With its accession to the EU, Nato and the Schengen zone Lithuania has achieved important foreign policy goals.
News portal Delfi now demands that new challenges and partners be sought for their realisation:
The EU’s history shows on the one hand that Germany and France have most say in the EU’s policy decisions and therefore more [...]
The Latvian parliament plans to vote on a proposal which would limit trade with alcohol in the near future. The daily Latvijas Avīze welcomes the initiative:
“In Latvia more than 10 litres of pure alcohol are consumed per capita and per year, there are countless alcoholics and statistics show that the number of minors being [...]
The left-liberal daily Politiken is unimpressed by Denmark’s extensive government reshuffle whereby 15 government posts changed hands:
“Political leadership means much more than just getting rid of ministers embroiled in scandal.
And unfortunately it’s the most ramshackle group of party hacks who’ve been brought out for this ostensible renewal.
… It could soon become clear that the move [...]
Swedish language instruction is mandatory in Finnish schools because according to its constitution the country is bilingual.
The fact is however that many Finns see no need to learn Swedish, an attitude that Education Minister Henna Virkkunen is seeking to counter with a new proposal, writes the daily Savon Sanomat:
“According to Virkkunen Swedish language training [...]
In reaction to the economic crisis the state-owned freight transport company PKP Cargo plans to couple the wages of its employees to its profits.
This is a first step towards breaking with the obsolete structures of the communist era, writes the conservative daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna:
“We must wait for this to change the Polish railway [...]
The finance ministers of the EU on Tuesday ordered an ambitious austerity programme and strict budget controls for Greece. Commentators say it’s high time for a common economic policy for all EU members, and analyse reasons for the failure of Southern Europe’s economies.
High time for a pan-European economic policy
With the EU decision to put Greece [...]
In Poland the shadow of communism has still not been entirely removed, writes journalist Artur Bartkiewiecz commenting on an annoying experience he had with the state-run railway company PKP:
“And what have I learned from this adventure? Firstly, that even 20 years after the fall of communism the employees of the state Moloch still cling [...]
Although Finland does not border on the Arctic Ocean it is a member of the Arctic Council, and for that reason it must develop its own strategy for the region, writes the daily Keskisuomalainen:
“The melting of the Arctic ice crust could make the natural resources of the ocean accessible, as well as the ocean [...]
At the request of Immigration Minister Nyamko Sabuni the Swedish government has commissioned the Swedish Security Service Säpo to present an analysis on militant Muslims in Sweden.
The chairman of the Association of Christian Social Democrats, Peter Weiderud, voices fears on blog portal Newsmill that the subject of Islam is being politicised unnecessarily ahead of [...]
The US has now convinced Bulgaria and Romania to go along with its plans for building a missile defence system in Europe. Washington has no doubt come closer to fulfilling its desire for security, writes the press, and Moscow is delighted to have a bone of contention it can use to pursue entirely different goals.
US [...]
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