<?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</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/</link><description>Latests Documents</description><category>UNE</category><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:45:59 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>EU to grant free interpretation rights to suspected 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oppose each other over the significance of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, which divided Eastern Europe between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-186424-16</guid></item><item><title>Digitisation of published works</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/digitisation-published-works/article-186302?Ref=RSS</link><description>The EU has been busy scanning books and documents to improve citizens' access to culture and history, but its efforts have been overshadowed by Google's commercial push to digitise Europe's book heritage.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:09:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-186302-16</guid></item><item><title>Macedonia embroiled in encyclopaedia row</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/macedonia-embroiled-encyclopaedia-row/article-186333?Ref=RSS</link><description>EU candidate country Macedonia has removed a controversial encyclopaedia from libraries after the manual triggered furious reactions from EU members Greece and Bulgaria as well as neighbouring Kosovo and Albania. The reason behind the removal was strong pressure from the US and the UK, diplomats told EurActiv.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-186333-16</guid></item><item><title>EU mulls Erasmus reform to boost student mobility</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/eu-mulls-erasmus-reform-boost-student-mobility/article-186124?Ref=RSS</link><description>Stakeholders are this week (5-6 October) gathering in Sweden to discuss reforming the EU's Erasmus student mobility programme to make going abroad to learn "the rule rather than the exception" for young people.</description><pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-186124-16</guid></item><item><title>Authors receive EU literature prize</title><link>http://www.euractiv.com/en/culture/authors-receive-eu-literature-prize/article-185861?Ref=RSS</link><description>Twelve European authors were yesterday (29 September) awarded the EU's new literature prize at a ceremony in Brussels.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tcm:29-185861-16</guid></item></channel></rss>