hundred days after the accident at Japan&#039;s Fukushima power plant, La Tribune reports on &quot;the Europe that&#039;s said yes to nuclear power.&quot; The French [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/la-tribune-21062011-100.jpg" length="39285" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:50:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Rome-Berlin, new anti-nuke axis (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/718451-rome-berlin-new-anti-nuke-axis</link><description><![CDATA[Germany is phasing out nuclear power and Italy has rejected its reintroduction. This about-face by two founding members of the European Union could encourage other member states to turn the nuclear page and to develop renewable energies. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ballaman-power.jpg" length="40084" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:42:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Let Brussels look after it (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/703431-let-brussels-look-after-it</link><description><![CDATA[Leaving nuclear safety to Member States to deal with is no longer tenable. Joint surveillance would give credibility to proponents of nuclear energy and at the same time limit lobbying from the energy giants. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI-nucleaire.jpg" length="155115" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:18:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Renewable energy | Desertec to take over from nuclear power (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/701071-desertec-take-over-nuclear-power</link><description><![CDATA[The end of nuclear power in Germany and Switzerland and reduced tolerance for this energy source in many countries in Europe has given a new lease of life to projects based on renewable energy, like the one backed by a German consortium in North Africa. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/desertec_0.jpg" length="100461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:08:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Shale gas drilling causes quake</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/688001-shale-gas-drilling-causes-quake</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Small earthquake in Blackpool, major shock for UK&#039;s energy policy,&rdquo; headlines the Independent, after drilling on Britain&#039;s first natural shale gas project in Lancashire, north-west [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/The-Independent-01062011-100.jpg" length="29959" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:26:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>German press review | Where does the nuclear exit lead to? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/687031-where-does-nuclear-exit-lead</link><description><![CDATA[Will Germany really phase out nuclear power by 2022 at the latest? Angela Merkel’s decision has been welcomed by the opponents of nuclear energy but raises a host of questions for the future, writes the German press. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/KOPELNITSKY-Nuclear_0.jpg" length="23995" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:41:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Oil industry | Sticky problem for Norway</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/686551-sticky-problem-norway</link><description><![CDATA[The Norwegian government is embarrassed by a complicated affair revolving around oil production. It all began two years ago, explains Oslo daily Aftenposten, when the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110531-Aftenposten-100.jpg" length="6502" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:13:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Beyond nuclear in 2022</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/683571-beyond-nuclear-2022</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Nuclear power has only 10 years to live,&rdquo; says S&uuml;ddeutche Zeitung, following the publication of a report by the &quot;Ethics Commission on Safe Energy Supply&quot; [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110530-SuddeutscheZeitung-100.jpg" length="5260" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:28:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Regulate nuclear, not bananas (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/676451-regulate-nuclear-not-bananas</link><description><![CDATA[The EU harmonises regulations on fruit and vegetables, but not on nuclear energy. After Fukushima, it&#039;s madness that member states continue to decide nuclear safety standards alone, laments a German journalist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/banane-radioactive.jpg" length="204560" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:05:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Stress-test for nothing?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/674221-stress-test-nothing</link><description><![CDATA[Are the stress tests of the 143 nuclear reactors in Europe just a public relations massage to soothe the European public following the accident at [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110525-LaVoixDuLuxembourg-100.jpg" length="7690" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:37:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Stress-free stress test</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/660901-stress-free-stress-test</link><description><![CDATA[The verdict of the commission of experts  tasked with a detailed analysis of the safety of Germany&rsquo;s 17 nuclear  power plants in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz-18052011-100.jpg" length="40861" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:27:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | Russia and Germany meet at sea</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/638481-russia-and-germany-meet-sea</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Great friendship, great pipe&rdquo;, headlines Rzeczpospolita the day after completion of Nord Stream, a 1,224-kliometre undersea pipeline which runs from Russia through the Baltic to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110506rzeczpospolita.jpg" length="6804" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:56:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cyprus-Turkey | Tensions bubbling over oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/611801-tensions-bubbling-over-oil</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Ankara is preparing a territorial crisis,&rdquo; writes Politis. TPAO, the Turkish national oil company, is seeking to obtain licenses to explore and drill for oil [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Politis-21042011-100.jpg" length="43155" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:52:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | Bucharest gets foothold in Caucasus</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/604051-bucharest-gets-foothold-caucasus</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Why Russia and Turkey fear Romania&rdquo; headlines Rom&acirc;nia liberă, setting out the energy and military strategy that Bucharest has worked out for the Caucasus. The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/romania-libera-18042011-100.jpg" length="41095" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:48:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Sitting on a plutonium mountain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/592551-sitting-plutonium-mountain</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Britain&rsquo;s nuclear timebomb,&rdquo; headlines the Independent,  revealing that the world&rsquo;s largest &ldquo;mountain of plutonium waste&rdquo; is  stored in Sellafield, in the north-west of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/The-independent-11042011-100.jpg" length="38418" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:56:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | Poland to become another Qatar?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/589821-poland-become-another-qatar</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Poland lies on gas&rdquo;, boasts Gazeta Wyborcza after the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its report on shale gas reserves in 32 countries of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110408gazetawyborcza.jpg" length="6265" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:05:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Austria | Goodbye to standby</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/586231-goodbye-standby</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Turn Green!&quot; headlines Falter, which devotes its front page to recent gains made by environmentalist parties in Europe. In the wake of the Green successes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/falter-06042011-100.jpg" length="40351" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:36:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Belgium resumes nuclear waste imports</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/584261-belgium-resumes-nuclear-waste-imports</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Belgium re-opening its doors to imports of radioactive waste&rdquo;, leads De Morgen. The Belgian authorities have given their approval to the Belgoprocess company to treat [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Morgen-05042011-100.jpg" length="12727" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:11:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Why not a green grid and new nuclear? (Die Welt, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/575341-why-not-green-grid-and-new-nuclear</link><description><![CDATA[The world will soon be divided into those seeking a green high-tech future, such as Germany – and those who are trying to make nuclear energy safer. A sign of progress on the evolutionary road to a less risky society. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Energies.jpg" length="100294" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:58:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Environment | Nuclear debate radiates to Poland</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/569321-nuclear-debate-radiates-poland</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Battle for Polish atom,&rdquo; headlines Polska The Times on the intensifying public debate on nuclear power in Poland. Next week the issue will be tackled [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110325pt.jpg" length="7642" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:54:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Against Monbiot - against nuclear love (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/567631-against-monbiot-against-nuclear-love</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, Presseurop published an endorsement of nuclear power by Guardian columnist and environmentalist author George Monbiot. In a direct rebuttal, German author and physicist Ralf Bönt denounces what he considers the cynicism of nuclear energy&#039;s proponents. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/anti-nucleaire.JPG" length="40196" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:09:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Natural gas | Putin peddles South Stream to Slovenia</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/565811-putin-peddles-south-stream-slovenia</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;South Stream in Slovenia&quot; headlines Večer following the visit of Vladimir Putin to Ljubljana. The Russian Prime Minister assured Slovenian officials, among others, on the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vecer-23032011-100.jpg" length="40997" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:28:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Muddled Merkel calls in nuclear wise men</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/565621-muddled-merkel-calls-nuclear-wise-men</link><description><![CDATA[A week after deciding to shut down seven nuclear power plants, &ldquo;Merkel is looking for an emergency exit,&rdquo; notes the Financial Times Deutschland. On 22 [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Financial-Times-23032011-100.jpg" length="43213" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:01:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Environment | Fukushima, the best ad for atomic power (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/564301-fukushima-best-ad-atomic-power</link><description><![CDATA[The accident at the Fukushima power station has exposed the limits of nuclear power, while showing that it&#039;s not quite as dangerous as we think. In the absence of credible alernatives, nuclear remains remains the most viable energy source. Such is the surprising opinion of leading environmentalist author, George Monbiot. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/radioactive-evolution_0.jpg" length="81703" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:10:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy  | WikiLeaks - nuclear industry corruption</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/558981-wikileaks-nuclear-industry-corruption</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the emotion prompted by the Fukushima nuclear accident, and at a time when the Italian government appears to be reluctant to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/L'espresso-18032011-100.jpg" length="37743" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:44:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Commissioner indulges in hyperbole</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/558901-commissioner-indulges-hyperbole</link><description><![CDATA[After a week of anxiety over the Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan, now it is time for &quot;Europanic,&quot; announces La Raz&oacute;n. The Spanish daily [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110318larazon.jpg" length="7414" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:36:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Is shutting down nuclear illegal?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/555701-shutting-down-nuclear-illegal</link><description><![CDATA[Following  the decision by Angela Merkel to submit all the nuclear power plants in  Germany to safety inspections and to unplug seven of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110317handelsblatt.jpg" length="7001" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Don't panic... (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/553101-don-t-panic</link><description><![CDATA[The Fukushima disaster is driving European countries to test the safety of their nuclear plants and to shut them down. Prudence, or the panic button? The European press is leaning towards the latter. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/nuclear-europe.jpg" length="68234" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:46:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Nuclear exit in doubt</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/549701-nuclear-exit-doubt</link><description><![CDATA[The first political fallout in Germany from the nuclear disaster in Japan is &ldquo;Merkel&rsquo;s chain reaction,&rdquo; leads Tageszeitung. On March 14 the Chancellor announced a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Tageszeitung-15032011-100.jpg" length="39812" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:45:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Fukushima relaunches debate (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/547631-fukushima-relaunches-debate</link><description><![CDATA[The accident at the Japanese nuclear power station is worrying Europe. Are our own power stations safe? Should be relinquish this form of energy? The press offers contrasting points of view. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/fukushima.jpg" length="59443" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:44:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belgium | Scrapping nuclear might not be answer</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/540851-scrapping-nuclear-might-not-be-answer</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Belgium should not abandon nuclear power&rdquo;: so sums up De Standaard on its front page the recommendation of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/De-Standaard-10032011-100.jpg" length="32307" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:29:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | The illuminati of Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/527061-illuminati-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The lightship of the West&rdquo;, leads El Peri&oacute;dico, reporting on a study by the University Complutense of Madrid that reveals that &ldquo;the cities of Spain [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110304elperiodico.jpg" length="7347" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:58:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Oil | Libyan crisis may boost inflation</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/517151-libyan-crisis-may-boost-inflation</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Rising oil prices fuel inflation,&quot; headlines La Vanguardia.  According to the Spanish daily, markets are worried that &quot;the ECB will  anticipate a rise [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110225vanguardia.jpg" length="8388" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:55:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Russia | Barroso and Putin spar over gas deal</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/517071-barroso-and-putin-spar-over-gas-deal</link><description><![CDATA[Relations  between the European Union and Russia are occasionally difficult, and  the joint press conference given by Jos&eacute; Manuel Barroso and Vladimir  [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:16:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Electricity | Germany and Poland connect on energy</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/488451-germany-and-poland-connect-energy</link><description><![CDATA[The coming EU energy summit will see Poland and Germany link up over financing energy infrastructure from the EU budget, Gazeta Wyborcza leads. EU leaders [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/03022011-GW-100.jpg" length="29225" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:07:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands  | Shell to explain its role in Nigeria</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/477921-shell-explain-its-role-nigeria</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Shell funded rebel meeting,&quot; headlines NRC Handelsblad. The Amsterdam daily reports on  one of the reasons why the oil company has been summoned to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/26012011-NRC-Hand-100.jpg" length="11750" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:25:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | A gift of black gold</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/460621-gift-black-gold</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of recent oil price hikes, Romania has become the European country where petrol is the most expensive (relative to purchasing power). In [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110113jn.jpg" length="6936" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:14:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bulgaria / Russia | Sofia bends to Putin gas deal</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/389131-sofia-bends-putin-gas-deal</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;In Sofia, Putin launches South Stream, but Belene still on hold,&quot; headlines Dnevnik. &ldquo;The Russians have succeeded in rallying the Bulgarians to South Stream while [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/15112010-Dnevnik-100.jpg" length="12726" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:10:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
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