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                <language>en</language><item><title>FRANCE | The open wound of the Rwandan genocide (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1495181-open-wound-rwandan-genocide</link><description><![CDATA[Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/rwanda-france.jpg" length="147520" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-US | Obama honey words ahead of Monti visit</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1493891-obama-honey-words-ahead-monti-visit</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Italy  is taking impressive steps&rdquo;. On the day Italian PM Mario Monti makes  his first official visit to Washington, La Stampa devotes its [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:22:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Beijing tells Merkel "to do her homework"</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1476751-beijing-tells-merkel-do-her-homework</link><description><![CDATA[Angela Merkel was outgunned in Beijing. &ldquo;People&rsquo;s Republic of China gets rid of Chancellor,&rdquo; headines Handelsblatt,  in its report on Angela Merkel&rsquo;s three-day visit [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cyprus | The holiday island that turned Russian (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1472951-holiday-island-turned-russian</link><description><![CDATA[Ten of thousands of Russians are making Cyprus their home from home. A trend that raises questions about Nicosia’s diplomatic and pecuniary relations with Moscow. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/cyprus-russian.jpg" length="172384" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:43:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Europe's undeclared war against Iran (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1444821-europe-s-undeclared-war-against-iran</link><description><![CDATA[Now that the EU has slapped unprecedented sanctions on Iranian oil imports in a bid to thwart its alleged nuclear weapons programme, what are the consequences? asks a Tel Aviv based political scientist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK-eu-iran.jpg" length="104698" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:49:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | EU raises stakes with Iran</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1436731-eu-raises-stakes-iran</link><description><![CDATA[With their decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil and to freeze Iranian bank assets in Europe, EU member states are hoping to force Teheran to halt its nuclear program — an initiative which the European press believes is a risky bet. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/Schneider_ahmadinejad.jpg" length="114656" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:15:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Europe to slap embargo on Iranian oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1431541-europe-slap-embargo-iranian-oil</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Brussels  begins asphyxiation of Iran&quot;, writes El Mundo, on the EU&rsquo;s decision on  January 23 to clamp an oil embargo on Iran. According [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | When values are stage dressing (El Mundo, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1300451-when-values-are-stage-dressing</link><description><![CDATA[United by common interests but separated by different values, Europe and Russia have been obliged to engage in a political game in which the Europeans plead for democracy and Moscow pretends to listen. The 15 December EU-Russia summit in Brussels is a case in point. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Eu-Russia-16122011.jpg" length="38864" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:35:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European parliament | Sakharov prize for the Arab spring</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1287241-sakharov-prize-arab-spring</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Europe restores its image with the Sakharov Prize,&quot; remarks El Mundo on a day when the 2011 European parliament&rsquo;s prize for freedom of thought was [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:44:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU/Russia | Kaliningrad gets closer to Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1286651-kaliningrad-gets-closer-europe</link><description><![CDATA[The  inhabitants of Kaliningrad, the Russian exclave squeezed between Poland  and Lithuania, will soon be able to travel without visas to Gdańsk and [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:25:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Transnistria | Stooges' ballot in Tiraspol (România libera, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1268081-stooges-ballot-tiraspol</link><description><![CDATA[The secessionist region of Moldova is to hold presidential elections on 11 December — a vote that will be marked by a strange bargain between its Russian protector and Germany, which aims to resolve a conflict that has been deadlocked for 20 years. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tiraspol-statue_4.jpg" length="39416" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:44:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Economy | Portugal, glittering prize for emerging nations (Expresso, Lisbon)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1255321-portugal-glittering-prize-emerging-nations</link><description><![CDATA[To cut its debt, Portugal’s government has embarked on a far-reaching privatisation program. Brazilian, Chinese and Angolans are the main candidates for taking over its national enterprises. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/portugal_0.jpg" length="82387" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:33:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | It's too early to write Europe off (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1249431-it-s-too-early-write-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Economic power is not the only criterion for global power. What matters is how political systems respond to new crises. And from this perspective, the EU is still in with a chance, writes Dutch historian Dirk-Jan van Baar. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Cost-declin_0.jpg" length="93106" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:19:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Kosovo | Mitrovica Serbs turn to Moscow (Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1233551-mitrovica-serbs-turn-moscow</link><description><![CDATA[Afraid they will at the mercy of the Albanian majority once Serbia is forced to recognize Kosovo in exchange for EU members, a growing number of Kosovar Serbs have requested Russian citizenship. But &quot;Slav solidarity&quot; is a myth. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/HORSCH_Kosovo_0.jpg" length="83519" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:04:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Moldova | President cannot be found</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1171891-president-cannot-be-found</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;When will we meet for an election?&quot;, wonders Timpul in   the wake of a troubled night in Moldova&rsquo;s parliament. At midnight on  [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/timpul-15112011-100.JPG" length="39525" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:15:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | What Latin-America can teach Europe (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1151331-what-latin-america-can-teach-europe</link><description><![CDATA[The debt crisis has plunged the eurozone into a situation similar to that experienced by Latin America in the 90&#039;s. To emerge from it, Europeans should learn from the mistakes made at the time, writes columnist and former Venezuelan Minister Moises Naim. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ESQUIVEL_AL.JPG" length="101935" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:36:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany-Syria | Damascus spying with European technology</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1143221-damascus-spying-european-technology</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Is Syria using German technology to spy on protestors?&rdquo; asks Der Spiegel. The Hamburg weekly has looked into the matter following revelations by Bloomberg that [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:40:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | Chinese saviour is in debt too</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1121311-chinese-saviour-debt-too</link><description><![CDATA[And what if China can&rsquo;t help Europe? On the day Chinese President Hu Jintao is visiting Austria Die Presse warns against &ldquo;false hopes of a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111031presse.jpg" length="6645" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:01:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | China is ready to help (The Global Times, Beijing)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1111831-china-ready-help</link><description><![CDATA[The eurozone is looking for financial aid from emerging countries, mainly China. A prospect that sends shivers down the spines of many Europeans. But for the official Beijing daily Global Times, any future deal will need to be a “civilized” one. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/schot-china.jpg" length="9421" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:02:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Switzerland  | Swiss voters seek the centre</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1090001-swiss-voters-seek-centre</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Switzerland awakens to a new parliament,  very different from the one forecast by the opinion polls,&quot; writes  Swiss daily Le Temps following federal [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/le-temps-24102011-100.jpg" length="40073" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:57:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya  | What next for Gaddafi's billions?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1081941-what-next-gaddafi-s-billions</link><description><![CDATA[While  much of the European press is running with the circumstances and  mystery of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, captured and killed on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/publico 2110*.jpg" length="16234" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:43:40 +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>Sweden | Two journalists, one minister, lots of petrol</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1069261-two-journalists-one-minister-lots-petrol</link><description><![CDATA[The trial of two Swedish journalists accused of terrorism, which opens on October 18 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is getting a lot of press coverage [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Svenska-dagbladet-18102011-100.jpg" length="40268" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-China | No desire to die Chinese (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1053921-no-desire-die-chinese</link><description><![CDATA[Italian writer Antonio Scurati believes that the boom in Chinese investment in Europe and the influence of Chinese capitalism on the European economy are a threat to the freedom and sovereignty of Europeans and for their social and cultural model. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/RUBEN-china-europe_0.jpg" length="74088" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:02:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eurozone crisis | US staring at crumbling EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1052641-us-staring-crumbling-eu</link><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&ldquo;In Europe, economic meltdown tears at unity,&rdquo; headlines USA Today, which devotes a wide-ranging report to the growing divide between &ldquo;better-off EU states&rdquo; and their [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/USA-today-13102011-100_0.jpg" length="42240" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:04:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ukraine | Tymoshenko jail sentence isolates Kiev</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1047931-tymoshenko-jail-sentence-isolates-kiev</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A political trial&rdquo;, headlines Gazeta Wyborcza  the day after a Ukrainian court sentenced former PM Yulia Tymoshenko to  seven years&rsquo; prison for alleged [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-12102011-100.jpg" length="38708" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:05:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy | Judiciary under pressure acquits Knox</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1020031-judiciary-under-pressure-acquits-knox</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Amanda  acquitted&quot;, headlines Corriere della Sera, at the end of one of the  most followed legal sagas in Italian history. American student Amanda [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/corriere-della-sera-04-100.jpg" length="36708" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:31:30 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eastern Partnership | Summit fails to tackle big issues</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1016181-summit-fails-tackle-big-issues</link><description><![CDATA[The EU&nbsp;Eastern Partnership summit  in Warsaw, on September 30, &nbsp;was hardly a big success. &ldquo;[It] brought  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:54:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Eastern Partnership | The East, not on the EU's mind (Polityka, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1005581-east-not-eu-s-mind</link><description><![CDATA[As the Eastern Partnership summit opens in Warsaw, the EU, which is caught up in the ongoing financial crisis, appears to have little enthusiasm for the project, launched by Poland in 2008. As for the partner countries, they continue to present a wide spectrum of political systems, ranging from dictatorship to democracy. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/VLAHOVIC-eastern-partnership.jpg" length="82253" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:18:26 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Estonia-Russia | The apartments that lead to Schengen (Postimees, Tallinn)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1001461-apartments-lead-schengen</link><description><![CDATA[Following a trend that has intrigued local authorities and real estate agents, more and more Russians are buying apartments without ever setting foot in them. The reason for this strange behaviour is that owning a home in Estonia makes it easier to apply for a Schengen visa. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/tallinn-real-estate.jpg" length="127677" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:40:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debt crisis | Eurozone death drive (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/990231-eurozone-death-drive</link><description><![CDATA[In talks with the IMF, European governments have pledged to take “all necessary measures” to prevent the collapse of the Eurozone. However, as New York Times columnist and Economics Nobel Prize laureate Paul Krugman points out, until now their actions have only served to undermine the single currency. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BROMLEY_euro-end.jpg" length="189002" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:00:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Ukraine | Association agreement on track</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/991061-association-agreement-track</link><description><![CDATA[After three years of grueling talks, on September 23 the EU and Ukraine concluded negotiations on their association agreement. &ldquo;It is a huge success... Kiev [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:15:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ukraine | Stakes are high at the Tymoshenko trial (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/981141-stakes-are-high-tymoshenko-trial</link><description><![CDATA[The trial of the former premier resumes Sept. 27, three days after the visit of President Yanukovych to Russia. It’s a game of high strategy between Kiev and Moscow, in which Europe has a role to play too. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Yulia-Tymoshenko.jpg" length="48972" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:51:10 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Middle East | Europe stuck in the middle of the road (An-Nahar, Beirut)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/971551-europe-stuck-middle-road</link><description><![CDATA[In offering an alternative to the U.S. position on recognition of a Palestinian state, the EU is exposing itself to criticism and pressure from both the Palestinians and the Israelis. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/palestine-ue.jpg" length="97700" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey  | Abdullah Gül threatens to slam door on EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/972271-abdullah-guel-threatens-slam-door-eu</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Turkey fans are rare in Europe,&quot;  says German daily Frankfurter Rundschau about the visit to Germany of  Turkish President Abdullah G&uuml;l. Appraising the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Frankfurter-rundschau-21092-100.jpg" length="35053" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:06:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey-Cyprus | Ankara starts spat with EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/963571-ankara-starts-spat-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Ankara is &ldquo;ready to freeze relations  with EU&rdquo;, La Stampa reports. This is if Cyprus should take over the  union&rsquo;s rotating presidency in [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Stampa-19092011-100.jpg" length="12137" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:59:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya  | Cameron and Sarkozy lap up triumph</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/956221-cameron-and-sarkozy-lap-triumph</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Sarkozy and Cameron welcomed as liberators  by the Libyans,&rdquo; proclaims Le Figaro  on its front page after the visit of the French head [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/LeFigaro16092011-100.jpg" length="7685" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:57:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Suriname | French Guiana, a door to the EU (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/945161-french-guiana-door-eu</link><description><![CDATA[As the sole EU land border on the American continent, the French overseas department is the destination for a large number of immigrants from neighbouring Suriname. Every year, 13,000 of them apply for residency permits that are valid throughout the entirety of the Schengen Area. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/guyane-francaise.jpg" length="122519" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:01:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Schengen Zone | The millionaires of Europe's eastern frontier (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/913961-millionaires-europe-s-eastern-frontier</link><description><![CDATA[Despite billions invested in hi-tech surveillance equipment, the borders of Romania and Bulgaria remain some of Europe’s most porous. Sumptuous villas built by customs officers might provide a clue as to why. A report. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/bulgaria-schengen.jpg" length="118791" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:05:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | EU to embargo Syrian oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/907581-eu-embargo-syrian-oil</link><description><![CDATA[Even before the meeting of European Ministers of Foreign Affairs on September 2 and 3, De Volkskrant is reporting that &ldquo;the EU will declare a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Volkskrant-02092011-100.jpg" length="12393" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:13:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libyan war | A time for accolades, and payback</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/907121-time-accolades-and-payback</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The Libyan gold lode,&rdquo; headlines Gazeta Wyborcza the day after international conference in Paris put a &ldquo;symbolic end&rdquo; to the war in Libya. &ldquo;The meeting [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-Wybor-02092011-100.jpg" length="11831" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:41:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Press review | Libya: after the war, the oil scramble (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/905011-libya-after-war-oil-scramble</link><description><![CDATA[Lurking behind the public agreement on display among the participants at the Paris conference on “New Libya&quot; is a shadowy struggle that France, Italy and the UK have already started in the race to exploit the country&#039;s resources. So say the French, Italian and British newspapers. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/herrmann-libya.jpg" length="37128" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:15:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Syria | Calls to boycott Syrian oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/899981-calls-boycott-syrian-oil</link><description><![CDATA[Should Shell boycott Syrian oil in the wake of the Bashar al-Assad regime&rsquo;s violent repression of the popular uprising? Trouw argues  that it should, [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:29:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Belarus | Europe's banks help bail-out Lukashenko</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/893581-europe-s-banks-help-bail-out-lukashenko</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;RBS  helped bankroll Europe&#039;s last dictator,&rdquo; headlines The Independent, as  it emerged that the majority state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland and  other [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/TheIndependent-29082011-100.jpg" length="13057" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:33:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | France and Italy battle over reconstruction</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/888141-france-and-italy-battle-over-reconstruction</link><description><![CDATA[The fighting in Tripoli has barely begun  to die down,&rdquo; leads La Stampa, &ldquo;but the competition between  Italy and France is already on&rdquo;. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/LaStampa-26082011-100.jpg" length="11999" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:03:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>After the Libyan War | BHL: Why we were right to go in (Le Point, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/885861-bhl-why-we-were-right-go</link><description><![CDATA[The famous French philosopher, who inspired Nicolas Sarkozy’s commitment to the cause in Libya, argues that the west should not let itself be intimidated by dictators. The Muammar Gaddafi’s of this world are only “paper tigers.” (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/libya-bhl.jpg" length="36475" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:24:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>After the Libyan war | We'll be stuck in the sands (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/884401-we-ll-be-stuck-sands</link><description><![CDATA[Euphoria is premature, as the West is fated to make the same mistakes as in Iraq, argues Robert Fisk. And if Gaddafi remains at large, a guerrilla war eroding the new powers becomes inevitable. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/libya-gun.jpg" length="18414" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:07:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Democracy | EU elites keep power from the people (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/881441-eu-elites-keep-power-people</link><description><![CDATA[On one point the populists are right - the EU doesn&#039;t listen to its citizens. And actions undertaken by leaders and institutions only reinforce the sentiment that European integration proceeds through technocratic measures over which people have no control. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/man-sound.jpg" length="24454" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:46:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | Where did the EU money go?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/882431-where-did-eu-money-go</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;An  unfortunate voyage to Libya&rdquo; headlines the Dagens Nyheter editorial,  which looks back on European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia  Malmstr&ouml;m&rsquo;s visit [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:13:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Press review | Where next for Libya? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/880111-where-next-libya</link><description><![CDATA[The European press as a whole welcomes the fall of the Libyan regime and the momentum it will give to the “Arab spring” -- but it strikes a more cautious note on the future of the country. A future in which Europe has a decisive role to play. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/gaddafi-tree.jpg" length="35695" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:19:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
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