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                <language>en</language><item><title>Croatia | A small "yes" to EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1432971-small-yes-eu</link><description><![CDATA[On 22 January, Croats voted in favour of ratifying the Treaty of Accession to the EU, prompting a sigh of relief in Brussels. The record voter abstention rate, however, must give cause for concern, notes the Croatian press. &ndash;  (Press review)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/author/croatia-ue.jpg" length="88754" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:06:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Joining the Union with little enthusiasm (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1420461-joining-union-little-enthusiasm</link><description><![CDATA[On January 22, Croatia must ratify by referendum the Treaty of Accession to the EU. But the campaign, coming just as the country is about to enter a Europe in crisis, has been marked by second thoughts and a new nationalist rhetoric. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/corax-croatia.jpg" length="21633" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:39:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | EU - Turkey's new whipping boy (Milliyet, Istanbul)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1283571-eu-turkey-s-new-whipping-boy</link><description><![CDATA[Buoyed by their country’s political and economic dynamism, more and more Turkish leaders are critical of a European Union that is mired in crisis. However, a Turkish columnist argues that this is not likely to have an impact on Ankara’s desire to join the EU. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ankara-square.jpg" length="38285" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:40:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Dreaming of no-strings membership (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1238841-dreaming-no-strings-membership</link><description><![CDATA[On 4 December, voters in Croatia will elect a new parliament. A few days later, Zagreb is set to sign its accession to the European Union. However, before it officially becomes part of the EU in July 2013, the country will have to implement far reaching reforms, which neither the government or the opposition appear ready to announce to their fellow citizens. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/croatie-elections.jpg" length="136357" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:59:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Ukraine  | Don't pulls the blinds down on Kiev (Postimees, Tallinn)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1097051-don-t-pulls-blinds-down-kiev</link><description><![CDATA[Although the recent sentencing of the former muse of the Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko, has raised doubts about the independence of the Ukrainian justice system, the EU should not give up on dialogue with Kiev, which remains eager to build relations with the EU. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Bojensen-ukraine.jpg" length="114241" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:08:54 +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>Croatia  | EU drawn into election campaign</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/982281-eu-drawn-election-campaign</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Welcome to the EU! We speak Croatian&quot;, rejoices Vecernji List,  arguing that the language of the country is already &ldquo;widely spoken&rdquo; in  the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/VecernjiList-09232011-100.jpg" length="16019" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:39:50 +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>Ukraine | The invasive generosity of Budapest and Bucharest</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/837251-invasive-generosity-budapest-and-bucharest</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Kiev is beginning to have serious problems with its neighbours,&rdquo; writes the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, reporting on Ukraine&rsquo;s annoyance with the granting of passports [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:41:27 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | Erdogan reins in the military</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/825821-erdogan-reins-military</link><description><![CDATA[H&uuml;rriyet reports on what it terms &quot;a new seating plan&quot; introduced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan at the meeting of the Supreme Military Council [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Hurriyet-100.jpg" length="49083" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:18:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Still a long road to Europe (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/709671-still-long-road-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Croatia got the green light to join the European Union on July 1, 2013, it was announced on June 10. But several events, the latest of which is the scattered confrontations during Split’s Gay Pride Day this weekend, highlight that the road to Europe remains long, notes Boris Pavelic in Croatian daily Novi List. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/split-manif.jpg" length="62261" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:50:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Barroso opens door to EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/700351-barroso-opens-door-eu</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Barroso finally says so: It&rsquo;s over! Croats, you will soon be rewarded for your efforts,&quot; reports a delighted Jutarnji list, paraphrasing the president of the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/jutarnjilist-08062011-100.jpg" length="44901" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:41:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | Pope: EU good for the soul</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/695431-pope-eu-good-soul</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Croats, fear not the European Union (EU)!&rdquo; Paraphrasing the cry launched by John Paul II to peoples under the communist yoke, Vecernji list sums up [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/vecernji-list-06062011-100.jpg" length="36974" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:29:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania-Bulgaria | On the road to Schengen</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/631791-road-schengen</link><description><![CDATA[On 2 May, a further obstacle was removed from the path towards the inclusion of Romania and Bulgaria in the Schengen area: &quot;the European Parliament&rsquo;s [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:14:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Croats come face to face with their history (Novi List, Rijeka)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/609451-croats-come-face-face-their-history</link><description><![CDATA[The conviction of former General Gotovina for war crimes on April 15 has been received very badly by a people who consider him a hero of the wars in former Yugoslavia. But this verdict is also a chance to think about what happened, a Croatian columnist writes. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/croatia-gotovina.jpg" length="117142" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:33:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | National hero sentenced</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/601751-national-hero-sentenced</link><description><![CDATA[A single word, &ldquo;Hero,&rdquo; dominates the front page of Večernji list. The &lsquo;hero&rsquo; in question is former general Ante Gotovina,  who faced war crimes [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110415vecernjilist.jpg" length="7033" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:55:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | EU - what&#039;s it in aid of? (Tportal , Zagreb)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/595861-eu-whats-it-aid</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;For or against joining the EU?&quot; Between now and the end of the year, the citizens of Croatia will be called on to answer a question they increasingly see as irrelevant. Having overcome many obstacles on the road to accession, they are no longer interested in a Europe that is strongly associated with their country’s discredited political elite. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/zagreb-protest.jpg" length="25502" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:43:01 +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>Turkey | What Erdoğan knows about Europe (The Guardian, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/527161-what-erdogan-knows-about-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Despite the Turkish Prime minister&#039;s criticisms of the EU, it&#039;s clear his country&#039;s future lies with the union, argues a Guardian columnist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mayk-crescent.jpg" length="17391" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:30:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | No more Mr. Nice Guy (Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/522021-no-more-mr-nice-guy</link><description><![CDATA[The Turkish prime minister is in Germany parading the self-confidence of his country. Encouraged by a booming economy and increasingly becoming a role model for emerging Arab democracies, Turkey is finding the EU increasingly unnecessary, writes the Frankfurter Rundschau. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tayyip-Erdogan_0.jpg" length="85175" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:32:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Another referendum amidst doubt on Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/511901-another-referendum-amidst-doubt-europe</link><description><![CDATA[Within  the next two months, the citizens of Iceland will turn out for a  referendum on the agreement reached by their government and [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:45:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Croatia | EU accession on track</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/510121-eu-accession-track</link><description><![CDATA[Vjesnik is welcoming suggestions from diplomats that &ldquo;the report on Croatia will be positive.&quot; The Zagreb daily reveals that &quot;according to preliminary information, the Commission [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Vjesnik-02212011-100.JPG" length="27972" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:54:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Albania | Tirana mayhem as political stalemate sours</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/473761-tirana-mayhem-political-stalemate-sours</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Which one opened fire?&quot; headlines Tema  alongside a front-page photo spread of members of the country&rsquo;s  security forces suspected of the shooting which [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/23012011-Tema-100.jpg" length="12511" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:47:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU accession | The Balkan family photo is blurred (Politika, Belgrade)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/472521-balkan-family-photo-blurred</link><description><![CDATA[The population census demanded by Brussels has become a political challenge in most of the countries of the western Balkans. Twenty years after the start of the wars in former Yugoslavia, the venture brings ethnic and social tensions back into the spotlight. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/balkans-family.jpg" length="43169" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:57:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | The big cleanup begins (Monitor, Podgorica)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/442561-big-cleanup-begins</link><description><![CDATA[Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro: in the space of a fortnight, the leaders or ex-leaders of all three countries have been arrested or accused of wrongdoing. Meanwhile, reports a Montenegro weekly, the EU is paving the way for the accession of all three Balkan countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Milo-Djukanovic.jpg" length="71949" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:48:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Neighbourhood Policy | Ukraine gets visas, but not free trade</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/400481-ukraine-gets-visas-not-free-trade</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Ukraine closer to elimination of visas,&rdquo; reports Dziennik Gazeta Prawna following the 22 November EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels. Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was promised the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:39:34 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Institutions | EU grows weary of enlargement (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/383841-eu-grows-weary-enlargement</link><description><![CDATA[For the European press, the publication of the annual “progress report” on prospective candidates for EU accession, has failed to dispel the general apathy that surrounds the question of enlargement. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/pavel-gypsy.jpg" length="44750" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:35:39 +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>EU accession | Turkey&#039;s elite is napping (Taraf, Istanbul)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/357821-turkeys-elite-napping</link><description><![CDATA[Since talks began in 2005, Turkey’s EU membership bid has stalled. For Istanbul daily Taraf, the blame is not only due to reluctant EU states, but should also be shared by a Turkish political elite incapable of acting in the interests of its own people. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/MAYK_Turquie.jpg" length="36001" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:56:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Enlargement | One day Turkey will run the EU (Die Presse, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/348111-one-day-turkey-will-run-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Turkey isn’t even a member yet, but deputy prime minister Ali Babacan is already demanding a leading role in Europe for his country. All you have to do is look at Turkey&#039;s economic and demographic growth to see it&#039;s likely to get what it wants, says Die Presse (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BLEIBEL_turkey_0.jpg" length="35967" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:55:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Westerwelle talks Turkey</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/344791-westerwelle-talks-turkey</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Westerwelle urges EU to engage Turkey,&rdquo; leads the Wall Street Journal Europe. In an interview with the American business daily, Germany&rsquo;s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/23092010-WSJ-100.jpg" length="12407" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:13:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkish referendum | Erdogan buries Atatürk (Zaman, Istanbul)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/336981-erdogan-buries-atatuerk</link><description><![CDATA[In voting Yes to wide-ranging constitutional reform, the Turkish electorate has demonstrated a wish to modernise the country and seek ever closer links with the EU, even if this was not a part of the campaign agenda. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Erdogan-Ataturk.jpg" length="41353" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:23:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Moldova | Referendum flop</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/331691-referendum-flop</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The people have chosen,&rdquo; headlines Timpul the day after a Moldovan referendum on whether the people should elect their president directly. The plebiscite came to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/06092010-Timpul-100.jpg" length="11371" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:47:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Balkans | Montenegro - come if you&#039;re rich (The New York Times, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/324441-montenegro-come-if-youre-rich</link><description><![CDATA[Eager to join the European Union, Montenegro is cleaning up its image of corruption and pulling out all the stops to attract foreign capital. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tivat-Montenegro.jpg" length="75372" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:43:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Switzerland | An embarrassment of Swiss</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/320201-embarrassment-swiss</link><description><![CDATA[The Tribune de Gen&egrave;ve reports on the decision of the Swiss Federal Council to dismiss accession to the EU or the European Economic Area, and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20082010-Tribune-Geneve.jpg" length="10924" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:42:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Switzerland | Le Petit Suisse stuck in Europe's rump (Le Figaro, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/317011-le-petit-suisse-stuck-europe-s-rump</link><description><![CDATA[The Swiss are about to reveal their future stance in their increasingly fraught relations with Brussels. One thing is sure, they are not about to join the anytime soon (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BALLAMAN_suisse-europe.jpg" length="68133" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:23:44 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Accession talks - and fishing row - with Brussels begin</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/311831-accession-talks-and-fishing-row-brussels-begin</link><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s been a cold few years for Iceland&#039;s economy but warmer seas have boosted fish stocks, something that could present a political problem for the [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:29:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Diplomacy | Can Cameron put Turkey on the table? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/303181-can-cameron-put-turkey-table</link><description><![CDATA[In one of his major speeches on Europe, the British prime minister made his strongest endorsement to date for Turkish accession to the EU. While the British press is in general well disposed, the continent, and even some elements of the Turkish press remain dubious about the impact of his declaration. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Cameron-Turkey.jpg" length="63947" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:29:29 +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>Turkey | Ankara still keen on Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/285931-ankara-still-keen-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Turkey still seeks EU entry,&rdquo; headlines the Times, following an interview with President Abdullah G&uuml;l, who insists that Turkey has not turned its back on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/02072010-The-Times.jpg" length="11166" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:41:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Iceland turns away from EU</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/275531-iceland-turns-away-eu</link><description><![CDATA[Meeting at the 17 June European Council summit in Brussels, the EU&#039;s 27 member states have decided to open accession negotiations with Iceland. However, Le [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:46:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | Brussels to sweet-talk Ankara</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/275221-brussels-sweet-talk-ankara</link><description><![CDATA[Headlining with &quot;Hello Europe,&quot; H&uuml;rriyet reports that the European Union is considering measures to strengthen ties with Turkey. Fears that Ankara may set aside its [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Hurriyet.jpg" length="17007" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:29:57 +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>Armenia / Turkey | Erevan and Ankara talks stall</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/238091-erevan-and-ankara-talks-stall</link><description><![CDATA[Leading with the front-page headline &quot;Armenia deals blow to&nbsp;peace process with Turkey,&quot;&nbsp;Zaman reports&nbsp;that the rapprochement between Ankara and Erevan came to halt on 22 April, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Zaman-23042010.JPG" length="44859" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:19:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | Ankara makes gesture to Kurds</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/228241-ankara-makes-gesture-kurds</link><description><![CDATA[One day after Turkish Prime Minister&nbsp;Recep Erdogan visited Paris, where Nicolas Sarkozy reiterated France&rsquo;s opposition to his country&#039;s accession to full membership of the European [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/die-presse-09042010.jpg" length="37369" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:47:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Greece/Macedonia | Athens offers Skopje a name tweak</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/225631-athens-offers-skopje-name-tweak</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Greece has announced that it will accept the use of &quot;Northern Macedonia&quot;&nbsp;as the name for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),&quot;&nbsp;reports Bucharest daily Adevărul. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/ADVAZI20100405_0001.jpg" length="9885" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:14:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Turkey | Is the EU afraid of Ankara? (Le Soir, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/217471-eu-afraid-ankara</link><description><![CDATA[Following recent declarations by the Turkish Prime Minister on the deportation of Armenian immigrants, Europe&#039;s silence is testimony to the EU&#039;s ambiguous attitude towards the aspiring member state.  Seen as not sufficiently European for immediate inclusion, Turkey is at the same time too important and powerful to be ignored. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/turkey-european-union.JPG" length="110814" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:54:24 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iceland | Another step towards EU membership</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/199291-another-step-towards-eu-membership</link><description><![CDATA[The European Commission on 24 February 2010 gave the green light for fast-track negotiations with Reykjavik to admit Iceland into the European Union.&quot;The ball is [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Le-Soir-25022010.jpg" length="40038" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:58:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
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