World news guide: Europe
Major sources
Le Monde
(In French.) France's best-selling quality daily.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
(In German.) Major Munich-based paper. Broadly liberal.
El País
(In Spanish.) Spain's biggest daily paper.
El Mundo
(In Spanish.) Progressive daily.
Irish Times
Quality national daily of Ireland.
Ekathimerini
Greece's best English-language daily, distributed with the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus.
Radio Netherlands
Holland's best English-language news service.
La Repubblica
(In Italian.) Centre-left Rome-based daily.
Central and eastern Europe
Central Europe Online
Breaking news and political features on central Europe, plus country-specific national news and business reports.
Central Europe Review
Acclaimed fortnightly journal of central European affairs. Has merged with Transitions Online (see below).
Moscow Times
Respected English-language daily.
Prague Post
The Czech Republic's best English-language daily.
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
News, analysis and audio streaming from Eastern Europe, Russia, the Caucus and Central Asia.
Transitions Online
News service covering central and eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union; mostly subscription-only.
Pan-European
EUobserver.com
An internet-only daily news service covering EU affairs, plus regular reviews of the European press covering EU-related news.
EuroNews
Internet arm of the multilingual 24-hour TV news channel. Live video streaming and text reports, expanding on a limited number of stories and features.
European Voice
Weekly magazine dedicated entirely to EU affairs. Includes a diary of the union's key meetings and assemblies, a section dedicated to the single currency and archives back to 1995.
Institutions
Europa
The EU home page. Details the machinery and structure of the European Union and its satellite organisations.
Press releases and information about the court, plus access to the library and comprehensive documentation of the court's cases, for which you will need relevant reference numbers.
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
The official pages of the official conflict prevention and crisis management organisation, independent of the EU.
Albania
Albanian Daily News
Daily economic and political news in English plus desktop headlines. A subscription is required to get past the front page.
Andorra
Diari d'Andorra
National and international news in Catalan.
El Periodic d'Andorra
Andorra edition of the Spanish newspaper, El Periodico, in Catalan. Local news, comment and sport.
Government site
General Council of Andorra
The official site of the Andorran Parliament featuring details of the constitution and the composition of the General Council. Translations available in Catalan, German, French and Spanish.
Armenia
EurasiaNet: Armenia
News and comment service funded by the Soros foundation. Recommended.
Asbarez
Daily news for the Armenian community in the US. Includes a useful links pages for specialist media.
AZG
Armenian daily paper, online since January 2001. Densely written, to say the least. In Armenian only.
PanArmenian Network
Breaking news in English from an NGO with links to Armenian state television. The quality of the English can be poor.
Public television of Armenia
Radio Free Europe: Caucasus Report
Quality analysis, frequently updated, covering Armenia and the rest of the Caucasus.
IWPR (Caucasus programme)
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting offers up to date news and pictures from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Eurasia Daily Monitor
A publication of the Jamestown Foundation, based in Washington, DC
Central Asia Caucasus Analyst
English language global web journal devoted to analysis of the current issues facing the Central Asia-Caucasus region. From John Hopkins University. More analytical, less journalistic.
News agencies
ArmInfo
Balanced but often inscrutable agency copy. Has a tendency to present opinion as if it were fact, but will do so with regard to opposing points of view.
Armenpress
State news agency. Slightly slow-loading.
Austria
Wiener Zeitung
English-language version of the Vienna daily. News, features and an extensive archive.
Radio Austria International
Der Standard
Liberal daily in German. Extensive breaking news and generous coverage of international events.
Die Presse
Respected daily. In German, but includes business news in English.
Business news in English - Die Presse
Government sites
Republic of Austria
The official English-language website covers government communiques, plus descriptions of the Austrian government, culture and history.
Austrian Press and Information Service
The Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan News.net
News portal powered by Moreover.com. Includes links to government, radio, television and other news sources.
EurasiaNet: Azerbaijan
News and comment service funded by the Soros foundation.
Radio Free Europe: Caucasus Report
Quality analysis, frequently updated, covering Azerbaijan and the rest of the Caucasus.
IWPR (Caucasus programme)
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting offers up to date news and pictures from Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Eurasia Daily Monitor
A publication of the Jamestown Foundation, based in Washington, DC.
Central Asia Caucasus Analyst
English language global web journal devoted to analysis of the current issues facing the Central Asia-Caucasus region. From John Hopkins University. More analytical, less journalistic.
Belarus
Radio Free Europe
Brief news in English from the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty newsrooms.
Government
Presidency of the Republic
Official English-language site of Belarus. Contains links to political, legislative, judicial, constitutional and economic information.
Belgium
la Libre Belgique
(In French.) Brussels-based daily newspaper.
de Standaard
The largest quality newspaper in Flemish. No English content at the moment.
le Soir
(In French.) Brussels-based daily newspaper.
Expatica.com
Excellent news and analysis aimed at the English-speaking community in Belgium.
Indymedia: Belgium
Alternative news media, in English, French and Dutch.
xPATS.com
More news for expats, courtesy of Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal, an established Flemish radio station.
Government
Federal government online
Useful government site, full of useful external links - especially to European and EU sites. Many pages can only be viewed in French and Dutch.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
AIM: Sarajevo
News from a comprehensive network of independent journalists, covering all the states of the former Yugoslavia and Albania.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
One of the best Balkan news sites.
Government and official
SFOR Informer
Archive of information relating to the activities of the Nato stabilsation force, whose operations ended in 2005.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria Online
News portal.
Novinite.com
Business and political news in English, with links to the Bulgarian-language press.
Sofia Echo
Weekly paper, featuring news, business, economics, sport, and culture.
Government
Bulgarian parliament
The country's national assembly.
Croatia
HRT News
State television.
IWPR.net: Balkan crisis reports
Regularly updated news and analysis from the Institute of War and Peace Reporting.
Government
Government of the Republic
Slick site, available in English. Links to satellite agencies and ministries reporting on the government's structures, people and activities.
Cyprus
Phileleftheros
(In Greek.) Independent, liberal daily.
Cyprus Mail
Well established English-language paper, published daily. Site navigation is clunky.
Cyprus Weekly
English-language weekly paper.
CyBC
Transcripts of the TV news in English from the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
Cyprus News Agency
Independent agency.
Financial Mirror
Detailed business reporting.
Northern Cyprus
Kibris
(In Turkish.) Biggest newspaper in north Cyprus.
Cyprus Conflict
Exhaustive and balanced background to the Cyprus conflict.
Government
Republic of Cyprus
The Greek side of the story, from the internationally recognised government.
Czech Republic
Prague Post
English-language weekly. Contains links to other Czech media resources.
Transitions Online
Intelligent Czech-based news service covering central and eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union: much of the site is subscription-only.
Czech Happenings
English-language news, business information and opinion. Almost all the news comes via the Czech news agency, CTK.
CTK
Prague Tribune
Magazine aimed at English-speaking businessmen in the republic. Some interesting news features.
Radio Prague
The international service of Czech Radio, broadcasting in six languages including English. News, press reviews and live audio.
Denmark
Copenhagen Calling
Weekly English broadcast, covering news, current affairs and business.
Copenhagen Post
Weekly English-language paper, published on Fridays.
DR Online
Danish broadcaster. Brief international news in English.
Politiken.dk
Daily paper in Danish, founded in 1884. Extensive web coverage.
Government
Folketing
Danish parliament.
Estonia
Baltic Times
English language weekly covering Estonia and Latvia. Relatively detailed and easily navigable pages.
Baltics Worldwide
Daily and weekly news from the Baltics.
Postimees
Daily newspaper with the highest national circulation, according to the Estonian Newspaper Association.
SL Ohtuleht
Estonia's second-largest daily newspaper, by circulation.
Government
President
Recent presidential press releases and background information.
Estonia Online
Directory linking to national educational, business, media, state government and NGO sites.
Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
Finland's biggest and most well-known newspaper. Domestic, business, financial and foreign news in English.
Radio Finland
Half an hour's news and analysis from Helsinki, daily and in English.
Government
This is Finland
News from the Finnish foreign ministry. Includes analysis from senior journalists, parliamentary speeches, and articles about Finland from the overseas press. In English.
France
le Monde
(In French.) France's best-selling quality daily has an impressive web operation. Centre-left outlook.
le Figaro
(In French.) Right-wing quality daily.
Libération
(In French.) Quality daily, left of le Monde.
les Echos
(In French.) Business daily.
l'Equipe
(In French.) Famous sports paper.
Expatica.com
Excellent news and analysis aimed at the English-speaking community in France.
Le Nouvel Observateur
Left-of-centre news weekly, with an impressive rolling news operation. (In French.)
Radio France Internationale
International radio news station, best described as a French-based World Service. Hour-long bulletins in English plus an excellent review of the French media.
Government
National assembly
Links to background and history on the Palais Bourbon, in English.
Georgia
The Messenger
Independent daily English language newspaper based in Tbilisi.
EurasiaNet: Georgia
News and comment service funded by the Soros foundation. Recommended.
Georgia Times
Independent online newspaper, frequently updated, covering news from the Caucasus.
Rustavi 2
Leading, independent Georgian TV channel.
Radio Free Europe: Caucasus report
Quality analysis, frequently updated, covering Georgia and the rest of the Caucasus.
IWPR (Caucasus programme)
The Institute for War and Peace Reporting offers up to date news and pictures from Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Central Asia Caucasus Analyst
English language global web journal devoted to analysis of current issues facing the region. From the John Hopkins University. More analytical, less journalistic.
Eurasia Daily Monitor
A publication of the Jamestown Foundation, based in Washington, DC.
Government and politics
Parliament of Georgia
Official English language site of the Georgian parliament. Features government, regional, geographical and statistical data.
Germany
Deutsche Welle
German radio station's English-language service. Live video and audio, plus press reviews and top stories.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Broadly conservative daily with a strong focus on business. Weekly English edition.
Expatica.com
Excellent news and analysis aimed at the English-speaking community in Germany.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
(In German.) Major daily paper, based in Munich. Broadly liberal.
Frankfurter Rundschau
(In German.) Leftist Frankfurt-based daily.
Handelsblatt
(In German.) Quality political, economic and business news.
Signandsight.com
The government-backed English version of German online culture magazine Perlentaucher, including a daily summary of the cultural pages of the major German language newspapers.
Spiegel
The website of this Hamburg-based weekly magazine offers news and plenty of analysis in German, plus an impressive English section that features a daily email service.
Spiegel Online international site (in English)
Tageszeitung
(In German.) Left-wing daily based in Berlin.
Die Welt
(In German.) Conservative paper. Links to regional editions covering Berlin, Hamburg, Bayern and Bremen. Other German-language newspapers and newsweeklies are listed below.
Berliner Morgenpost
Die Zeit
Focus
rp-online
Stern
Government
Deutscher Bundestag
German parliament. Describes structure of German government and institutions.
Bundesregierung Deutschland
Official press releases from the federal government.
Germany Online
German embassy in the US. Source for useful government information, plus a guide to German websites and a headline news ticker.
Christian Democratic Union
SPD
Greens
FDP
Greece
Kathimerini
Greece's best English-language daily, distributed with the International Herald Tribune in Greece and Cyprus. Well organised and a good source of general and business news. Commentary is intelligent and generally left-of-centre.
Athens News Agency
National, state-sponsored news agency.
Hellenic Public Radio
State radio station. Top stories in brief.
Hellenic Resources Network
Portal gathering local, regional and world news from a range of media sources.
Macedonian Press Agency
Brief summaries of Greek and Balkan news. Picks up stories in the Greek press and translates them into English.
Government
Embassy to the US
Publicly accessible information on Greece, including foreign policy, financial performance, official press releases and links to Greek media.
Hungary
Budapest Business Journal
Daily offering of business news in English, with a brief roundup of political and domestic events.
Budapest Sun
Weekly paper in English, with a concise digest of domestic and business news from Hungary.
HVG
Political and economic weekly in Hungarian.
Hungary Today
A daily half-hour English news analysis programme from Radio Budapest.
Government
Prime minister's office
Links to all the government's departments. Includes the 'Hungarian Mirror', the prime minister's newsletter.
House of the Nation
Official site of the Hungarian national assembly.
Ministry of foreign affairs
Press announcements on Hungary's foreign policy and information on the role of the ministry.
Iceland
Iceland Review
This magazine, published four times a year, promises to bring ' the nature and culture of Iceland to the rest of the world'. The site also offers a daily news email service.
Morganbladid (Icelandic)
Scandinavia Now
An English language e-zine covering Scandinavian business, industry and trade.
Ireland
Irish Times
Quality national daily.
Irish Independent
Quality national daily, slightly downmarket of the Times.
Irish Examiner
Daily broadsheet.
Online.ie (news portal)
RTE
National broadcaster. Breaking news, plus daily audio and video.
Sunday Business Post
Dublin-based business paper, with an accessible, informal look and feel.
An Phoblacht
Strongly partisan Republican news service.
Irish-American news sites
Irish-American Information Service
Washington-based agency posting top stories from the republic and the north.
Irish Echo
Established, staunchly republican American-Irish weekly published in New York.
Government and politics sites
Government of Ireland
Official Irish government portal.
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party
Italy
Repubblica.it
Centre-left Rome-based daily. In Italian only - the other major Italian-language dailies are listed below.
Corriere della Sera
Centre-right daily.
La Stampa
Turin-based daily.
la Gazzetta dello Sport
Daily sports paper.
Il Sole/ 24 Ore
Economic and financial paper with an English edition. Gets its top stories and European business news from FT.com, but the business news from Italy is home-grown.
ANSA
News agency.
Rai news
Official agency.
Latvia
Baltic Times
Independent, English-language weekly covering the Baltic states. Relatively detailed, easily navigable.
Baltics Worldwide
Daily and weekly news from the Baltics.
Diena
Independent daily paper: Latvian language only.
LETA
National news agency. Registration required for email services and reviews of the Latvian press.
Radio Free Europe: Baltic report
Regularly updated news and analysis from Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty.
Government
Chancery of the president of Latvia
Informative site available in five languages, including English.
Cabinet of ministers
Liechtenstein
Principality of Liechtenstein
Government site.
Lithuania
Baltic Times
Independent, English-language weekly covering the Baltic states. Relatively detailed, easily navigable.
The Baltics Today
Daily and weekly news from all three Baltic states.
ELTA
National news agency in English. Subscription-only, except for a short photo feature and a press review.
Luxembourg
Tageblatt
French-language daily, historically left wing.
Government
Luxembourg
Official government site, in French only.
Macedonia
Dnevnik
Forum
Albanians in Macedonia crisis centre
Website dedicated to covering episodes of human rights abuses and ethnic cleansing against Albanians in Macedonia. Links selectively to articles in the international press.
Institute for war and peace reporting: Balkan report
Excellent, ground-level news and analysis in English.
News agencies
MINA
Internet news agency with daily news from Macedonia
Malta
Malta Independent
Decent local daily paper. Stable includes the Independent on Sunday and the Malta Business Weekly.
Times of Malta
Daily paper that supplies local news and comment plus wire-fed international news on its website.
Di-ve.com
Terranet provides this regularly updated portal for Maltese internet users, which includes regularly updated news and comment.
Malta Business Weekly
Local business news, with excellent comment and analysis.
MaltaMedia
Local news and audio webcasting from commercial and university stations.
Government and politics
Maltese Government
Detailed if dry official site giving information on the islands' government, history, culture and economy.
Moldova
Moldova-AZI
Independent news site prepared with the assistance of the Soros foundation in Moldova. Good political and economic coverage.
BASA-press
Independent news agency.
Government sites
Moldova.org
The Washington Embassy site makes for a simple introduction to Moldova containing basic information on government structures and economy.
Netherlands
Radio Netherlands
Holland's best English-language news website. Current affairs and a Dutch press review, plus links to live and archived audio. Excellent in-depth special reports.
de Telegraaf
Holland's largest national daily, in Dutch only. Fairly conservative. Other Dutch-language papers are listed below.
Algemeen Dagblad
NRC Handelsblad
de Trouw
de Volkskrant
Expatica.com
Website aimed at the English-speaking expat community in Holland. Decent news and analysis.
Het Financieele Dagblad
Daily business paper. Has an English edition.
Netherlands Info Services
Subscription-only news from ANP, national news agency of the Netherlands. Evening email bulletins cost 170 euros (¢105) a month: two stories daily are available free.
Norway
Aftenposten Interaktiv
Norway's largest daily paper.
Norway Post
Norwegian daily paper in English.
Government
Odin
Norway's official information site.
Poland
Warsaw Voice
Weekly political and business news magazine, in English, uploaded every Thursday.
Warsaw Business Journal
Business daily that also covers political, international and domestic events.
Rzeczpospolita
Highbrow Polish daily with a fairly basic website.
Gazeta Wyborcza
Created in 1989 in the run-up to the first free elections, Gazeta Wyborcza is now the most popular daily nationwide. In Polish.
Poland.pl
A well-organised directory of useful links to Polish websites, plus a selection of short news stories about Poland and the world.
Government
Office of the Prime Minister
Official statements and links to other government departments. In English.
Polish Embassy in London
Portugal
News Weekly
Newspaper aimed at English speakers in Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve. Includes an email service.
Diario de Noticias
National and international coverage in Portuguese. Other Portuguese-language sites are listed below.
Correio de Manha
Expresso
publico.pt
Government
Embassy in Washington DC
Portuguese government resources in English.
Romania
Nine O'Clock
English-language daily with a slant towards business news.
Monitorul
Political and business news.
Government
Government of Romania
Press releases and background information.
Russia
Moscow Times
Stylish internet edition of the respected English-language daily. Includes 'The Beat', an intelligent collection of world reporting, arts and observational writing.
Russia Journal
Rolling news and analysis in English. Impressive.
St Petersburg Times
English-language newspaper published on Tuesday and Friday.
Gazeta.ru
English version of a popular independent internet news service.
Pravda.ru
Online paper, far removed from the former Communist Party mouthpiece of the same name. Claims to be independent and self-financing.
Voice of Russia
Internet arm of the state radio company. None too easy to navigate.
News agencies
RBC News
Breaking news from RosBusiness Consulting, an agency specialising in business and financial information.
Government
Russian Government
The official internet index for the Russian Federation's administrative bodies.
Duma
Russian Information Agency
State agency.
San Marino
Official site
History, geography and current affairs. Mostly in Italian but with some English pages.
Serbia and Montenegro
Alternative Information Network
Multilingual site from a network of independent journalists. Includes a Balkan press review in English.
beograd.com
Relatively good independent source of news in English. Breaking news, analysis and links to comment in western media.
Institute of War and Peace Reporting: Balkans crisis report
Excellent internet news service with a network of correspondents all over the Balkans.
MNNews
Unaffiliated Montenegrin news service.
Yugoslav Independent Press
Infrequently updated site translating from Serbian magazines such as Nin and Danas.
Nin
Slovakia
Novy Cas
The website of one of Slovakia's most popular papers: Slovakian only.
Slovak Spectator
Weekly English-language news magazine. Breaking news and excellent home-grown content.
Slovensko.com
News from Radio Slovakia International, a Slovak radio station.
Radio Slovakia International: English programming
Slovenia
Delo
Delo (which literally means 'work') is the largest newspaper company in the country. Its daily newspaper is based in the Slovenian state capital of Ljubljana.
Dnevnik
The second largest newspaper in Slovenia, also based in Ljubljana.
Vecer
The third largest newspaper in Slovenia, based in Maribor.
Mladina
The premier political weekly in Slovenia, known for its liberal views. Based in Ljubljana.
STA
Slovenian press agency. Their site provides a daily newsletter in English.
Radio-television Slovenia
A Slovenian public broadcaster. Its web page provides daily news and on-demand video services.
Slovenia news
Slovenian news from the government's public relations and media office.
Spain
El País
(In Spanish.) Spain's biggest daily paper, which now costs 80 euros (¢51) for a 13-month subscription. An English edition, published in association with the International Herald Tribune, is still available free.
El País - English edition
El Mundo
(In Spanish.) Progressive, liberal Spanish daily. Other Spanish and Catalan papers are listed below.
ABC (right-leaning, Spanish)
El Periodico (Catalan)
La Vanguardia (Catalan)
EFE News Agency
Spain's major press agency. The site requires subscription for full reports, but headlines in both Spanish and English can be accessed for free.
News for British expats
Costa Blanca News
Weekly local paper.
SUR
English edition of an Andalucian paper.
Government
La Moncloa
Full set of links to all government departments. In Spanish.
Official state bulletin
Sweden
Radio Sweden International
News from Stockholm in English, plus daily audio news and analysis programming.
Aftonbladet
This tabloid is Sweden's biggest daily paper, in Swedish only. Other Swedish-language papers are listed below.
Dagens Nyheter
Göteborgsposten
Svenska Dagbladet
Sydsvenska Dagbladet
Dagens Industri
Financial paper, with a page of news in English.
The Local
This English language site provides a useful English language summary of the week's news in Sweden. It includes links to the Swedish-language newspapers that provide the site's news sources.
Government
Swedish Government
Background, policy statements, official publications and news releases.
Switzerland
swissinfo.org
The internet arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, with an English edition. In addition to its comprehensive breaking news service, it has audio streams from Radio Swiss International.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Zurich daily with a small English section covering Swiss and international current affairs. Other non-English news sites are listed below.
Tages-Anzeiger (German)
Government
Swiss Government
Links to government at federal, canton and local level.
Turkey
Dunya Gazetesi
Turkish daily broadsheet. English page has political and economic news in brief.
Hurriyet (Turkish)
Zaman
The first Turkish daily newspaper online. Zaman (translated 'time'), is an independent Istanbul-based daily paper with an English edition plus special international editions for 10 other countries.
Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Turkish history, foreign policy, culture, people and politics.
Kurds
Kurdish Observer
Daily news about the Kurdish struggle. Predictably partisan.
Ukraine
Kyiv Post
Independent daily newspaper and breaking news service in English. Recommended.
The Day
Ukrainian daily in English, Ukrainian and Russian.
Radio Free Europe: Ukraine
News and analysis, updated several times a month.
Zerkalo Nedeli
Weekly political analysis in English.
Agency
Interfax
Independent agency. Free access to abridged versions of breaking news: full access requires a paid subscription.
Government
Ukraine Embassy, Washington DC
Press releases and other general information.