FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 06/05/13: François Hollande is all over the French press today: a day of judgment, exactly one year after his election. He had promised things would change when he was elected, but he’s facing fierce criticism from across the political spectrum... including from his former supporters.
Serbia's president Tomislav Nikolic took the unprecedented step on Thursday of apologising for the Srebrenica massacre. Nikolic had previously denied that Serbian forces committed crimes during the wars in former Yugoslavia. Analysts see Serbia's hand being forced by Brussels in return for eventual EU membership.
In a move that could open door to talks on EU membership for Belgrade, Serbia and Kosovo’s prime ministers agreed to a historic agreement to settle their relations in Brussels on Friday, after over a decade of deep animosity.
Eurozone ministers struck a 10 billion euro bailout deal on Saturday with cash-strapped Cyprus to save the country from bankruptcy. In return, Cyprus is being asked to trim its deficit, shrink its banking sector and increase taxes.
The French papers are marking the two year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, as journalists ponder how the anti-nuclear movement has fared since then. France’s finances are still cause for concern: the government’s trying to trim spending, while the prospect of an unpaid bill looms in Brussels.
Police in Belgium on Tuesday were hunting eight men thought to be responsible for a multi-million dollar diamond heist at Brussels international airport a day earlier. The armed and masked men stole the jewels from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane.
Brussels is not just the seat of European Union institutions but a great cultural capital. The Belgian capital’s Palais des Beaux-Arts, aka BOZAR, is staging "Antoine Watteau. The Music Lesson" an exhibition whose head curator is William Christie.
The Scots, Flemish, and Catalans all clamour for independence in the name of European federalism. But will breaking away really give them more control over their destiny or just make them more dependent on Brussels?
The Scots, Flemish, and Catalans all clamour for independence in the name of European federalism. But will breaking away really give them more control over their destiny or just make them more dependent on Brussels?
On Wednesday, the German constitutional court is to give its verdict on the European fiscal pact and crucially on the European stability mechanism, the ESM. Are they compatible with German law or does Germany need to revise its constitution to allow transfer of more power to Brussels? More and more voices are calling for a referendum so that Germans can decide for themselves. This would be the first time a referendum has been held since the 3rd Reich - and a potentially very risky move.
