Press review | 19/01/2010

 

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US first to provide help for Haiti

US first to provide help for Haiti

 

The EU decided on Monday to help Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake with more than 420 million euros in aid. But according to the European press, in this humanitarian disaster too, the US has once again adopted the leading role - much to the detriment of the UN.

With articles from the following publications:
Diário de Notícias - Portugal, El Mundo - Spain, NRC Handelsblad - Netherlands, Lidové noviny - Czech Republic

POLITICS

The Independent - United Kingdom

The West must defend Kabul

Blog Coulisses de Bruxelles - France

Rumiana Jeleva caught up in subtle power struggle

Gazeta Wyborcza - Poland

Poland is using its EU funding

ECONOMY

Eleftherotypia - Greece

Greek omertà on tax evasion

CULTURE

Hírszerző - Hungary

Pécs rivals Budapest

SOCIETY

La Repubblica - Italy

Craxi organised corruption

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