President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi found himself “the most prominent and powerful defender of European integration”, according to a cover feature on the 65-year-old Italian economist.
The American weekly credits him with saving the…

Portugal returned to the medium and long term debt markets on January 23, taking the first step towards becoming financially self-sufficient and ending its reliance on the support of the EU-ECB-IMF troika. The government aims to raise up to €2bn thro…

On January 22, European finance ministers gave their approval for the launch of a „Tobin tax“ by 11 of Europe’s member states, including Germany, France and Italy. The United Kingdom and Luxembourg will notably not be taking part.
Following the appro…

The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Elysée Treaty was celebrated in an atmosphere worthy of a 1980s romantic comedy, jokes the compact edition of Die Welt. On January 22, François Hollande and Angela Merkel put paid to suspicions that Franco-G…

In 2012, more than 4,000 people from Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Ireland applied for residency permits in Sweden.
According to the Swedish immigration service, this figure has doubled since 2010 as a result of the European economic crisis.

Tygodnik Powszechny , Cracow – Modern and productive, the Tychy factory was once Fiat’s flagship site, but in the face of the debt crisis, the Italian automaker has decided to bring production of the popular Panda back to Naples. For the Polish…

From now on, „MPs are more equal than other elected officials,“ states Romanian daily Adevărul. On January 22, Romanian senators and deputies approved a bill allowing them to ignore rulings concerning them issued by the country’s anti-corruption watch…

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Slobodni mediji i medijski pluralizam moraju biti preduslov za članstvo u EU, ocenila je stručna grupa Evropske komisije u izveštaju o medijskim slobodama u Evropi. Politička mešanja, komercijalni pritisci i interesi oglašivača ugrožavaju medi…