Press review | 02/12/2009

 

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Obama ups the ante in Afghanistan

Obama ups the ante in Afghanistan

 

In an address to the US Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama announced he will send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. The president also called on his allies to boost their military presence in the country. European commentators are not unanimously enthusiastic about the new US strategy.

With articles from the following publications:
L'Est Républicain - France, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Germany, De Volkskrant - Netherlands, Corriere del Ticino - Switzerland

POLITICS

Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland

Ashton's got it better than Solana

Mladá fronta Dnes - Czech Republic

Berlusconi courts Lukashenko's favour

REFLECTIONS

ECONOMY

Les Echos - France

Better to own gold

Der Nordschleswiger - Denmark

Tax will slow down economy

CULTURE

SOCIETY

Pražský deník - Czech Republic

Czech envy of Germans' Sunday rest

LOCAL COLOURS

Jornal de Notícias - Portugal

Testing for bad news, too?