<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>EurActiv.com / Central Europe / EN</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/</link><description>Latests Documents</description><category>UNE</category><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:53:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><ttl>5</ttl><managingEditor>editor@euractiv.com</managingEditor><webMaster>webmaster@euractiv.com</webMaster><image><title>EurActiv.com</title><url>http://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.euractiv.com/</link><width>103</width><height>60</height></image><item><title>French MP: 'Gas pipelines should be limited to regional 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outperforming the incumbent in the 6 December run-off.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187601-16</guid></item><item><title>Uncertainty grows after first round of Romania poll</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/uncertainty-grows-round-romania-poll/article-187549?Ref=RSS</link><description>Incumbent Traian Basescu won the first round of Romania's presidential election on 22 November, exit polls showed, but the slim margin gave few clues as to who would form the next government and help resolve the economic crisis.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187549-16</guid></item><item><title>Bulgaria fears new winter gas crisis</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/bulgaria-fears-new-winter-gas-crisis/article-187411?Ref=RSS</link><description>Bulgaria, the EU country worst hit by gas delivery disruptions last January following a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over transit, warned about delays to infrastructure work designed to boost energy security.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187411-16</guid></item><item><title>Slovenia gives Russia final piece of South Stream puzzle</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/slovenia-gives-russia-final-piece-south-stream-puzzle/article-187348?Ref=RSS</link><description>Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Slovenia's approval on 14 November for the South Stream pipeline, undermining European Union efforts to reduce dependency on Russian gas supplies.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187348-16</guid></item><item><title>Berliners fight to reclaim lost property after Wall fall</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/berliners-fight-reclaim-lost-property-wall-fall/article-187317?Ref=RSS</link><description>Celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall left a bitter aftertaste for some East Berliners who were expropriated by the communist regime in order to build the wall and the 'death strip' that bordered it, reports Ewald Koenig, chief editor of EurActiv Germany.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187317-16</guid></item><item><title>The Bulgarian transition: Archetypes and stereotypes</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/bulgarian-transition-archetypes-stereotypes/article-187315?Ref=RSS</link><description>Twenty years after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, Bulgaria is the most disappointed EU nation when it comes to assessing the transition from totalitarism to democracy in the last 20 years, writes the Dnevnik daily, EurActiv's partner in Bulgaria.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187315-16</guid></item><item><title>De Waele: 'Gorbachev's role has been totally neglected'</title><link>http://euractiv.com/en/central-europe/waele-gorbachev-role-totally-neglected/article-187265?Ref=RSS</link><description>The role of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has been completely overlooked in celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, said Jean-Michel de Waele, professor of political science at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-187265-16</guid></item></channel></rss>