On Tuesday, the Lithuanian parliament passed a resolution on Georgia. For the first time an official document by a European state described the August 2008 war in South Ossetia as an act of aggression by Russia and the former autonomies of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as occupied Georgian territories. Recognition of their sovereignty was called [...]
Spain approved public spending cuts of over 15 billion euros on Thursday, and in Belgium austerity measures are a major election campaign issue. Meanwhile in Romania and Greece thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against their governments’ austerity programmes. Europe’s press discusses the national measures. Spain economises to save the euro [...]
After the meeting of the ECB and the IMF with the German government on Wednesday new plans have been tabled for the Greek rescue package. While the country’s financial needs are currently estimated at 100 to 150 billion euros, Germany has yet to put a figure on how much it is willing to pay. But [...]
The states of Europe are gradually reopening their airspaces after restricting them for almost five days as a result of the cloud of volcanic ash. The decision to partially reopen Europe’s skies was taken by EU transport ministers during a telephone conference. The flight ban has shown how dependent the economy is on air traffic, [...]
The Vatican distanced itself on Wednesday from the controversial statements of Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, who had linked sexual abuse in the Church to homosexuality. The fledgling trust in the Church’s will to shed light on cases of abuse has nonetheless been dashed, the press writes, pointing to structural problems within the Church. [...]
Heads of state and government from 47 countries agreed on Tuesday at the nuclear security summit in Washington on joint steps for preventing nuclear terrorism. But jubilation over increased security is out of place because on the one hand key states like Iran were conspicuous by their absence and on the other the US nuclear [...]
Following the accidental death of President Lech Kaczyński, the speaker of the Polish parliament Bronisław Komorowski has taken over the affairs of state as acting president. In the eyes of the press this gives the ruling party of which Komorowski is a member enormous power, while the Kaczyńskis’ opposition party faces difficult times. Governing party [...]
In a ground-breaking move Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk for the first time have jointly commemorated the victims of the Katyn massacre 70 years ago. The event signals a reconciliation from which other countries may learn, writes the European press. Commemoration brings countries closer Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk [...]
Der britische Premier Gordon Brown hat am Dienstag die Parlamentswahlen für den 6. Mai angesetzt und damit den Kampf um das Unterhaus offiziell eröffnet. Das enorme Haushaltsdefizit Großbritanniens wird zentrales Thema, erwarten Kommentatoren, aber auch die Glaubwürdigkeit der etablierten Parteien stehe auf dem Spiel. Großbritannien muss Budget sanieren Im bevorstehenden Wahlkampf in Großbritannien wird es [...]
The dispute over financial aid for Greece will play a key role at the EU summit which starts today, Thursday, in Brussels. The press sees the very future of the Eurozone at stake and calls for greater flexibility and sustainable growth for the EU. Eurozone is at stake The EU summit could be decisive for [...]
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